Apatow Sets Cast For Next Comedy

Yup, major Freaks and Geeks geek myself, back in the day... And, if we take that as 'moment zero' in Apatow's career, it pretty much shows that he's gone on to make stuff with 'his people', pretty much, rather than go out of his way to discover new talent. It's just that people didn't really know of him, or of most of the people he works with, 'til now, when he's recently made a few hits in a row, and all of his 'gang' seem like 'cool new people'. We can't really expect him to roam the streets of obscurity any more now, though, can we?

If you watch some of his older shows like Undeclared and Freaks and Geeks, you'll notice that these guys are regulars in Apatow's work, it's not as if he just decided to use them in Superbad and Knocked Up out of nowhere - Sandler makes an appearance in Undeclared, too, so I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say this isn't anything new from Apatow.

The way I see it, Apatow just aims to have good fun while making his movies, and casting people whom he gets along well with, while still making sure that they fit the parts given to them.

I wouldn't expect him to follow some sort of 'formula', just as I wouldn't expect him to cast anyone because of his/her 'big name' (or lack of such).

But that's just me, and the way I see things - all idealized and whatnot.

meh; I want Apatow to cast the best actors for the movie if that means casting an unknown or lesser known great and if that means casting an a-list star that's fine too.