crispin hellion glover played rodrick in diary of a wimpy kid dog days.
crispin hellion glover played rodrick in diary of a wimpy kid dog days.
who plays rodrick in diary of a wimpy kid dog days?
crispin hellion glover
rodrick is infamous for his stereotypical rebellious nature, feigning illness in "rodrick rules" so as to be allowed to remain at home to throw a chaotic house party during his parents' absence, only for the evidence to appear in newly developed photographs that are quickly discovered by the boys' parents. he bullies greg a lot and pulls awful pranks that ruins greg's and his family's life. rodrick also possesses incompetent tendencies, as his school assignments are notoriously crude and idiotic. he assumes that abraham lincoln was the author of "to kill a mockingbird" and, with greg's aid, bases a science presentation around the hypothesis of whether or not plants sneeze. rodrick also makes numerous idiotic mistakes, such as believing a mini-safe is a microwave and cinnamon bun dough which had exploded all over the car was his brains. his spelling abilities are also poor, and he devotes a lot of time to tormenting greg. in the books, rodrick owns and drives a white van, which sports his band's name written in large black letters, on either side of it and lacks any back seats, the reason being that rodrick needs room for his band equipment. in the movie series, the van is revealed to be a 1996 chevrolet astro awd van, which also sports a diaper's pin drawn on the rear doors. in "rodrick rules", greg is haunted by the fact that rodrick knows about his most mortifying experience during the summertime. this haunts him when he returns to school. however, his fears are quickly eased after the story becomes distorted to greg's advantage due to it being passed around by so many people (à la chinese whispers), temporarily boosting his popularity. by the end of the film adaptation of rodrick rules, he is much closer to greg, and his actions to him becomes much less aggressive. this is also shown in the film adaptation of dog days when rodrick thanks greg for getting him a gig at heather hills' sweet 16. in the film series based on the books, rodrick is played by devon bostick. in the film, "", rodrick is played by charlie wright.
list of diary of a wimpy kid characters
taylor pringle is a minor character who only appears in the films, "diary of a wimpy kid: rodrick rules" and "diary of a wimpy kid: dog days" and does not appear in the books. she is a girl who is very rude and unforgiving, and is first seen at the end of the opening scene in "rodrick rules" in which during her birthday party at the roller rink, rodrick embarrasses greg, prompting greg to try and tackle him, but he misses and lands in taylor's birthday cake, destroying it. as a result of this, taylor gets angry and she and her friends begin beating up greg as the intro begins. she appears again in "dog days", at the country club's pool, in which she simply asks heather what time the snack bar closes and heather rudely states "what do you think i am, a guide book? come back to me when you're drowning." later, when greg attempts to impress holly by jumping off the high diving board, he becomes nervous, due to it being very high above the water. taylor then comes up behind greg and states that he is talking to himself, due to being scared. when greg gives taylor a brush-off that he is not scared and that she is "just a little kid", she pressures him to jump. when greg jumps, he loses his swimsuit on the board, and taylor chucks it onto a nearby fence to get back at greg for berating her. as a result, greg is forced to borrow a girl's swimsuit that reads "holly" on it until he goes to the fence to retrieve his own swimsuit, and as he does so, he gets taunted by patty. taylor is portrayed by dalila bela.
list of diary of a wimpy kid characters