Fans of the sitcom version of Get Smart are probably aware that Mel Brooks co-created the show with Buck Henry in 1965. But what does he think about the new movie version of Get Smart starring Steve Carell and Ann Hathaway? Well, the Los Angeles Times interviewed him and he had a few things to say. Here’s just a taste:
It’s got a good director, Peter Segal. Wonderful director. The writers were great. The producers were young and aggressive and smart. But the brilliance is Steve Carell. To choose a guy who’s right in the Don Adams groove. You couldn’t get a better guy than Steve Carell. And yet he doesn’t do Don Adams. He does none of his delivery. He just does Steve Carell.
Check out the full interview at The Los Angeles Times!
Get Smart opens in theaters on June 20, 2008.
So excited for this movie.
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Saw the preview again last night (this morning) and it just looks really, really funny.
I think it looks good, but I would have loved to see him put a Don Adams spin on the character. My one peeve with Steve Carrell is that he’s always the same character.
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I was wondering why he didn’t use Don Adams as a base for his character. I’ve never seen the show, but what I do know of it, Don Adams’ catch phrases, won’t be the same in this movie.
He has a line where he says “missed it by that much” and I thought he sounded a lot like Don Adams…but who knows.