The Curse of Undeclared
This weekend marks the opening of "Forgetting Sarah Marshall", the well-reviewed and probably much loved film from the mind of Jason Segal and produced by Judd Apatow. Most of the reviews I've read said it wasn't as good as Knocked Up or Superbad so odds are I won't be a huge fan since I thought those two films were only passable. I thought it was really odd that one reviewer said this movie wasn't nearly as "sensitive" as those two since there weren't really many legit emotions in either film. Either way, I'll probably end up seeing the film and realizing mid-way through that these films just aren't my cup of tea.
That being said, one thing that has struck me is the fact that the cast of Apatow's Undeclared doesn't seem to be getting the same love that the Freaks & Geeks crew has. While F&G holdovers Segal and Seth Rogen have fared well, the rest of the cast has been mostly MIA from the rest of the Apatow ouevre. The one person who has worked in a number of the films is Carla Gallo but she's been blessed with the rather unceremonious roles of "Toe-Sucking Girl" in 40 Year Old Virgin, "Period Blood Girl" in Superbad, and "Gag Me Girl" in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall". Jay Baruchel has worked his way back into the good graces, getting to get pink eye in Knocked Up and I have to imagine Judd gave him a recommendation for Ben Stiller's new Tropic Thunder. but still... I'm not saying that Monica Keena should be playing Sarah Marshall or that Charlie Hunnam deserve a role but you'd think they'd get something.
Then again, in Jake Kasdan's film "The TV Set", they make fun of the fact that studios often force the wrong actors onto producers. Kasdan and Apatow both comment that the studio nixed their first choices for leads in Undeclared (they wanted Segal and then Rogen) so maybe there's something there.
So what does all of this mean? Nothing really. Just that it is 4am and I can't sleep so I'm talking out of my ass. Which reminds me, I really need to get a new keyboard.
