The film is about an asteroid headed toward Earth that will destroy the planet. Carell plays a newly single man who decides to go on a road trip to find his high school sweetheart. He is unexpectedly accompanied by his neighbor (Keira Knightley) who wants to find a plane to take her to her family in England.
Carell talked with Reuters about playing Knightley’s love interest, and life after “The Office”.
Q: After six years on “The Office” the first thing you do is a quirky little movie. Why?
A: I thought the script was oddly funny and dark and absurd, but also moving and relevant. I thought it would be very challenging to try and mine any sort of comedy based on this dark premise.
Q: You mean the premise that an asteroid is about to hit Earth and everyone will die?
A: It’s the flip side of one of these big asteroid movies that we’ve all seen with the President and the hotline and the astronauts. This is a story of what everybody else is going through. Few people know how much time they have left. Given the time you have, how do you chose to use it? Where do you find your joy? That’s very present in me on a daily basis. I have my wife and two little kids. I try to live in the moment and embrace what I’ve got.
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