Before becoming hugely popular for his shock brand of humor — that eventually led to him jumping on the conspiracy theory train during the COVID-19 pandemic — Brand was still an up-and-comer when he landed the part of Aldous Snow in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. His acting was so fresh at the time that it got him his own spin-off film, because everyone wanted to see more of Aldous Snow carrying on about pseudo-philosophies while getting sloshed in British.