Opening this Friday, April 27th is director Nicholas Stoller’s comedy The Five-Year Engagement. The film reunites Stoller with his Forgetting Sarah Marshall star Jason Segel and follows a couple (played by Segel and Emily Blunt) through the ups and downs of their extended engagement. The excellent ensemble cast also includes Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Rhys Ifans, David Paymer, Mimi Kennedy, Jacki Weaver, Jim Piddock, Kevin Hart, Brian Posehn and Mindy Kaling.I got to visit the set earlier this year where I previously spoke with Stoller and producer Rodney Rothman, but recently I sat down with Stoller again to talk about the film and much more. During the course of our interview, Stoller talked about how well women have been responding to the movie, basing the characters on real life people, improv vs. sticking to the script, whether he’ll release an extended director’s cut on the Blu-ray/DVD, deleted scenes, the status of The Muppets sequel and whether they’ll introduce new Muppets, his new TV pilot, and his favorite movie, actor and director. Hit the jump to see what he had to say.For all our previous coverage which includes on set interviews, posters, clips, images and more, click here. Nicholas Stoller
- Has he noticed that women really respond to the movie. He also talks about the test screening process.
- Talks about how a lot of the characters are based on realistic people and realistic situations. Also what the film is about.
- Does he have a favorite movie, director and actor
- Improv versus sticking to the script
- Deleted scenes talk. Talks about a 15 minute set of scenes that were cut involving Segel's character opening a restaurant in Ann Arbor
- Will he do an extended cut or just a deleted scenes section? Says the director's cut will have a few extra little things
- Talks about The Muppets sequel and what's going on with it
- Will Jason Segel possibly cameo in it
- Are they introducing new Muppets and what's up with his TV pilot
