Judd Apatow and Nick Stoller For Get Him to the Greek
by Ryan Laster ~ April 24th, 2008. Filed under: Nick Stoller, comedy, get him to the greek, jonah hill, judd apatow, russell brand.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall director Nick Stoller and producer Judd Apatow are teaming up again to bring us a comedy that is going to star Jonah Hill and Russell Brand.
The film is said to center on a fresh-out-of-college insurance adjuster (Hill) who is hired to accompany an out-of-control rock star (Brand) from London to a gig at L.A.’s Greek Theater.
Hill and Brand were seen together as part of the supporting cast in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and, to me, were amazing on screen together. It seems like Stoller and Apatow have the same feelings I do. Stoller said “Even though they are such different actors with different styles, I thought there could be a great buddy comedy there.”
From the sounds of this film, it seems as though Brand will be playing a character similar to the one he played in Forgetting Sarah Marshal, which is basically an overly-pompous rock star. I hope this is the case because that character was probably the best part of the film.
Source: Variety