The world of glitz and glamour

can put a damper on any teenage actor.

Being swept away in the middle of senior

year and having to perform like a nerdy

student for thousands of people can influence

your perception of stardom. But for

Christopher Mintz-Plasse, he loved it and

still acts completely normal.

“The second half of my senior

year changed a little bit. Like, random

people came up to me and said; ‘you’re

in a movie –tight,’ and people who I

hadn’t talked to in five years came up

to me and would hug me,” Mintz-Plasse

said.

Being cast as the nerdy kid in

this summer’s movie Superbad directed

by Greg

Mottola has given him a new nickname,

McLovin,

which has fans intrigued.

Jonah Hill and Michael Cera also play leading roles.

Hill plays Seth, the foul-mouthed, impulsive and much consumed in the opposite

sex kid. While Cera, his best friend Evan, is the sweet, smart and shy student.

“We had such a great time, it wasn’t even like we were filming the movie,”

Hill said.

Superbad, unlike other teenage films, shadow the real realities of actual

high school experiences. The movie takes place under one day, where Evan and

Seth try to purchase booze with a fake I.D. for their crushes’ party. A night filled

with cops, booze, and adventure will keep the audience laughing throughout.

These actors are all young and still have the sense of what high

school means.

“Superbad doesn’t have the traditional high-school hierarchy that you see

in movies,” adds Cera, best-known for his role as George-Michael Bluth on the

television series “Arrested Development.” “Jonah had a good point – high school

isn’t divided into the jocks and the losers… you might not be hanging out with the

popular girls, but you know them, say hi to them, and are passing friends with them.

You slip under the radar.”

Jonah Hill can also be seen in

Knocked Up and Accepted but

has really enjoyed this movie.

Many of the scenes, according

to the actors, were improvised;

they would make up a few

scenes. This is where they had

the most fun. One of the cops

in the movie, Bill Hader, from

Saturday Night Live, also loved

improvising some major scenes

of the movie.

“The scene with the cops

and McLovin in the bar was

initially only a few sentences

in the script but then we started

improvising. Most directors

would only use some of it but Greg Mottola

would tell us to remember what we said. That

whole scene made it in the movie,” Hader said.

These young actors are still like everyone else;

they admire other celebrities and don’t see themselves as huge celebrities yet. They

enjoy their acting and see it as being normal and just hanging out. Surprisingly

they still become nervous in front of bid audiences.

“I still get a little nervous in front of big audiences. There’s different

crowds so we don’t know how they’re going to react. But I get really nervous on a

date, I don’t think I’ll ever get over that,” said Hill.

Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse all look like regular

people. They cherish their fans and hope that this movie is big. They believe

that this movie will not let anyone down, from tears of laughter to bouts of seriousness;

this movie can inspire any teenager to explore this movie business.

“The worst thing to do in comedy is to think that your idea is the best. You

need to be open to other ideas. In this business there can’t be ego,” Hader said.

Superbad premiered Friday, August 17, 2007 and is rated R by the Motion

Picture Association of America for pervasive crude and sexual content, strong language,

drinking, some drug use and a fantasy/comic violent image – all involving

teens.