What's Pee-Wee Herman been up to over the last 25 years? Judd Apatow knows.
Screen Junkies asked Judd Apatow if the new Pee-Wee Herman film touches on what the character has been up to over the last 25 years:
"No, it exists in its own world but it's very imaginative. I think that's one of the best characters of all time for me. It's like W.C. Fields...It's more like The Simpsons where in every episode he grew up in a different decade."
When asked why the Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd characters, as opposed to starting over with new ones?
"People were really taken by those characters. I think people really emotionally connected to the challenges of their marriage and I thought, you know, they were only a small portion of the movie. I'm a television writer so I always want another episode. I always want another 80 episodes. That's why after Forgetting Sarah Marshall, we said, "What else can we do with this character Russell Brand has created here?" I felt that way about Pete and Debbie from Knocked Up."
When asked if other main characters from Knocked Up will make cameos?
"I'm trying to figure out how to [work in cameos]. A lot of it just depends on people's availabilities and the story I'm trying to tell, who fits into that story. There definitely will be other people from Knocked Up in the movie."
Untitled Pee-Wee-Herman Adventure was released in 2011 and stars Paul Reubens.
This Is 40 was released December 21st, 2012 and stars Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow, Jason Segel, Annie Mumolo, Robert Smigel, Megan Fox. The film is directed by Judd Apatow.
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incmob
@Ezio sorry bro... sometimes those things just slip out. ummm... no pun intended.
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Ezio
@incmob:lol dude I so did not need to know that
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incmob
@Ezio yeah like 20 years ago (who cares???)... hell i have never been arrested and i jerk the gerkin every damn day... in mcdonalds bathrooms and dimly lit movie theatre seats :)
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SonOfOne41
An interesting choice on Apatows part
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Monkeyiron 2.0
i wonder will the knocked up spin off be about teenagers
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CelluloidDreams
Pee-Wee Herman Adventure Movie ...WHY!?!??!
Tim Burton already did this back in 1985!!!
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CUPID
Why is he still around.
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Ahraman
I loved Knocked Up and Paul Rudd is a complete joy to watch. Im looking forward to this one.
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Diaigma
Pee Wee is over. I say no.
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Mutant
ditto
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Messenger
Judd Apatow movies have come down a lot. They aren't bad but they have lost a lot of their umph.
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The Dark Knight
@Ezio yup
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Ezio
Didnt this dude get arrested for waxing his stake in a movie theater?
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