There are a good number of films that stand out in the Paul Rudd cannon. “Overnight Delivery” might be at the top. But, Rudd has proven to be a silver screen favorite thanks to wide-ranging number of roles in tons of other films like “Clueless,” “Romeo + Juliet,” “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and “The 40 Year-Old Virgin,” to name just a small sampling. However, there are two films that still stand as Rudd-ophiles favorites.
And, when he sat down with MTV News during one of our MTV Firsts to talk about his latest film, “Wanderlust” (which also stars this Hollywood newbie Jennifer Aniston), he had some encouraging news for fans of his 2001 cult classic, “Wet Hot American Summer.”
“I know they are always talking about it, I think they’ve been writing some stuff,” he said of the beloved film’s sequel, which comes courtesy of the bizarre minds of Michael Showalter and David Wain. “And I mean we’ve all over the years said it would be a blast. I think it would be really fun to do and I’m sure if it ever came to fruition it would be something super weird, it would be even weirder.”
While “Wet Hot” isn’t quite in the bag yet, there is another sequel/spin-off that is, and that is “This Is 40,” the sequel to the 2007 classic, “Knocked Up,” that will focus on Rudd and Leslie Mann’s relationship as they navigate the next phase of their lives.
“That’s what I’m hearing but I don’t know if that’s what’s going to stick,” he said of the film’s title. “But that’s what has been printed and been talked about; that’s the title we’ve used.”
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