Actor and screenwriter Paul Rudd picked up his 2018 Man of the Year award from the nation’s oldest collegiate theatrical organisation at Harvard University on Friday night.
Rudd received the Hasty Pudding honour during a black-tie event. The Boston Globe reported the actor was celebrated in a roast that targeted his “dad face” and his past as a bar mitzvah DJ.
Hasty Pudding said it chose the Ant-Man star because his career has spanned many genres, from indies to mainstream films, from heartfelt comedies to superheroes.
He plays the lead in the upcoming The Catcher Was a Spy, the real-life story of Ivy Leaguer and major league ballplayer Moe Berg, a spy with the forerunner of the CIA during the Second World War.
“Filming in Fenway was one of the greatest days I’ve ever had in my life, let alone my acting life,” Rudd said. “I’m a baseball fan and was on hallowed ground. To be on the field, wearing the uniform, and playing somebody who is real, which is a new experience for me, was surreal.”
Actress Mila Kunis was celebrated as Woman of the Year on January 25. Kunis, who has spoken out against sexism in the entertainment industry before, said she was “honoured” to have been part of the programme during its “year of change.”
