FILM · 2011
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
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- #001
The bathtub scene between Jason Segel and Ed Helms was entirely improvised. Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass let the actors riff for 40 minutes before calling "cut."
- #002
When Ed Helms first read the script he did not care much for it, but the chance to work with the Duplass brothers and Jason Segel interested him.
- #003
Jason Segel was drawn to the project because the character of Jeff, a fairly inactive man who likes to go with the flow, reminded him that he was a young man.
- #004
Directors Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass claim they cried throughout this film's premiere.
- #005
Cochon is a real restaurant in Louisiana, but it is located in New Orleans, not in Baton Rouge as depicted. The scenes shown in the film were shot at the real restaurant.
- #006
It was shot in New Orleans.
- #007
Katie Aselton, who plays the hostess Jeff tries to "grease" at the Cochon restaurant, is the wife of assistant director Mark Duplass. They also appeared together on the FX TV series The League (2009).
- #008
It was shot over a period of 30 days.
- #009
Part of the film was shot at St. Bernard Memorial Garden.
- #010
The name Kevin, a key element in the film, may be a reference to Kevin (2011), released the same year and directed by one of the directors.
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