Jillian Bell Becomes a Star

The Last Laugh

The Daily Beast

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4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

For years, Jillian Bell has been stealing scenes in TV shows like Workaholics and movies like 22 Jump Street. This month, she has her first leading role in the hilarious and moving new film Brittany Runs a Marathon. On this episode, Jillian talks about getting her start as a writer on SNL, improvising with Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld on Curb Your Enthusiasm, why her newest role “terrified” her and the latest on her gender-swapped reboot of Splash with Channing Tatum.

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0:00.0	Yelp said you were a great cheap doctor and I feel like you're sort of slinging labels at me all of a sudden.
0:06.0	Diagnosis.
0:07.0	Diagnosing me is what? Fat. All body types are beautiful.
0:11.0	That's true. And you also want to be healthy?
0:15.0	Your resting heart rate is elevated. Your blood pressure is very high, especially for a 28-year-old.
0:20.0	For you, I'm worried about fatty liver disease.
0:21.6	Oh, even my liver's fat, huh?
0:23.6	Let's get you healthy.
0:24.6	Diet.
0:26.6	Exercise.
0:27.6	I want you to try losing between 45 and 55 pounds.
0:31.6	That's the weight of a Siberian Husky.
0:34.6	You want me to pull a medium-sized working dog off of my body. Is that right?
0:40.6	Hello and welcome to The Last Laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast. My guest this week is the
0:47.0	incredibly talented and funny actress Jillian Bell. I first saw Jillian on Curbby Enthusiasm
0:53.6	many, many years ago. She appeared on that show
0:56.1	not only with Larry David, but also with Jerry Seinfeld. She's probably best known for playing
1:01.2	a character named Gillian Belk, with a K, on Workaholics, and also for stealing scenes in films
1:07.3	like Rough Night and 22 Jump Street. Now she's starring in the Sundance hit,
1:12.6	Britney Runs a Marathon. It's Jillian's first leading role in a movie, so I was really excited
1:17.5	to talk to her about this big new step in her career. And it's a really fantastic and touching
1:22.6	and hilarious movie that I think everyone will enjoy when it hits theaters later this month.
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