In the interview I did with Judd Apatow yesterday we spoke about how he wrote Knocked Up for Seth Rogen, and I know that nobody else was ever considered for the role. All that makes this clip of Apatow "firing" Arrested Development's Michael Cera from the movie even funnier. As Gabe Wardell points out there's more than a hint of David O. Russell to this...
It's of course a clever little stunt to promote Knocked Up, and also Apatow's next movie, Superbad, which Cera stars in. Apatow confided to me yesterday that "the secret we're trying to keep from everyone is that Superbad is even funnier than Knocked Up." While Knocked Up is out tomorrow, Superbad is only released August 17, but you can check out the film's R-rated trailer for a taste of what's to come. # posted by Nick Dawson @ 5/31/2007 02:54:00 PM
