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In a recent interview with MTV Steve Carell said “It’s the best attitude to go into a movie: Just try not to make it suck.”  According to the reaction that previews have met, Steve attained his goal.  It was the intention of Steve and director Peter Segal (Tommy Boy, The Longest Yard) to make a movie similar to The Bourne Identity only funny.

In one scene Max (Carell) is mistaken for a terrorist on an airplane.  He accidentally nicks himself with a spear gun and eventually escapes the airplane sans parachute.  He and Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway) are pursued by a KAOS agent and a fistfight ensues mid-air.  Steve Carell’s lack of stunt experience was actually helpful in this case.

Bill Murray appears briefly as Agent 13 and original Get Smart cast members Bernie Kopell (Siegried) and  Leonard Stern (original producer) both do cameos for the film.  Barbara Feldon the original Agent 99 was approached also but she no longer performs.  Hymie the robot is in this movie as well with Patrick Warburton playing the part.

While Ann admits that Steve got the best gadgets she’s pleased with the ones that she had.  Steve says that he’s “very, very proud of my work in my lingerie scene . . . . If people don’t come to theaters in droves, specifically for that scene, then I have no idea what I’m doing.”  Evidently he’s wearing a thong in this scene.

 Whether you’re a fan of the original Get Smart or this will be your first look at it, this movie sounds like a ton of fun.  It hits theaters June 20.

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