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Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ryan Reynolds worried he'd go to jail over prank on 'Just Friends' set: 'I got in trouble'
Ryan Reynolds once worried he was going from "just friends" to "just cellmates." Reynolds shared the comical memory from his time making the 2005 comedy Just Friends during an appearance on the latest episode of SiriusXM's Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcast. The Deadpool star told O'Brien that the film, which also starred Anna Faris and Amy Smart, was filmed in Regina, Saskatchewan. "It's one of my few times that I've ever been scared of going to jail, because we, just as a joke, me and the art department, we made a sign that would go over, it would snap over the 'Welcome to Regina' sign," he recalled. "And it just said, 'Welcome to Regina, which rhymes with fun.' And I got in trouble, though." After O'Brien and his podcast team stopped laughing at this story, he asked his guest, "You got in trouble?" Luckily for Reynolds and the film's art department, the town's officials had a sense of humor about it. "They thought it was funny because it snapped off," Reynolds replied. "So at first it was vandalism, and then it was class." Joked O'Brien: "Then it was an art installment that could come down." Directed by Roger Kumble and written by Adam "Tex" Davis, Just Friends follows Chris Brander (Reynolds), a formerly overweight nerdy high school student who is secretly in love with his popular best friend, Jamie Palamino (Smart), who has put him firmly in the friend zone. As adults, Chris — who's now a successful record producer (and shameless womanizer) — tries to win her over when the two reconnect when he visits his hometown for is known for his on-set pranks such as this one. Just ask Hugh Jackman, with whom Reynolds has been in a prank war of sorts since at least 2015. A highlight includes the time Reynolds hit Jackman's film The Front Runner with a fake awards season attack ad. In the spirit of the movie, in which Jackman plays 1988 presidential campaign frontrunner Gary Hart as he's swept up in a scandal, Reynolds decided to post the fake hit ad against his longtime X-Men buddy to dissuade "some people" from giving him awards. He and wife Blake Lively also frequently troll each other publicly on social media, often with dueling embarrassing photos or jokes. For more with Reynolds and O'Brien, watch the full conversation in the video above. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Christina Applegate Says Living with MS Is 'The Worst Thing I've Ever Gone Through'
Christina Applegate said she rarely goes out amid her ongoing struggle with the progressive nerve disease multiple sclerosis The actress appeared on telling the host people will often ask her what she did to deserve breast cancer and MS Living with MS, she said, is 'really, really hard' Christina Applegate gave an update in her ongoing struggle with multiple sclerosis, sharing that she rarely leaves home. 'If people saw what my life was like on the daily, they wouldn't they wouldn't be able to do it. Because I can sometimes not do it. It's really, really hard,' Applegate said during a May 5 appearance on Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend. The Married… with Children alum, 53, appeared with her MesSy podcast co-host, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who also has MS. Related: Christina Applegate Tears Up as She Announces the Death of Her Father: 'First Time I've Really Cried' 'I don't really leave the house anymore,' Applegate told O'Brien. She shared she's often asked, ' 'How did you get it?' … Meaning, I must have done something wrong in my life to have this disease. I did it to myself.' 'It's, like, I had breast cancer as well, so, 'Oh, you must have done something,' " she said, referencing her 2008 diagnosis. "That stigma is — I'm used to it now, but it was for a while, like, was so hard to swallow because why the f would you think that I would do something to have this?' Applegate was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021. The progressive disease damages the protective cover around nerves called myelin in your central nervous system, according to the Cleveland Clinic. It can cause muscle weakness, vision changes, numbness and memory issues. The initial symptoms, she explained to O'Brien, were painful: 'I was losing balance, but the pain was extraordinary. And when I say numb, it's numb, but it hurts.' Related: Christina Applegate Reveals She's Working on a Memoir: 'I'm Writing It Right Now' The Dead to Me alum has been candid in describing details of the brutal symptoms on her podcast and in interviews, sharing that she will 'lay in bed screaming' from the pain and that 'unimaginable' pain from vomiting and diarrhea has led to her being hospitalized 30 times. 'This is the worst thing I've ever had in my life,' she told O'Brien. "It's the worst thing I've ever gone through.' When she said, 'I'm going to start crying,' O'Brien told her, 'Cry all you want, and then I'm gonna start crying.' 'I'm just having a pissy day today,' Applegate replied. 'I'm having a bad MS-y day.' 'I'm sorry. Cry, and then I'm gonna cry,' O'Brien said. He then quipped, 'I'm gonna make my assistant David cry … I make him cry all the time,' prompting Applegate to laugh and say, 'Okay.' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Read the original article on People
The Independent
27-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Jason Bateman reveals who Matt Damon wanted to play in Arrested Development film
Jason Bateman revealed that Matt Damon was extremely interested in a potential film adaptation of the cult sitcom Arrested Development and even pitched himself for a cameo. The Emmy-winning actor-director said Damon came up to him at an awards show and put forward his name for the film. 'I remember Matt Damon coming up to me at – I think it was like a Golden Globes or something – and I was so excited to meet him and, and he was a huge fan of Arrested Development,' he said on the Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcast. 'And he was saying, 'You know, I really think I could play, because I hear you guys are doing the movie, I think I could…can I play you?'' Mitchell Hurwitz's satirical sitcom, which ran for five seasons from 2003 to 2019, followed the formerly wealthy, now dysfunctional Bluth family who would not change the way they lived despite having fallen on hard times. Bateman played Michael Bluth, a level-headed single father seeking to keep the family together after the arrest of his corrupt father, George Bluth Sr, played by Jeffrey Tambor. The series also starred Michael Cera as Michael's son George Michael, Jessica Walter as mother Lucille, Will Arnett as older brother George Oscar Bluth II, Alia Shawkat as cousin Mae Fünke, and Portia de Rossi as his sister. Arrested Development was cancelled by Fox in 2006 after the third season, only to be revived by Netflix in 2013. When O'Brien asked how Damon would play Bateman's character, the Ozark actor said that Hurwitz 'was thinking the story of the Arrested Development movie would be that in the show, Hollywood wanted to make a movie about [the Bluth family], and we certainly couldn't play ourselves, because we're not actors'. Bateman said that his Michael Bluth would be 'on set, watching Matt Damon play Michael Bluth, and be so excited'. While even the potential of a film may be good news to the sitcom's fans, Bateman doesn't believe anyone wants it. 'I don't think anybody gives a s***. I think it's done.' Bateman received criticism in 2018 for defending Tambor after Walter recalled him verbally harassing her on se t in an interview with the New York Times. Walter was doing a group interview with Bateman, Tambor, Tony Hale, David Cross, Arnett, and Shawkat when the subject of harassment allegations against Tambor – which saw him – came up. Instead of reassuring her, Bateman suggested Tambor's behaviour was 'common' in the entertainment industry, deeming it 'a breeding ground for atypical behaviour'. Bateman's remarks drew a backlash, prompting him to apologise. 'Based on listening to the NYT interview and hearing people's thoughts online, I realise that I was wrong here. I'm horrified that I wasn't more aware of how this incident affected her,' he wrote. 'I'm incredibly embarrassed and deeply sorry to have done that to Jessica. This is a big learning moment for me. I deeply, and sincerely, apologise.'
