by Ryan Stewart
“If you want to live a rock star lifestyle, that’s your prerogative.”
– Jonah Hill
Famously discovered by Dustin Hoffman, whose children were fans of his one-man plays in Manhattan’s East Village, Jonah Hill was already going places in the comedy business when he had the good fortune to acquire a second mentor in comedy mogul Judd Apatow — the rest is history.
After killing with smallish parts in Apatow-directed comedies The 40 Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, the acerbic young comedian (then 24) landed a lead role specifically tailored to his strengths in Superbad, a teen bromance more foul-mouthed and uninhibited than any of the ’80s comedies that inspired it.
Superbad’s massive success opened up even more doors for Hill, who, at age 27, is already broadening his horizons with more dramatic fare like this year’s indie smash Cyrus and the forthcoming sports drama Moneyball, opposite Brad Pitt.
He’s not likely to forget his comedy roots, however, as evidenced by his straight-man role opposite shot-out-of-a-cannon British comedian Russell Brand in this summer’s sleeper hit Get Him to the Greek. With the Greek DVD dropping this week, SuicideGirls called up Hill to get an update on his whirlwind life.
Read our exclusive interview with Jonah Hill on SuicideGirls.com.
