Michael Cera: Fame Is ‘Embarrassing’

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🗓️ 22 March 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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After bursting onto the comedy scene at just 14 years old nearly two decades ago as George Michael Bluth on ‘Arrested Development’—followed by the box office hit ‘Superbad’ and Best Picture nominee ‘Juno’ in quick succession—Michael Cera has been laying pretty low of late. So his latest gig as Amy Schumer’s love interest in the comedian’s new semi-autobiographical Hulu series ‘Life & Beth’ is kind of a big deal. In this episode, Cera explains why he said yes to his first regular TV role since ‘Arrested Development’ and opens up about how he “freaked out” when he suddenly became super famous at such a young age. Follow Matt Wilstein on Twitter @mattwilstein Follow The Last Laugh on Instagram @lastlaughpod Highlights from this episode and others at The Daily Beast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The first time most of us saw my guest on today's show, he was an awkward teenager just trying to make sense of his very dysfunctional family.
0:09.0	I can't believe you didn't recognize me.
0:11.0	We never see you. I never see anybody in our family.
0:14.0	I know, it's our parents' fault.
0:16.0	We should teach them a lesson.
0:18.0	Yeah.
0:19.0	No, I don't think so.
0:22.6	I should go to my mom tonight and be like I met the cutest guy,
0:26.6	and then she'll see you and me totally making out.
0:28.6	Yeah.
0:30.6	But not really, right?
0:33.6	It's perfect.
0:34.6	She'd freak out, and I'd be like, Mom, if we saw each other more often, this wouldn't happen.
0:38.6	But we're cousins.
0:39.6	That's what makes it funny.
0:45.5	This is the last laugh.
0:47.5	I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and that was Michael Sarah as George Michael from the pilot of Arrested Development, which, believe it
0:55.5	or not, premiered on Fox almost 20 years ago.
0:59.9	That beloved show made Michael a huge star very young and led to a massive film career that
1:05.7	kicked off with the box office hit Superbad, and despite what he tries to tell me in this
1:10.4	interview, the Best Picture
1:12.0	nominee, Juno, in quick succession. In the 15 years since those movies came out, Michael seemed
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