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Arrested Development star Jason Bateman unveil Matt Damon ’s pitch for him to fiddle his fiber Michael Bluth for the film version .
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Jason Batemanwill always treasure his memory of the Fox / Netflix sitcomArrested Developmentas Michael Bluth , a humankind who ’s trying to manage not only his class ’s company , but their dysfunction too while his father is immure . As far as what if scenarios , one was pitched by Oscar - winnerMatt Damonto playact his character Michael for the film version of theMitchell Hurwitz - created series . Bateman appeared onConan O’Brien Needs a Friendpodcast to share the chronicle .
Bateman on How Arrested Development Film Could Have Panned Out
" I retrieve Matt Damon coming up to me at — I intend it was like a Golden Globes or something — and I was so excited to meet him and , and he was a huge fan of Arrested Development , " Bateman recalled . " And he was enunciate , ' You know , I really believe I could play because I listen you hombre are doing the flick ; I think I could … can I play you ? ' " When O’Brien press out further on why Damon was that specific in the slant , Bateman responded that Hurwitz " was thinking the story of the ' Arrested Development ' pic would be that in the show , Hollywood require to make a movie about [ the Bluth family ] , and we surely could n’t play ourselves , because we ’re not actors . "
Bateman say that his Bluth would be on dictated watching Damon play him in the film while " David Cross would play Tobias in the film as well because he was an thespian " in the series . Cross ’s Tobias Fünke is Michael ’s brother - in - law , a psychiatrist - turn - actor with zero self - awareness . The series has had pile of high-pitched - profile Edgar Albert Guest star fromCharlize Theron , Ben Stiller , Carl Weathers , Liza Minnelli , Mo Collins , Judy Greer , and others . pick up Developmentran on Fox from 2003 - 2006 before it was revived by Netflix from 2013 - 2019 for two additional season . As far as any hope for any future revivals , which wo n’t includeJessica Walter , who passed in 2021 , Bateman left little to the vision in his tongue - in - cheek answer , " I do n’t remember anybody gives a tinker’s damn . I intend it ’s done . " The series , which also starsMichael Cera , Portia de Rossi , Will Arnett , Alia Shawkat , Tony Hale , Ron Howard , andJeffrey Tamboris usable on Netflix . For more , you’re able to check out the podcast .
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