'I’m always a fan of those smaller moments. In my head, I sort of go about performing a comedy show like it’s not a comedy show.' - JasonSudeikis
, it was probably somewhat inevitable that Jason Sudeikis would eventually play a pot dealer or star in a big summer comedy. Thankfully, he gets to do both in Rawson Marshall Thurber’s new film. In the movie, which hits theaters this month, Sudeikis stars as David Burke, a small-time weed merchant who assembles a fake family comprised of a stripper , a homeless teen , and a hapless neighborhood kid to help him smuggle a “smidge” of marijuana into the U.S.
KEATON: Obviously, George is not a small fellow, but he’s shockingly athletic and agile. We would play basketball a lot while we were down there. KEATON: I read that you did Second City in Chicago, but also were a founding member of the Second City Las Vegas. I did Second City workshops out here for a while, and we thought it was odd when it was in a strip mall in Pasadena. But I can’t imagine the Second City in Las Vegas.
SUDEIKIS: When you don’t get to hear the laugh on the other side, you’re just like, “Oh, I offended him.”SUDEIKIS: His scheme was to come up with a new handle for a slot machine, so that it was more like a cord than an arm. He was gone within two weeks.SUDEIKIS: I did. I mean, I think I went crazy there a little bit, really trying superhard to get into Blue Man Group. I developed a mild case of alopecia where I started getting bald spots on my beard. It was crazy.
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