10 Average Questions about I Love You, Man

Answer: Paul Rudd

Peter Klaven, played by Paul Rudd, is a guy with girl "friends" who has no real male friends, a fact that becomes all too apparent when he gets engaged. He sets out to find someone to be his best man.
Paul Rudd's breakout performance came in the 1995 hit "Clueless". He has a long list of film and TV credits, including a stint on "Friends" as Phoebe's boyfriend, Mike Hannigan. Like many of the others in the film he has a link to "Saturday Night Live," he hosted twice. He had a small part in Jason Segel's hit "Forgetting Sarah Marshall".

Answer: Jason Segel

Sydney Fife, played by Jason Segel, is a fun loving guy who has his own man cave, the complete opposite of Peter Klaven. The two hit it off and become fast friends.
Jason Segel is probably best known for his work on "How I Met Your Mother", but he also hit it big with "Forgetting Sarah Marshall", which he wrote and starred in. His early success came on the the TV show "Freaks and Geeks" in 1999.

Answer: Jane Curtin

Joyce Klaven is played by Jane Curtin. Joyce understands her son has always connected better with women and the two of them are close.
Jane Curtin was one of the original members of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players". From there she moved on to the TV show "Kate and Allie" and later "Third Rock From The Sun". Although she is more known for her TV work she does have many film credits including "Coneheads".

Answer: Rush

The band Rush plays an integral part in the movie and even makes an appearance. Peter, Sydney and Zooey go to one of their concerts. According to the featurette on the DVD the scene that plays out there of the guy friends bonding while the girl is left out is something the band members have seen from the stage quite often.

Answer: Andy Samberg

Robbie Klaven is played by Andy Samberg. Although Robbie is gay, in many ways he acts far more masculine than his straight brother, Peter.
Andy Samberg has been a member of "SNL" since 2001. This was his first big role in a movie. In 2009 he hosted the "MTV Movie Awards".

Answer: Chocolat

The movie "Chocolat" is a 2000 romance film starring Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche. It is based on the 1999 novel of the same name written by Joanne Harris. In "I Love You, Man", it is portrayed as a chick flick that no real man would like, but Sydney ends up watching it and liking it.

Answer: Lou Ferrigno

Jon Hamburg had Lou Ferrigno in mind when he rewrote the script but was unsure whether or not he would be able to get him. Ferrigno loved the script and agreed to do the movie. He is most famous for playing the Hulk on TV.

Answer: John Hamburg

John Hamburg directed the movie. Larry Levin wrote the original script which Hamburg then rewrote into the current movie. Before this, Hamburg found great success as a co-writer of "Meet The Parents", "Meet the Fockers", and "Zoolander". He also wrote and directed "Along Came Polly".

Answer: Rashida Jones

Zooey Rice has many girl friends, two of whom she shares almost everything with. At first Zooey is not so sure about Sydney but in the end she is the one who invites him to the wedding.
Rashida Jones also has a history in TV, like many of the other cast members. She was on "Boston Public" and "The Office". She is a member of the cast of "Parks and Recreations," which stars "SNL" alum Amy Poehler. She was on one episode of "Freaks and Geeks" with Jason Segel. She also had a role in the movie "The Ten" which starred Paul Rudd.

Answer: Jaime Pressly

Zooey's friend Denise is played by Jaime Pressly. She is married to Barry and their relationship is quite odd in that they fight all of the time and then make up wildly.
Jaime Pressly was nominated for several awards for her role on "My Name is Earl" and won the Emmy. She made her movie debut in "Poison Ivy: The New Seduction" in 1997. She has numerous other film and TV credits.