“The funny thing was that the bed wasn’t supposed to break. That was a very, very happy accident.”
Phil Dunster, Rooster
When the men take their tumble back to the floor to wrestle, Greg’s face uncomfortably lands between Archie’s legs. Having his bottom so exposed for Carell and viewers was also unexpected for Dunster, but he embraced the outcome. “There was a lot more bottom on show than I had originally anticipated,” the Rooster star reflected. “But that’s no denigration of the experience, and it probably added to it, if anything.”
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In a delightfully juvenile twist that proves just how inexperienced the two men are at fighting, the scene ends with a good old fashioned slap battle. Looking back at his experience filming the heavily physical fight with Carell, Dunster praised Rooster‘s leading man for giving his all on screen.
