Judd Apatow sagt, Studio wollte, dass Paul Rudd beim Schießen von Anchorman Gewicht verliert: „Er hat einen De Niro gemacht“

> He continued, „I remember him coming in fully dressed in the ’70s clothes for the Anchorman audition [with the] mustache. You know, he definitely was committed to, like, being a comedy star. And I would always say, ‚All I need is for you to gain weight. I just want you to gain weight. I like Chunky Paul. Let’s do Chunky Paul.'“

> But not everyone saw it Apatow’s way. He said that „when we were shooting the movie, like, three days in, the studio got really mad. They’re like, ‚What happened to Paul?‘ And they’re like, ‚[Can] he do anything about this?‘ I’m like, ‚I can’t change his weight in the middle of the movie!‘ But, you know, he was doing a De Niro for us.“