Terry Crews at a Los Angeles screening of his new movie 'The Killer's Game' on September 9.
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Terry Crews at a Los Angeles screening of his new movie 'The Killer's Game' on September 9.
Mandatory Credit: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

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How a common hearing impairment helped Terry Crews master the art of physical comedy

While filming a scene for the 2004 slapstick comedy “White Chicks,” Terry Crews sat in a parked convertible and jubilantly sang along to famed pop-song-of-the-aughts “A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton. Smiling ear-to-ear, Crews animatedly belted out the lyrics in a now-classic scene that highlighted his knack for physical comedy, a performance technique that the athlete-turned-actor has since become known for.