Author: Emma Loggins
Date: 2009-08-07

Interview:


We had the pleasure of sitting down with Charlyne Yi, Jake Johnson, and Nicholas Jasenovec at the 2009 Comic Con. We chatted about the movie, the filming schedule, how the movie changed Charlyne's perspective on love, and more. Check it out below!

What have you guys thought of Comic Con?

Jake: It's been a lot of fun. We just had our panel, which was a lot of fun, because we had a big dildo in it. So we got to do that game for a while.

Are you just here for today, then?

Jake: No.

Charlyne: We were here since... yesterday?

Jake: Two days ago. This is our third day...So we're getting the full Comic-Con experience. It's my first time - it is wild!

Charlyne, what are people recognizing you from?

Charlyne: Um...I was going to make a joke, but I didn't go with it. I guess Knocked Up. I don't think anyone recognizes me from Paper Heart, because it's not out yet.

Have they been making fun comments?

Charlyne: Just, "You're that girl, right?" And I'm like, "What girl?" And they're like, "The movie!" And I'm like, "Which movie?" And they don't know what movie. Sometimes they go, "Superbad!" And I'm like, "No, I don't think so."

And Seth Rogen's in this movie also.

Charlyne: Oh yeah, briefly.

Jake: For, like, a minute.

You've worked with him twice; what's that been like?

Charlyne: Well, in the movie- I didn't get to act with him really, but I got to act with other people. Then in this film, it's more of an interview, so I wasn't really acting with him, I was actually interviewing him for like an hour and a half, but then got widdled down.

Jake: And E.T.

Charlyne: Oh, E.T. ! Oh yeah, we did a stage version of E.T. that was like half an hour, where Jake played Elliot and I played E.T. and Seth played your older brother, Michael. That was really fun.

Jake: Seth is incredibly nice and we did a play and he was willing to come out, and he's like shooting all these big movies, and came and like, rehearsed with us! He's pretty awesome.

Charlyne: It was really, really fun.