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However, Rudd is perhaps best known these days as the star of the Marvel film "Ant-Man." Since the film was released in 2015, the actor has gone on to star in several more MCU films, including "Captain America: Civil War," "Ant-Man and the Wasp," and "Avengers: Endgame."Įarlier this year, he returned as Ant-Man for a third movie titled "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania." Audiences can next see him in the untitled "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" sequel. He played a teacher in "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," and acted opposite himself in Netflix's "Living With Yourself." On the comedic side, he has appeared in "Role Models," "I Love You, Man," "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues," and the aforementioned "This is 40." The actor - who still looks the same today as he did 16 years ago - has continued to impress audiences with his performances that oscillate between humorous and moving. Paul Rudd attends Marvel Studios' “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania" at Regency Village Theatre on Februin Los Angeles, California. Roll on Superbad.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. There's a whiff of self-indulgence to Knocked Up - a whiff that becomes a stink when Virgin's Steve Carell turns up for a knowing cameo at the denouement - but it feels churlish to complain when the jokes are this good. If Apatow was seeking to make a film that's smutty and funny, but also romantic and realistic about relationships, he's succeeded admirably. Movies that maintain a veneer of hipness while packing in this many laughs don't come around very often - vulva shot or no vulva shot. Anne Hathaway reportedly turned down the role because she objected to the brief glimpse of Alison's - though not Heigl's - vagina during the birth scene. Heigl, the star of US medical drama Grey's Anatomy, flexes her comedic muscles impressively in a turn that should propel her towards Hollywood's A-list. He even manages to squeeze a few cheap laughs out of the birth scene, a comic set up that's as stale as a week-old fart trapped in an windowless room. Rogen is an modest, economical comedian who handles the film's more thoughtful moments with aplomb. Knocked Up benefits enormously from the likeability of its leads. Ben might not have the means to whisk Alison away for a weekend in Paris, or the nous to treat her to a home-cooked dinner, but his ham-fisted efforts to be a kind, considerate boyfriend are surprisingly touching. But Apatow soon rolls some cracking lines - Ben's hirsute housemate is told he "looks like Robin Williams' knuckles" - and eventually crafts a comedy that manages to be warm-hearted and romantic without slipping into cliché. When Ben's stoner buddies announce they're setting up a website listing movies in which famous actresses bare all, and Apatow proceeds to pepper the script with references to onscreen nudity throughout the decades, it's easy to assume that Knocked Up is just another slacker comedy made by a gang of self-possessed film geeks. The film's opening moments are curiously stilted.
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The unlikely couple attempt to patch together a relationship for the sake of their unborn child, but will it last?

She forgets all about their brief encounter until, several weeks later, she finds out she's pregnant. When Alison comes round the next morning, nursing a swollen head and a whopping sense of regret, she's repulsed by Ben and resolves to nip their relationship in the bud. In the throes of passion, Ben fails to proffer a prophylactic, and nature takes its course. Pudgy, idle Ben (Rogen) enjoys a night of groin-grinding excitement with stunning, career-minded Alison (Heigl) after they meet in a boozy LA nightclub. Knocked Up, Apatow's latest smash, attempts to mine humour from an all-too-familiar comic scenario. Yup, Judd Apatow got his break penning funnies for Roseanne Barr. That's pretty good going for a man who started his career writing jokes "as if I were an overweight, middle-aged housewife". And his well of humour hasn't dried up yet: next year, no fewer than six movies will bear his name on their production credits.

This gentleman - an unassuming, slightly nerdy New Yorker - wrote, produced and directed The 40-Year-Old Virgin, snagged production credits on a couple of better-than-average Will Ferrell flicks ( Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy), and leant his creative nous to Superbad, the most hyped comedy of the autumn. Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann stole the show in Judd Apatow's 2007 film, 'Knocked Up,' and now theft won't even be necessary: Variety reported, and The Wrap later confirmed, that the director is bringing back Rudd and Mann - and their characters - for his next film. Over the last few years, one film-maker has tickled the world's funny bone like a clown on speed.

Starring: Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jason Segel, Steve Carell
