 In July 2011, Wiig acted in three major films (including Paul Thomas Anderson's movie "The Master").In 2014, he starred in "Dead Metaphors", a short film in which he portrays a self-destructive, reclusive novelist who hasn't published in decades who is discovered and pushed to the brink of a complete mental breakdown.The film features songs by Tom Waits and was featured at the 2014 ArcovertLA Film festival.