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Rebecca Murray from About.com Hollywood Movies at the World Premiere of Universal Pictures' Get Him to the Greek.

Get Him to the Greek Producer Judd Apatow

At what point did you know that there was going to be a spin-off from Forgetting Sarah Marshall?

Judd Apatow: "I think in the middle of the shoot Nick Stoller, who directed Sarah Marshall, said, 'We have to make another movie with Russell playing this character. And Russell and Jonah are so funny together, we have to come up with something for them.' And then he went off and wrote this movie and directed it, and did an amazing job."

But Jonah doesn't play the same character as in the first movie. Is that going to be at all confusing to people?

Judd Apatow: "So far it hasn't but we debated whether or not he actually was the waiter from Forgetting Sarah Marshall. And the truth is, maybe he is. Who knows? That's what's so... You just don't know."

What is it that makes Russell's brand of humor translate to America?

Judd Apatow: "I think it's that he's just an incredibly smart, in tune, curious guy who's really eating up life, and we find that fascinating. And he's from Jupiter. He clearly lives on another plane of existence."

How come you're not directing anything?

Judd Apatow: "I'm going to direct something in a year, something I'm writing now. But, you know, I only want to direct when I actually am crazy passionate about what I'm doing. So I just thought of an idea and now I have to sit alone in a room in my underwear and write it. But I'm going to shoot this time next year."

How long does it usually take you to do a script?

Judd Apatow: "I usually make notes for about six months, and then once I have all the notes it takes me about two months to write a first awful vomit draft."

And is this going to be the Leslie Mann project I've been waiting for?

Judd Apatow: "It just might be. It just might be. There are several of those."

Get Him to the Greek Writer/Director Nicholas Stoller

Judd said that it was halfway through Forgetting Sarah Marshall when you came up with this one.

Nicholas Stoller: "Yeah. During Sarah Marshall I thought of the idea and pitched it to Jonah and Russell, and it was kind of off to the races."

Russell's a crazy guy. Why did you want to work with him one more time?

Nicholas Stoller: "He's not. He not. He's great. In reality - and I'm going to burst everyone's bubble - he's a polite British gentleman. He is a pleasure to work with. I know - I'm sorry to ruin it for you guys."

That ruins his image for millions of fans.

Nicholas Stoller: "I know. He's going to get mad at me but that's the truth. He shows up to work and it's awesome."

You run such a loose set as far as letting them ad-lib. How close was this to the script?

Nicholas Stoller: "I write and re-write the script. Judd works on it and Rodney Rothman. We kind of all work on it. The cast pitches ideas, we have table reads. But we write the script to just shoot the script, and then when we it comes time to shoot we do improv as well as shoot the script. And I'd say at the end of the day it's 60-70 script to 30-40 improv. It's tight. We don't just do improvs."

So halfway through this one did you write his next one?

Nicholas Stoller: "Yeah, it's all ready. Get Him Back to London."

And you're rewriting Stretch Armstrong?

Nicholas Stoller: "Yeah, I'm writing Stretch Armstrong for Rob Letterman directing."

Where are you going to take that?

Nicholas Stoller: "It is very exciting. It's Rob Letterman directing and he directed Gulliver's Travels which I wrote, and he's a very talented director. We're both interested and Taylor Lautner's interested in kind of making a real superhero movie with real stakes, and it's very exciting to get to play in that world."

So not campy type Stretch Armstrong?

Nicholas Stoller: "No, it's not campy. It's going to be like full-on serious, like a serious tone but with a light... You know, there will be some comedic moments obviously, but more like in the Iron Man way than in the campy way."

I don't look at Stretch Armstrong and think Iron Man.

Nicholas Stoller: "No, I know. I know. The world doesn't, but everyone will see. The world will."

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