Interview with Steve Carell & Jennifer Garner: A Very Good Day at the #VeryBadDayEvent

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When I first heard I was invited to attend a pre-screening of Alexander and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, which opens theaters nationwide October 10th, I was thrilled!  The movie looked like such a fun, family film; I knew I would enjoy it.  When I was told I would also have the opportunity to interview the actors of the film, which include Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner, I am not going to lie; I was a bit nervous.  Wouldn’t you be?  It was Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner, they are MEGA stars!  I totally had to bring my A game to the interview, so the pressure was on.

My worries were instantly squashed the moment they walked into the room, a room full of Mom bloggers, and Jennifer declared “These are my people! I brought him (Steve) along but let’s chat.“

And this laid back and down to Earth attitude carried on throughout the entire interview.  You could tell in the film they had great chemistry together but what surprised me was how well they played off each other off camera.  They laughed, made jokes and at times finished each others thoughts.  Here are some parts of the interview that shows you exactly what I am talking about.

Question: So, how did you both get involved with the project? 

Steve Carell: I was asked to be in it, and I said yes.  I liked the script, I thought it was funny, and inventive, and different.  I feel like I hadn’t really seen this kind of family movie in a while.  And the fact that Jen was going to do it was a huge draw for me, because I’d been a huge fan of hers for a long time.   It’s true.  We met a few times over the years, but just sort of in passing, and you know when someone not only lives up to, but exceeds expectations, of everything you’ve heard about them?  That was her.  She’s just — she was — 

Jennifer Garner: Steve Carell!

Steve Carell: — the nicest person.  She’s the nicest person ever. 

Jennifer Garner: Well, he’s fibbing a little bit, because he was actually on it, on this movie first, so I was the one who knew he was doing it and said “Oh, yeah, I’ve been dying to work with him forever.” 

Steve Carell: I continued to do it because {gesturing toward Jennifer}

Jennifer Garner:[LAUGHTER] We had a really good time.

Steve Carell: There was one that we kind of point to.  There was a  scene where we were outside, around the car, talking after the big accident and after the driving test.  And it must have been 105 or something.  And so that was probably the most arduous day, physically. 

Jennifer Garner: You know, I think it was tough because the baby got upset. 

Steve Carell:[LAUGHTER] Well, yeah. 

Jennifer Garner: You know what that does, I mean, that practically made me lactate.  It’s like, “Whaa –!”  And there’s nothing you can do. 

Steve Carell: You know what?  We can set her off just by going “Wahh!” 

Jennifer Garner: Could.  [LAUGHTER] 

Question: How many shrimp did you have to catch? 

Steve Carell: Oh.  I caught the shrimp.  

Jennifer Garner: He caught the shrimp.  I mean, they were saying “We’ll CG” and Steve said, “I’ll give it a go.”  He did it.  We were very excited. 

Question: Steve, Lisa (Producer Lisa Henson) told us you did the fire scene yourself, so I just wanted to hear about that —

There you have it, two amazing people that are in one amazing film.  Like I said, these two are so nice and down to Earth, you would have never known you were talking to movies stars!  At the end of the interview, we all stood for a group picture.  I, being one of the tallest, immediately went to the back of the group.  I look over to my right and there was Steve Carell standing next to me in the back row.  I asked if he wanted to move closer to the center and he responds, “Nah, I am fine right here.”   I didn’t complain because, Hellooooo, I was standing right next to Steve Carell!  But that sort of attitude just goes to show you what a humble and awesome person he is.  They both are!

Alexander and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day opens in theaters October 10th!

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