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Judd Apatow & Matthew Broderick Swap ‘Cable Guy’ War Stories, Talk Jim Carrey’s “Double-Edged Sword” Success In A $20M Pay Day – Tribeca
Judd Apatow, Matthew Broderick Recall 'Cable Guy' & Jim Carrey's $20M Payday at Tribeca Film Festival
On the bill for the penultimate evening of the Tribeca Festival was Matthew Broderick and Judd Apatow and it was easy to assume that they’d go down Cable Guy memory lane. Carrey was drawn to what was a hot script back in the ’90s sparking a bidding war for $750K; the project much darker and weirder from his gross-out comedy fare. Other unforgettable moments for Apatow was how a torturous night shoot –an Ichabod Crane scene involving Carrey’s cable guy chasing Broderick down– wound up with a lot of mud in both actors’ eyes.
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