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Universal refused to allow Jason Segel to be in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Steve Carell was 43 years old and a father of two when The 40-Year-Old Virgin was released.Ĭarell's four-year-old daughter was “a little freaked out” at seeing her father on billboards promoting The 40-Year-Old Virgin. They read that older virgins were typically normal people who, according to Carell, "at some point just gave up on the whole notion it was more difficult to keep attempting than to give up." 3. Universal Studios provided Steve Carell and Judd Apatow with case studies on middle-age virginity.
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After working together on Anchorman, Judd Apatow asked Carell if he had any movie ideas Carell pitched him the concept for The 40-Year-Old Virgin and the two wrote the film together. The sketch was about a man who, in trying to keep up in a poker game conversation about sexual experiences, proves to be completely clueless about the subject. The 40-Year-Old Virgin was based on one of Steve Carell's Second City sketches. Here are some facts that will make you cooler than David Caruso in Jade. The 40-Year-Old Virgin helped launch Steve Carell into comedy stardom, reintroduced audiences to Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen, featured one of Jonah Hill’s first movie roles, and began the Judd Apatow Comedy Filmmaking Empire.