“My scene was supposed to be funny, and it got nothing in the f---ing Chinese Theatre,” the comedian says while discussing his graphic novel “Deadweight.”

Bobby Lee recalls watching his scene in Borderlands bomb at premiere: ‘My heart dropped’ (exclusive)

"My scene was supposed to be funny, and it got nothing in the f---ing Chinese Theatre," the comedian says while discussing his graphic novel "Deadweight."

By Wesley Stenzel

Published on July 26, 2025 12:00PM EDT

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Bobby Lee at a 'Borderlands' special fan event in Los Angeles on Aug. 6, 2024. Credit:

- Bobby Lee's role was significantly reduced in the sci-fi movie *Borderlands*.

- When he watched his big scene at the film's premiere, his "heart dropped" at the lack of audience reactions.

- Lee will soon release his first graphic novel, *Deadweight*.

Bobby Lee is proud of *Borderlands*, but his experience at the movie's premiere wasn't entirely pleasant.

The *MADtv* alum, who is promoting his graphic novel *Deadweight* at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, recalled his time watching and promoting the video game adaptation for the first time during an interview with **.

"I came here last year for the *Borderlands* thing, and that failed," Lee said of the Eli Roth–directed film, which he promoted at SDCC in 2024. "I hadn't seen it yet. And then, after Comic-Con, I actually saw it, and I liked it, but it was like I could just tell people around me... The date that I had at the time, she was just like, making this [disappointed] face."

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Lee's role, Larry, was substantially cut down during the editing process, which left the comedian in eager anticipation while watching the film at its premiere. "I was just waiting for my scene, and then my scene was supposed to be funny, and it got nothing in the f---ing Chinese Theatre, and my heart dropped," he said. "But anyway, we move on. You know what I mean? We move on."

The comedian also expressed his appreciation for being invited to the premiere in the first place. "Some movies I've been in, they don't even invite me to the premiere," he said. "Like *The Dictator* — they never invited me."

Vincenzo Riccardi's cover for Bobby Lee's graphic novel 'Deadweight'.

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Lee co-created *Deadweight* with Matthew Medney and Steve Orlando. The graphic novel boasts art by Marco Lucchina and features a main character who is modeled (and named) after the comedian who must battle his way out of his apartment building with a magical sword.

"Basically, it's me fighting my way down," Lee says, noting that the book takes inspiration from *The Raid* and *Kung Fury*. "I'm talking about old ladies attacking me, then furries."

Lee isn't concerned about his work offending the furry community, though. "I'm a furry at heart," he said. "There's no judgment here. I love them, and I get it. It's a mask we wear. Right? I'm really just kind of a shy guy, but I wear a mask of a comedian. But at the end of the day, I'm just this scared guy."

A furry attacking Bobby Lee in the 'Deadweight' graphic novel.

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The comedian also said that his "ultimate dream" is for the project to eventually inspire a live-action adaptation in which he can star as himself.

"I did lose some weight — I'm on Wegovy, but if we ever did a movie, I would gain the weight back," he said. "I'll just get off Wegovy. I think I would just gain it back really quickly."

Medney, seated beside Lee for the interview, added that he thinks a potential *Deadweight* movie could tap into a genre that has fallen by the wayside in Hollywood. "We really think that there's a place for mid-budget action comedy that harkens back to those '90 movies that we all loved," he explained. "That's what we're trying to hit. That's the heart that we're trying to hit with this."

*Deadweight* clocks in at just over 100 pages and will be available in early 2026.

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