Judd Apatow Jokingly Reveals The Worst Part About Being Paul Rudd's Friend
Beauty might be in the eye of the beholder and age is just a construct, but Judd Apatow might disagree with both those assertions when it comes to being friends with Paul Rudd. The two have been collaborators for almost two decades now, first working together when Rudd was cast in Apatow's breakout film, The 40-Year Old Virgin. Rudd and Seth Rogen were selected relatively early in the casting process because of their chemistry together and were kept in the audition room for hours on end to read opposite cycles of other actors trying out for the roles of Andy's friends.
That experience was just the beginning 0f a fruitful friendship that would see the three of them work together continually in the ensuing decades, first in Knocked Up, then its sequel This is 40, with Apatow planning This is 50 as a capper to the loose trilogy. Both previous films have seen Rudd's character married to Leslie Mann, Apatow's real-life wife. Apatow and Rudd have worked together less as of late, likely because Rudd has been so busy getting worked through the Marvel machinery and appearing in other franchises like Ghostbusters.
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In a recent The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon appearance, Apatow spoke about his friendship with Rudd. The director discussed the planning stages of This is 50 and how both its leads «don't age,» making it a struggle to have them portray the film's couple a decade later. Apatow also joins a chorus of others, including their alarmed buddy Seth Rogen, and roughly the entire internet, who've noticed that Paul Rudd is apparently ageless. Apatow's full quote can be read, below:
«I have one big problem, is that Paul Rudd and Leslie don't age. So, it's 10 years
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