Freaks and Geeks star Jason Segel remembers duking it out with James Franco, ensuing within the character being break up into two.
Possibly Joan Jett doesn’t give a rattling about her repute, however Jason Segel’s was ok that he mainly had his Freaks and Geeks character written for him…and it was unlinked from one other.
Like just about everyone that was about to enter William McKinley Excessive College in 1999 (or 1980 if we’re placing ourselves in Freaks and Geeks), Jason Segel was an entire no one. However he was making an attempt to make it within the enterprise, and after touchdown the correct contacts and a few minor gigs, he acquired the possibility to audition for what would change into probably the greatest cult traditional reveals ever.
Talking with GQ, Jason Segel remembered him vying for a key function on Freaks and Geeks, solely to seek out the powers that be at a standstill. “The Freaks and Geeks script came across, and I read it and I loved it. And I showed up totally blind and cold. I didn’t know anyone. And Judd [Apatow] and Paul Feig were there and they had me improv a little bit and I had the naivety of youth. I wasn’t scared at that point…Next thing I knew, I was brought in for a callback with James Franco and we were – as far as we knew – competing for the same part. Because at the time, there was only one of those characters. Daniel and Nick were just one character at the time. So we went in and we auditioned against each other. They liked us both and they split the part, and he became the cool one, and I became the goofy one.”
That’s one heck of a praise to each Jason Segel and James Franco, though it’s unusual to consider drummer/Rush aficionado Nick Andopolis and recurring toker/class skipper Daniel Desario sharing the identical DNA outdoors of being freaks (versus geeks).
As Freaks and Geeks – which marked its 25h anniversary this yr – solely lasted one season, we by no means acquired an opportunity to see what turned of the characters. And since we’ll probably – and, if we’re being sincere, hopefully – by no means getting a reboot, Segel can solely think about what turned of Nick. “The sad answer to where I think Nick is now…in my mind, he gets sent off to war and doesn’t make it. That was always the threat looming for Nick…” Was sort of hoping he would have gone full Neil Peart in a canopy band, however no matter you suppose, Jason!
Which character stands out probably the most for you on Freaks and Geeks?
