When O’Brien asked how Damon would play Bateman’s character, the Ozark actor said that Hurwitz “was thinking the story of the Arrested Development movie would be that in the show, Hollywood wanted to make a movie about [the Bluth family], and we certainly couldn’t play ourselves, because we’re not actors”.
Bateman said that his Michael Bluth would be “on set, watching Matt Damon play Michael Bluth, and be so excited”.
The series also starred Michael Cera as Michael’s son George Michael, Jessica Walter as mother Lucille, Will Arnett as older brother George Oscar Bluth II, Alia Shawkat as cousin Mae Fünke, and Portia de Rossi as his sister.
Bateman played Michael Bluth, a level-headed single father seeking to keep the family together after the arrest of his corrupt father, George Bluth Sr, played by Jeffrey Tambor.
Walter was doing a group interview with Bateman, Tambor, Tony Hale, David Cross, Arnett, and Shawkat when the subject of harassment allegations against Tambor – which saw him fired from Amazon series Transparent – came up.
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