Judd Apatow Reveals How Steve Carell’s ‘Anchorman’ Role Inspired ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin’ | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Judd Apatow Reveals How Steve Carell’s ‘Anchorman’ Role Inspired ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin’ | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Judd Apatow is looking back on how Steve Carell‘s hilarious turn in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy helped launch one of his biggest movies. During an appearance on The Lamorning After Podcast, the comedy filmmaker revealed that Steve’s scene-stealing work as Brick Tamland directly inspired The 40-Year-Old Virgin. “Carell was so funny that it was blowing everyone’s mind,” he said. “It was this thing where everyone was killing it, but peopl…

Judd Apatow shares how Steve Carell's 'Anchorman' role led to 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin'

The producer said 'The Office' star was doing 'something magical' while playing Brick Tamland.Frazer Harrison/Getty; Dreamworks Judd Apatow; Steve Carell in 'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'Judd Apatow said Steve Carell's performance in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy was so funny that the actor needed his own movie.During a recent episode of The Lamorning After Podcast, the comedy legend told host Lamorne Morris how Anchorman opened…