And in Jay Baruchel, we may well have our poster boy.

Heres what he had to say …

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I enjoyed the film.

I think I was laughing more than the kids in the audience.

Just looking for moments where there were jokes.

So, I was surprised how many friggin adlibs got in that movie.

When you read the script, is that the stuff you looked forward to, the comedy?

Like the mugging scene, which is a really funny scene, rather than the big action set pieces?

No, its the opposite.

Because in the States… No joke, man.

Because I knew that what we were doing would really lend itself to sort of prat falls n all.

Thats really my favourite shit.

Man, it was just like, jobs like that dont come along very often.

Do you feel theres been a bit of a change in that respect?

Do you feel its a better time now than it was ten years ago?

It has to be.

We would drive around L.A. and see billboards and watch movies.

And wed always be like, How come theres not guys like us in movies?

We feel we are more representative of the populace than a lot of people.

[laughs]

And, you know, most people look like models.

We were always like, How come you dont see guys like us in the movies, really?

In American movies, anyway.

Who did you come up with for yourself?

I guess if it was like twenty, thirty years ago it might be…

I would like to think it would be either Broderick, or maybe Cusack, or even Cryer.

Did you play that with Nic Cage as well?

Did you think, Who would I play opposite if it wasnt Nic Cage?

He did two,Steel DawnandRed Dawn.

So, either Swayze, or even Scott Glenn, it might have been.

It takes a long time to do something this effects-laden, so there was a lot of down time.

And yeah, I read a bunch of books, but we also had a bunch of nerdy conversations.

You mentioned the shift thats seen you appearing in these types of films.

And you and Seth are writing your own now, which must help.

Youre writing your own script,Goon, is that right?

That is exactly it.

Yeah, when I go home Ill have to do another pass at it.

For me, its weird.

And so, Ive always written.

I watch movies every fucking night, every week.

Thats how I relax.

Movies are it for me.

So, to be able to work in them …

I just love them, man.

And so, yeah, however I get the chance to make it happen, Ill take it.

I was just kind of a child actor in Canada.

I figured whatever money I could save, Id go to film school.

I sponge everything on set constantly, constantly, constantly.

And I have had a bunch of, in my mind, a bunch of mini apprenticeships.

Ive gotten to watch Clint Eastwood.

Ive gotten to watch Ben Stiller.

Ive gotten to watch Roger Avery.

Ive gotten to watch Cameron Crowe.

Ive gotten to watch a bunch of incredible directors.

You cant help but learn, if only by osmosis.

And where didGooncome from?

Ive been trying to read about it and it sounds like a kind ofYoungblood.

Or is that a bit off the mark?

No, I mean, its about hockey, so, yeah.

But thats where the similarities would end.

Because, to me, its kind of closer in tone toSlapshot.

BecauseSlapshotis the greatest hockey movie of all time.

Its a bona fide Canadian movie.

But hockey is one of my religions, man, truly.

Thats one of my reasons for getting up in the morning.

My team plays eighty-two games a year and I probably watch at least seventy-eight of them.

And thats a lot of hockey.

No other sport on earth has a guy on the team whose job is only to fucking punch someone.

These guys would play maybe two minutes, three minutes a game.

That can be the difference.

It is the most unique position in professional sports.

He was the guy who kicked ass, man.

So, I always grew up with a respect for them, because theyre often maligned.

So, whos playing the Goon?

I guess I can kind of probably say it now … its going to be Sean William Scott.

And youre in it as well?

Ill play the Ratso Rizzo to his Midnight Cowboy.

Mr Jay Baruchel, thank you very much.

The Sorcerers Apprentice is released on August11th.