Stop Being So Superbad

Michael Cera, who’s become a movie star playing variations of the lovable nerd persona he established on “Arrested Development,” is acting a lot these days like one of the spoiled relatives from the cult comedy show.

Cera reportedly is the lone holdout from the original cast, delaying plans to revive “Arrested Development” on the big screen.

The young star of “Superbad,” “Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist,” and “Juno”  told MTV News Tuesday that the much-discussed reunion movie is “more hypothetical than people think.”

“I’d possibly play the part, I’d possibly put the script in my shredder,” he quipped. “I may buy a shredder.”

Even if he’s kidding, 20-year-old Cera is sounding like an ingrate – and not at all like the sweet-but-confused, cousin-coveting George Michael Bluth, the character he played on the FOX show.

Maybe Cera, who emerged as “Arrested Development’s” most bankable player, wants to distance himself from his not-so-long ago small screen beginnings, and sees bigger paydays in higher profile movies.

Perhaps it’s time for Cera to have a chat with Ron Howard, the unseen narrator and executive producer behind “Arrested Development.”

The Oscar-winning director, who started as a child actor on “The Andy Griffith Show,” and went on to star in “Happy Days,” has never forgotten or shunned his TV roots. Howard fought hard to save the ratings-challenged “Arrested Development,” which was canceled after 2 ½ seasons, despite protests from its loyal fan base.

“Arrested Development,” in its own twisted way, was about the importance of sticking together, even amid dysfunction fueled by rampant selfishness. Cera should take heed and rejoin the Bluth family for one last wild ride.

 

Michael Cera and Jason Bateman in a scene from "Arrested Development":

Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992.

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