At times like this, there's really only one response I can offer: sweet. "A Couple of Dicks" director Kevin Smith has confirmed that "My Name is Earl" star Jason Lee will join the already loaded ensemble cast. The report comes via a /Film reader, who tipped the site that Smith shared the news in an appearance on Kevin Pollak's Chat Show yesterday.
Lee and Smith have quite the history together. The actor has appeared in almost every one of Smith's films since "Mallrats." He was Brodie in that one -- a role he reprised in "Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back" -- and many would argue that his hilariously funny performance there informed all of the work that he's done since.
Smith did not reveal the part that Lee has been cast for, though he did say that his pal would only be on set to shoot for a couple of days. Sounds like we can expect something a little meatier than a cameo (a la "Strike Back"), but not much.
"A Couple of Dicks" is described as a buddy cop action-comedy. Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan star as the titular "couple of dicks" who end up in more trouble than they bargained for when a hunt for a vintage baseball card leads them to a damsel-in-distress and money-laundering gangsters.
Are you excited to see Smith and Lee together again? Would you like to see some classic Smith self-reference in Lee's appearance, perhaps even another go as Brodie?
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