very strong. she fought for me. >> reporter: she had to be strong to play twins on the soap opera "as the world turns." >> who are you? >> my name is franny hughes. >> steve carell chicago's most eligible bachelor and inventor of the computer. >> reporter: 20 years before fox catcher earned him a best actor nod, there was this oh, you are a serial killer skit. >> you are great. great. whenever i tell anybody this it is like you are going to kill me. you know. >> reporter: this will kill ya. >> why do you suppose i hurled a chair at a your head? >> reporter: j.k. simmons from 1975 in a production of "the pirates of penzance" back in college. >> i wasn't sure what direction i was going to go, whether i was going to be a music teacher or this and that. >> reporter: after her time in "the worst witch," felicity jones turned up in this u.k. ad.