STEVE COOGAN - COOGAN CREDITS STILLER'S 'OBSESSION' WITH HIS HOLLYWOOD BREAK

British funnyman STEVE COOGAN owes his blossoming Hollywood career to BEN STILLER's obsession with one of his comedy creations.
Coogan claims Stiller hunted him down and convinced him to star in 2006 film Night at the Museum - after getting hooked on the Brit's character Alan Partridge, a failed TV presenter.
The 42-year-old also appears in Stiller's latest movie Tropic Thunder.
Coogan explains his big break, "He tracked me down in the U.K. and said he wanted to work with me. He'd become slightly obsessed with Alan Partridge for a period, which in America is quite odd."