Michael Cera and Chris Evans in New York City on Feb. 5, 2018.Photo:Walter McBride/Getty
Walter McBride/Getty
Michael Ceramight be partly to thank forScott Pilgrim Takes Off.
In an interview withEntertainment Weeklyabout the upcoming anime series — based on the 2010 filmScott Pilgrim vs. the World—creatorBryan Lee O’Malleyrecalled an old email chain that much of the film’s principal cast was on during the making of the movie.
“The cast have spoken about this email chain a lot but there’s one detail that I don’t think anyone has mentioned,” said O’Malley, 44. “We were exchanging emails when the movie was coming out and then this thread went dormant for about nine years.”
“Then, before this anime was even on the docket, Michael Cera responded to a meme someone had sent as if no time had passed. He just said, ‘Oh, that’s funny,’ " added O’Malley, who also created theScott Pilgrimgraphic-novel series that the film and upcoming series are based on.
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Michael Cera and Chris Evans inScott Pilgrim vs. the World(2010).Big Talk Productions/Kobal/Shutterstock
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“Chris Evans responded like, ‘Michael, what the f— are you doing responding to this email from nine years ago?’ And then we all started chatting again,” O’Malley said.
And while they “were all pretty young when [they] made the movie,” they built bonds that have stood the test of time over the past decade-plus.
“We all felt like family and I think we have ever since,” O’Malley toldEW.
TheEdgar Wright-directed movie follows Toronto teen Scott (Cera, 35) as he travels through a whimsical alternate reality in which he must battle his love interest Ramona Flowers' (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) “seven evil exes” — the second being Evans' Lucas Lee — to the death, defeating them in videogame-style fights, in order to win her heart.
Cera, Evans, 42, and Winstead, 38, all reprise their roles in the animated series — as do the remainder of the main ensemble cast, includingKieran Culkinas Wallace Wells,Anna Kendrickas Stacey Pilgrim,Brie Larsonas Envy Adams,Aubrey Plazaas Julie Powers,Brandon Routhas Todd Ingram,Mae Whitmanas Roxie Richter, Ellen Wong as Knives Chau and more.
O’Malley will serve as co-showrunner and executive producer forScott Pilgrim Takes Offalongside BenDavid Grabinski, who’s known forAre You Afraid of the Dark?. Abel Góngora ofAdventure Timewill be the director, and Wright, 49, will also serve as an executive producer.
“One of the proudest and most enjoyable achievements of my career was assembling and working with the dynamite cast of Scott Pilgrim,” Wright said in aNetflixpress release when the series was first announced in March. “Since the film’s release in 2010 we’ve done Q&As, remembrances and charity read throughs, but there was never the occasion to reunite the whole gang on an actual project. Until now … "
“I’m more than happy to announce that I have helped coax the entire original cast back to voice their characters on this epic new adventure,” he added at the time. “You are in for a treat.”
Scott Pilgrim Takes Offpremieres Nov. 17 on Netflix.
source: people.com
