Jason Bateman has said that he found it difficult to swear in front of his 6-year-old co-star Sydney Rouviere in The Change-Up. The former Arrested Development star explained that while it was nice to let his wild side loose in the R-rated comedy, he felt guilty for having to curse in front of the young actress playing his daughter in the film. Bateman told the Huffington Post: "You spend 20 minutes apologizing to her and her mother and another 20 afterward, and then while you're shooting, you just kind of let it fly." "She was a great little actress, she got it, she understood the jokes." Bateman went on to reveal that the movie, which also stars Ryan Reynolds, (more)...
- 7/19/2011
- by By Tara Fowler
- Digital Spy
Jason Bateman is stirred awake by a duet of dead-of-night cries over a baby monitor placed on his bedside table. Playing -- for the moment -- an earnest father and hard working lawyer named Dave, Bateman opens the "The Change-up" by responding to the parent alarm with a well-practiced series of shoulder rolls and quick breaths, before checking in on his infant twins. And, a few sloppy hijinks later, getting a hot blast of diarrhea sprayed into his mouth.
Thusly begins what was, Bateman revealed in a conversation with The Huffington Post, the funniest script he had ever read.
"I was like, wait a second, this is how they're gonna start? All right, I'm ready, my knees are bent, I'm prepared for anything they're gonna throw me," he laughed, remembering his reaction to the opening scene, "and they didn't disappoint. It just kept coming."
The film, written by the scribes behind "The Hangover" movies,...
Thusly begins what was, Bateman revealed in a conversation with The Huffington Post, the funniest script he had ever read.
"I was like, wait a second, this is how they're gonna start? All right, I'm ready, my knees are bent, I'm prepared for anything they're gonna throw me," he laughed, remembering his reaction to the opening scene, "and they didn't disappoint. It just kept coming."
The film, written by the scribes behind "The Hangover" movies,...
- 7/18/2011
- by Jordan Zakarin
- Huffington Post
Universal Pictures have released the first promotional material for upcoming comedy The Change-up - including a red band trailer, images, and official one-sheet.
Directed by David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers) from a script by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, The Change-up stars Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde, Leslie Mann, Alan Arkin, Mircea Monroe, Tj Hassan, John Smoltz, and Sydney Rouviere. The Change-up centers on a married guy (Bateman) who switches bodies with his best friend (Reynolds) in order to woo his co-worker.
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Directed by David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers) from a script by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, The Change-up stars Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde, Leslie Mann, Alan Arkin, Mircea Monroe, Tj Hassan, John Smoltz, and Sydney Rouviere. The Change-up centers on a married guy (Bateman) who switches bodies with his best friend (Reynolds) in order to woo his co-worker.
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- 4/20/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- GordonandtheWhale
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