, a slick, slacker flick that's been described as "a filthy, dirty movie with a great heart", may not seem a therapeutic film, but it was for cast member Paul Rudd. Rudd - who also starred in director Judd Apatow's previous hit, - was encouraged to bring his own material to the role of Pete, a man harshly hen-pecked by wife Debbie, played by Leslie Mann. Judd was asking me things about my marriage and he asked my wife and I to keep a list of things that annoyed each other,'' he said.
So while we were preparing to shoot, I said to my wife: 'Make a list of all the things I do that really, really piss you off'. The movie's been out for weeks now (in the US) and she's still making the list.'' Apatow's direction encourages actors to ad-lib and create the script as they go along and, as a result, a great deal of Rudd's four-year marriage has ended up in the film.
It was fun, and therapeutic in some ways, but there are certainly situations in the film that come from my life and jokes that, while specific to my marriage, are, I think, universal,'' Rudd said. When I saw the movie for the first time I was with my wife and it was kind of intense, sitting with her and watching our marriage play out on screen but it was hilarious too. She and I both got such a kick out of it and I took that as a sign that our marriage is solid.
'' Rudd, whose most famous role was as Mike Hannigan in (he married Phoebe), says he's one of the few people who find the plot of , a slick, slacker flick that's been described as "a filthy, dirty movie with a great heart", may not seem a therapeutic film, but it was for cast member Paul Rudd.
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