Jason Segel was roommates with Kevin Hart in the 2000s: ‘It was a strange time’

Jason Segel and Kevin Hart had been roommates again within the day whereas capturing director Judd Apatow's unseen TV pilot known as "North Hollywood" in 2001. Little-known truth: Their main women had been set to be "SNL" standout Amy Poehler and "Mad Males" star January Jones.
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Jason Segel used to share a toilet with Kevin Hart.

The pair of funnymen had been roommates again within the day whiled capturing director Judd Apatow’s unseen TV pilot known as “North Hollywood.”

Segel, 42, revealed throughout a latest chat on the on “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!,” that Apatow, 54, compelled him and the “Assume Like A Man” star to reside collectively in an condominium in 2001.

“It was a wierd time as a result of we had been all so younger,” Segel stated.

The “Knocked Up” actor added, “None of us had actually had that a lot success but, and Judd Apatow — in a bizarre transfer — made Kevin Hart reside with me for like six months.” 

Segel went on to notice that Apatow thought “it could be good for the present” if the 2 lived collectively. (BTW: Segel and Hart’s main women had been set to be “Saturday Night time Dwell” standout Amy Poehler and “Mad Males” star January Jones.)

“And I lived in a one-bedroom condominium,” he continued. “So, impulsively, Kevin Hart was residing with me, and he’d be like, “Hey man, are you making breakfast? I need some, too.'”

The “How I Met Your Mom” alum additionally gushed over Hart’s work and stated the “Central Intelligence” star could be very attentive to his profession.

“We might be out doing stuff, you realize, being younger dudes, and he would keep house and write and write and write. You'll assume like, ‘Oh, that’s cute,'” he acknowledged. “After which, you’re like, ‘Oh, that’s the way you do it.’ That’s how somebody finally ends up being Kevin Hart.”

Segel additionally starred in Paul Feig and Apatow’s 1999 cult basic collection “Freaks and Geeks.” The approaching-of-age NBC present solely lasted one season, nevertheless, the filmmakers divulged final 12 months there was a secret proposal to resume it for a second season.

However the plans by no means materialized and didn’t transfer ahead again within the early 2000s.

Feig and Apatow informed Collider in June 2021 that the dramedy was given the chance for an additional season with MTV, and never NBC.

The solid of “Freaks And Geeks.” From l-r: James Franco (as Daniel), Linda Cardellini (as Lindsay Weir, entrance, inexperienced jacket), Seth Rogen (as Ken Miller, plaid shirt), John Daley (as Sam Weir, entrance blue striped shirt), Martin Starr (as Invoice Havenchuck, again sporting glasses) and Samm Levine (as Neal, far proper).

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“When the present was canceled, there was a proposal from MTV to proceed making the present at a a lot decrease funds,” Apatow stated. “And all of us determined we didn’t need to do a weaker model of the present.”

“I keep in mind listening to that [MTV offered to pick us up],” Feig stated. “We in all probability simply needed to lose a lot stuff and music and budgets. We had been already at all times strained on our funds because it was.”

The pair in the end determined to not proceed with the concept. The “Bridesmaids” director added, “After which in a short time after the choices had been made, then you definitely’re type of like, ‘Oh my God, what did we do? May we now have pulled it off if we had completed it?’”

Feig concluded with the sentiment that he doesn’t remorse his selection to finish the present. He additionally stands by the collection finale episode that gave closure for the characters’ storylines.