Jason Bateman has come a long way since he played that sweet kid on The Little House on the Prairie. His grown-up career on the big screen included last summer’s hit Hancock opposite Will Smith and a juicy, over-the-top role in State of Play, co-starring with Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck.

Now, he’s reunited with Affleck in Mike Judge’s dark and quirky Extract, playing a factory owner who cares about his employees but can’t get his wife to care about him. Parade.com’s Jeanne Wolf found out just how much Jason teased Affleck about his new look.

“It’s kind of the flip side of Mike Judge’s first film, Office Space, where you sort of connected with the suffering workers and hated the boss. I’m not a boss hater, I’ve always liked my bosses. So I was happy to play the man in charge…”

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Filed under: Parade by admin | 08.31.2009
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