“I Love You, Man,” starring Paul Rudd (“Role Models”) and Jason Segel (“Forgetting Sarah Marshall”), is a “bromantic” comedy that centers on Peter’s (Rudd) quest to find a best man for his wedding by going on a series of “man-dates.”
The Daily’s Dusty Somers participated in a conference call with Rudd and Segel. “I Love You, Man” opens everywhere March 20.
Since you both have done screenwriting, do you think it affects your performances?
Paul Rudd: I think it enhanced my performance because I think I understand the character better. Because I write, it makes me understand a character’s motivations and all that other actor crap more.
Jason Segel: And I agree with Paul – it is very easy given that you know every character. You know why your character was doing everything it did because you made those decisions.
Do you think this new “bromance” genre is the new chick flick for guys?
JS: Yeah. It’s the first [film] that I can think of [that explores] platonic male friendships in a long time.
PR: It’s a long time coming. And I think that the idea of guys who wear their hearts on their sleeves is actually truer to most of the male friendships that I have. What about you Jason?
JS: Yeah, oh absolutely. I’m like the least masculine guy around.
What’s your idea of the perfect man date?
PR: A perfect man date would be an early dinner… maybe like some Brazilian food. I’d like to have a pitcher of sangria. And then I would like to go back to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel where I have rented a suite and slip into a bathtub of linseed oil. And then I would like a massage – an ice cream massage. And then finally settle down with a little SpectroVision and then maybe catch “Defiance” — the film with Daniel Craig.
JS: Yeah. I’d like to have some Argentinean food — real casual Argentinean dinner. Maybe a pitcher of red sangria. And then I would head back to a suite at the Four Seasons that I have rented and give the guy who I am having a man date with a — just a bath in like salted butter. Then we would settle in to watch a movie on DVD — maybe something like the first “James Bond” without Daniel Craig.
PR: Absolutely. Jason we are so close in our man dates — our perfect man dates — we should really revise it.
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