Laughing at himself... for a change
Seacrest, whose poker-faced demeanor during those ominous Idol elimination shows was spoofed recently on Saturday Night Live, said he relished exposing his not-so-serious side in Knocked Up. "Oh, I love it! I don't mind being the butt of the joke. ... It doesn't really bother me. I quite enjoy it,'' Seacrest said.
''I believe that one of the things I've tried to do is work hard and take the business very seriously. ... But, at the same time, you can't take the role too seriously. Then you really begin to lose it.''
When it came time to film the scene, Seacrest nervous about how he'd be 'received by the movie world' was delighted to 'have fun and ad lib' with Apatow (The 40 Year-Old Virgin), who is big on improvisation and collaboration.
''I'm not used to a script,'' Seacrest said. Apatow, he related, asked him, ''Hey, can you use a bad word and make fun of a couple people and, at the end of this whole scene, really make sure you make fun of yourself?''
His response, ''Absolutely, let's roll.''
''This was a very therapeutic exercise,'' he said. ''I mean, I didn't want to stop that day. It's a shame I only got to do it for however long I got to do it.''
