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Arrested Development creator was 'nervous' to cast Jason Bateman after actor's failed pilots, directors say

The creator of 'Arrested Development' was 'very nervous' to cast Jason Bateman because the actor had 'a bunch of failed pilots' at the time: 'He was like, 'This could be bad luck.''

The brothers — who helmed a few episodes of the Emmy-winning sitcom, including the pilot — recently recalled Hurwitz's reluctance when asked who the hardest character was to cast and they answered Bateman's Michael Bluth. "We literally had to bring him into the studio four times to get him cast because he had been in a bunch of failed pilots," Joe Russo said in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter. The show centered on Bateman's level-headed Michael Bluth, who is forced to take over the family real estate business after his father (played by Jeffrey Tambor) is imprisoned for a white-collar crime.

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