<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="1755634" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Ryan-Hansen">Ryan Hansen</keyword> recently spoke with Insider about his new project, <keyword id="128682" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Netflix">Netflix</keyword>'s "<keyword id="11499426" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="good-on-paper">Good on Paper</keyword>."</li><li>The actor said he would go to great lengths to reprise his role as Dennis Kelly in a sequel. </li><li>"I will actually gain the real weight if I get to do a sequel and jack up my teeth for real."</li></ul>Warning: This article contains spoilers for Netflix's "Good on Paper.""Good on Paper," a Kimmy Gatewood-directed romantic comedy, may have only just premiered on Wednesday, but actor <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ryan-hansen">Ryan Hansen</a> is already ruminating on the potential for a sequel.In the Netflix original film, the 39-year-old actor stars as Dennis Kelly, a serial liar that lures in comedian Andrea Singer (<a href="https://www.insider.com/category/iliza-shlesinger">Iliza Shlesinger</a>) under the facade of stability and security, constantly boasting about his Ivy League education and high-ranking position at a prestigious hedge fund.As Andrea later learns, there's little truth to the story that Dennis, a bank assistant hungry for wealth but neck-deep in debt from his copious spending habits, tells about himself. Hansen recently told Insider that, if given the opportunity, he would sign on to reprise the role in a sequel.Demonstrating his commitment, the actor joked that he'd go as far as ditching <a href="https://www.insider.com/iliza-shlesinger-good-on-paper-sex-scenes-ryan-hansen-joke-2021-6">the faux teeth and the stomach padding he wore in "Good on Paper"</a> and opt for a real-life transformation instead. "I will actually gain the real weight if I get to do a sequel and jack up my teeth for real," he said, laughing. Netflix has not released any information regarding a sequel, however. <div type="image" title="Iliza Shlesinger, Margaret Cho, Ryan Hansen in a &quot;good on paper&quot; bar scene" height="2680" width="4020" msid="83795746" hostid="261"></div><h2>Hansen thinks Dennis will repeat the same pattern with someone else</h2>After Andrea realizes that Dennis has been lying to her and confronts him in court, he vanishes, leaving his apartment and possessions behind.So, the lingering question is: What happens to Dennis?While some optimistic viewers may choose to believe that he's learned his lesson about dishonesty and has started anew, Hansen isn't one of them. "I think he was going to ride this thing as long as he could," he said. "He's the type of person that would be like, 'Okay, that's over. On to the next.'"The "Party Down" actor envisions Dennis zeroing in on his next victim and manipulating them to get "whatever he wants next.""I just think he is a little bit of a sociopath and can just do it again, unfortunately," Hansen added. <div type="image" title="dennis kelly and andrea singer in good on paper netflix movie" height="900" width="1200" msid="83795747" hostid="261"></div><h2>Dennis is based on one of Shlesinger's exes</h2>"Good on Paper," written and produced by Shlesinger, is a "mostly true" story about one of the stand-up comedian's real-life relationships. Roughly "two-thirds" of the film are true, she told <a href="https://ew.com/movies/good-on-paper-iliza-shlesinger-interview-netflix/">Entertainment Weekly</a>.Like Andrea, Schlesinger did date a man that befriended her on a plane, only to find that "everything about them was a lie" months into their relationship.She remained fairly true to her experience while penning the "Good on Paper" screenplay but changed names, added characters, and tweaked details. The final act, in which Dennis accuses Andrea of assault and kidnapping him in court, was completely fictional, with Schlesinger noting that she'd "face criminal charges" if the events unfurled the way they did in the movie. <div type="image" title="dennis kelly (played by ryan hansen) and andrea singer (played by iliza shlesinger) in good on paper airplane scene" height="1610" width="3840" msid="83795748" hostid="261"></div>And because Schlesinger lived out the nightmarish relationship with her "Dennis" in real life, she was able to <a href="https://www.insider.com/iliza-shlesinger-coached-ryan-hansen-good-on-paper-dennis-netflix-2021-6">give Hansen pointers on how to really nail his on-screen performance.</a>"She could be like, 'No, no, Dennis would definitely never do that. Play it this way. No, he doesn't say that, play it this way,'" the actor told Insider. "She was totally coaching me."

'Good on Paper' star Ryan Hansen wants a sequel so badly that he's willing to 'gain the real weight' to reprise his character

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="1755634" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Ryan-Hansen">Ryan Hansen</keyword> spoke with Insider about his role as Dennis Kelly in <keyword id="128682" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Netflix">Netflix</keyword>'s "<keyword id="11499426" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="good-on-paper">Good on Paper</keyword>."</li><li>He joked that his costar <keyword id="9333361" type="AGENCY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Iliza-Shlesinger">Iliza Shlesinger</keyword> rejected his pitch for more "lovemaking scenes."</li><li>"Iliza was like, 'We're not doing that, Ryan,'" the actor said. </li></ul>Warning: This article contains spoilers for Netflix's "Good on Paper."<a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ryan-hansen">Ryan Hansen</a> joked that his "<a href="http://insider.com/category/good-on-paper">Good on Paper</a>" costar <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/iliza-shlesinger">Iliza Shlesinger</a>, who also wrote and produced the romantic comedy, rejected his proposal that they incorporate more intimate scenes in the movie.In the Kimmy Gatewood-directed production, which arrived on Netflix Wednesday, the 39-year-old plays Dennis Kelly, a supposed financier that unabashedly shares unsolicited tales from his undergraduate days at Yale.Shortly after crossing paths with comedian Andrea Singer (Shlesinger) on an airplane, he successfully snakes his way into her life, inching from stranger to friend to boyfriend. And while the audience watches the characters build a passionate romance, no real intimate scenes between Dennis and Andrea are featured in "Good on Paper."According to Hansen, he tried to make a case to include some. "Yeah, I was pitching those," Hansen joked during a recent Zoom interview with Insider.He continued, "I was like, 'We should have lovemaking scenes. We should have lovemaking scenes.' And Iliza was like, 'We're not doing that, Ryan.'""So, I lost on that," Hansen quipped.Jokes aside, the "Veronica Mars" actor added that he isn't sure why the couple's steamier moments were excluded from the movie, suggesting that "maybe just no one wants to see that."<div type="image" title="Iliza Shlesinger, Margaret Cho, Ryan Hansen in a &quot;good on paper&quot; bar scene" height="2680" width="4020" msid="83775140" hostid="261"></div><h2>Hansen took the other characters' harsh insults about Dennis in stride</h2>When Hansen joined the "Good on Paper" cast, he was signing up to be a self-absorbed villain masquerading as a major catch. "I really enjoyed being able to be the guy that's the underdog and the weirdo and a little off-beat. I really enjoyed playing that because a lot of times, I pretend like I'm the cool guy," he told Insider.To transform into Dennis, a character based on one of Shlesinger's real-life exes, Hansen tweaked his appearance, wearing fake teeth and wrapping extra padding around his stomach to give the illusion that he had a "little gut."Dennis' looks served as the punchline for numerous jokes, many of which painted him as a seemingly more stable but less attractive option for Andrea, a comedian caught in a cycle of chasing handsome, unavailable men.The protagonist's best friend Margot (Margaret Cho) calls Dennis "ugly," his roommate says "the image of him engaging in lovemaking is horrifying," and, at one point, a camera pans over his naked torso while Andrea explains that he has a "charm to him when his clothes were on" (Hansen told Insider that they used a body double for Dennis during the pool scene).<div type="image" title="dennis kelly (played by ryan hansen) and andrea singer (played by iliza shlesinger) in good on paper airplane scene" height="1610" width="3840" msid="83775145" hostid="261"></div>The insults didn't perturb Hansen though, as the actor said he's practiced at separating his characters from himself."I don't feel that way about myself. I don't think they feel that way about me either, but with a little bit of the gut and the teeth - and just his personality is a little off anyway - so I think that makes him a little unattractive at times," he said. Hansen enjoyed portraying Dennis so much, in fact, that he said he'd love to reprise the role in a "Good on Paper" sequel."I will actually gain the real weight if I get to do a sequel and jack up my teeth for real," he said with a laugh.

'Good on Paper' star Ryan Hansen says Iliza Shlesinger shut down his suggestion that they include sex scenes in the movie

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"<keyword id="11499426" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="good-on-paper">Good on Paper</keyword>" is a "mostly true" story based on one of <keyword id="9333361" type="AGENCY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Iliza-Shlesinger">Iliza Shlesinger</keyword>'s dating experiences.</li><li><keyword id="1755634" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Ryan-Hansen">Ryan Hansen</keyword> told Insider the comedian was "totally coaching" him on how to play Dennis Kelly. </li><li>"She could be like, 'No, no, Dennis would definitely never do that,'" he said.</li></ul>Warning: This article contains spoilers about <keyword id="128682" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Netflix">Netflix</keyword>'s "Good on Paper."Before "<a href="http://insider.com/category/good-on-paper">Good on Paper</a>" opens on one of <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/iliza-shlesinger">Iliza Shlesinger</a>'s stand-up sets, the Netflix rom-com advises viewers that what they're about to watch is a "mostly true story."In the hour-and-34-minutes that follows, comedian and aspiring actress Andrea Singer (Shlesinger) comes to terms with the fact that her seemingly too-good-to-be-true boyfriend Dennis Kelly (a supposedly Yale-educated financier played by <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ryan-hansen">Ryan Hansen</a>) is, in fact, too good to be true. Yet, the movie never specifies which parts of Andrea's nightmarish relationship are rooted in reality.But during a recent Zoom call with Insider, Hansen confirmed that Shlesinger wrote the movie based on one of her own firsthand romantic experiences, sticking fairly close to the real-life events while crafting the script. "It happened to Iliza," he said, adding that the comedian wouldn't disclose her ex's name to Hansen. "Throughout shooting and stuff, I'd be like, 'Well, did this actually happen? Did this really happen?' And most of it, yeah, really happened," the 39-year-old actor said. He clarified that "a couple" details in "Good on Paper" are exaggerated to make the story more thrilling but reiterated that "for the most part, it's all true."<div type="image" title="Iliza Shlesinger, Margaret Cho, Ryan Hansen in a &quot;good on paper&quot; bar scene" height="2680" width="4020" msid="83774733" hostid="261"></div><h2>Shlesinger used the experience to help Hansen nail his role as Dennis</h2>Because Shlesinger experienced her version of the Andrea-Dennis situation in real life, she served as an invaluable guide for Hansen as he tried to master his character, who he called "a little bit of a sociopath.""She could be like, 'No, no, Dennis would definitely never do that. Play it this way. No, he doesn't say that, play it this way,' So she was totally coaching me," the actor told Insider.Hansen added that Kimmy Gatewood, who made her directorial debut on the project, weighed in as well. "They totally walked the line on that, and I was their puppet," he said. <div type="image" title="kimmy gatewood and Iliza Shlesinger on the &quot;good on paper&quot; set" height="2433" width="3244" msid="83774735" hostid="261"></div><h2>Shlesinger says roughly 'two-thirds' of the movie is true </h2>Shlesinger, who stars in five Netflix comedy specials, recently told <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2021/06/21/iliza-shlesinger-good-paper-movie-netflix-relationship-real-true-story/7714246002/">USA Today</a> that the "first two-thirds of the movie are the mostly true parts."Like her on-screen character, the comedian said she fell for someone after an airplane meet-cute, only to find out that "everything about them was a lie." And "every single lie" that Dennis tells in the movie - from reciting the wrong home address to fabricating a sentimental story about Baccarat glasses - came directly from Shlesinger's real ex."I didn't have to embellish it at all," she told <a href="https://www.looper.com/442587/iliza-shlesinger-tackles-the-rom-com-genre-with-good-on-paper-exclusive-interview/">Looper</a>. Schlesinger did, however, use her imagination when it came to Andrea and Dennis' high-stakes ending, explaining that she landed on the final scene as "vindication" for "anybody who's unjustly been screwed over.""I hope people will watch this rom-com and be like, 'Yes! That one was for me,' at the end," she said.Shlesinger has previously spoken about the ordeal on a 2014 episode of "The Joe Rogan Podcast" and Comedy Central's "This Is Not Happening," according to <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2021/06/21/iliza-shlesinger-good-paper-movie-netflix-relationship-real-true-story/7714246002/">USA Today's Erin Jensen</a>. "Good on Paper" became available to stream on Netflix on Wednesday.

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5c900732e0575a0fdf67accf" border="0" alt="An aerial photo of Offutt Air Force Base and the surrounding areas affected by flood waters in Nebraska" />ReutersAn aerial photo of Offutt Air Force Base and the surrounding areas affected by flood waters in Nebraska.</div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>The US Air Force evacuated nine planes from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska because of flooding this week.</li><li>One of those planes was an E-4B, an airborne command-and-control aircraft vital to national <keyword id="6354810" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="defense">defense</keyword>.</li><li>The flooding and the evacuations illustrate the challenges posed to the Pentagon by climate change.</li></ul>Flooding at a US Air Force base in Nebraska that damaged buildings and forced the removal of a plane integral to US nuclear-attack response highlights the risks climate change poses to national security, experts said Monday.US President Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned whether humans cause climate change and has been <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-continues-to-ask-pentagon-about-threat-of-climate-change-2019-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">angered by assessments</a> from his military and intelligence agencies that say the phenomenon poses national-security risks.Last week's "bomb cyclone" storm flooded about 60 structures including 30 buildings at Offutt Air Force Base, said Ryan Hansen, a spokesman for the 55th Wing, a unit that provides reconnaissance, intelligence, and combat support.

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