Will Arnett and Amy Poehler Compete For Laughs


Arrested Development got Will Arnett an Emmy nomination for playing George “Gob” Bluth II. And the greatly loved but low-rated show may soon enjoy a new life on the big screen.

In the meantime, Arnett has found success in comedies like Blades of Glory in which he and wife Amy Poehler played a pair of outlandish figure skaters. The co-stars have gone from getting laughs on screen to trying to get a laugh from their 6-month-old baby boy.

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Up next, Will is channeling his own inner-child, getting animated in Monsters vs. Aliens.

Q: How did you feel about playing a monster?

A: I wasn’t sure how to feel because they said, ‘We want you to play this weird creature called The Missing Link. He’s this kind of brave dumb-dumb.’ They showed me a picture and I was like, ‘He’s got that silly smile that I kind of identify with. Is that me?’ So the good news is that I got to be in a DreamWorks animated feature, but it hurt my feelings a little bit. …Read the Q&A


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