Judd Apatow Reveals How Steve Carell’s ‘Anchorman’ Role Inspired ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin’ | Anchorman, Judd Apatow, Steve Carell, the 40-year-old virgin | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip
Judd Apatow Reveals How Steve Carell’s ‘Anchorman’ Role Inspired ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin’ | Anchorman, Judd Apatow, Steve Carell, the 40-year-old virgin | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip
Judd Apatow is looking back on how Steve Carell‘s hilarious turn in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy helped launch one of his biggest movies.
During an appearance on The Lamorning After Podcast, the comedy filmmaker revealed that Steve’s scene-stealing work as Brick Tamland directly inspired The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
“Carell was so funny that it was blowing everyone’s mind,” he said.
“It was this thing where everyone was killing it, but people were especially shocked at how riotous Steve was being all day with these crazy improvs. And it was just something magical happening with Carell doing Brick.”
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At the time, Judd was known for spotting and elevating rising talent, like Jason Segel in Knocked Up before Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and Seth Rogen in The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
Judd approached Steve to see if he had any ideas for a lead role. Steve pitched a concept from a Second City sketch he’d done, about a man fumbling through a fake sex story at a poker game until it’s clear he’s a 40-year-old virgin. That moment became a key scene in the movie.
“In that moment, I thought, I understand exactly what this is,” Judd said.
The two wrote the script over a summer, giving Andy (Steve’s character) “a lot of depth and complexity.” Casting the rest of the film brought in talent like Jane Lynch and Elizabeth Banks, who Judd called “revelations.”
“They all felt like superstars, not just, ‘Oh, that person’s good for that part,’” he added.
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—————————– Judd approached Steve to see if he had any ideas for a lead role. Steve pitched a concept from a Second City sketch he’d done, about a man fumbling through a fake sex story at a poker game until it’s clear he’s a 40-year-old virgin. That moment became a key scene in the movie.“In that moment, I thought, I understand exactly what this is,” Judd said.The two wrote the script over a summer, giving Andy (Steve’s character) “a lot of depth and complexity.” Casting the rest of the film brought in talent like Jane Lynch and Elizabeth Banks, who Judd called “revelations.”“They all felt like superstars, not just, ‘Oh, that person’s good for that part,’” he added.Find out who Steve Carell only surprisingly became friends with recently!
Judd approached Steve to see if he had any ideas for a lead role. Steve pitched a concept from a Second City sketch he’d done, about a man fumbling through a fake sex story at a poker game until it’s clear he’s a 40-year-old virgin. That moment became a key scene in the movie.
“In that moment, I thought, I understand exactly what this is,” Judd said.
The two wrote the script over a summer, giving Andy (Steve’s character) “a lot of depth and complexity.” Casting the rest of the film brought in talent like Jane Lynch and Elizabeth Banks, who Judd called “revelations.”
“They all felt like superstars, not just, ‘Oh, that person’s good for that part,’” he added.
Find out who Steve Carell only surprisingly became friends with recently!
“In that moment, I thought, I understand exactly what this is,” Judd said.
The two wrote the script over a summer, giving Andy (Steve’s character) “a lot of depth and complexity.” Casting the rest of the film brought in talent like Jane Lynch and Elizabeth Banks, who Judd called “revelations.”
“They all felt like superstars, not just, ‘Oh, that person’s good for that part,’” he added.
Find out who Steve Carell only surprisingly became friends with recently!
“In that moment, I thought, I understand exactly what this is,” Judd said.
The two wrote the script over a summer, giving Andy (Steve’s character) “a lot of depth and complexity.” Casting the rest of the film brought in talent like Jane Lynch and Elizabeth Banks, who Judd called “revelations.”
“They all felt like superstars, not just, ‘Oh, that person’s good for that part,’” he added.
Find out who Steve Carell only surprisingly became friends with recently!
