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Dear Michael Cera,
Now we all know that you are the lone main cast member holdout for the Arrested Development Movie. You previously made comments during the Nick and Norah interviews that you didn’t understand why fans wanted the movie since they had 3 perfect seasons to watch and it might ruin the series. So it obviously has to be you since everyone else interviewed about the AD Movie has been overwhelmingly enthusiastic. You could pull out the line that “Maybe it was the other George Michael. The singer-songwriter”, but COME ON!!! We know it was you so fess up and do the dang movie.
Now I can understand why you may not want to do the movie. AD ended in 2006 and you’ve built up a pretty good movie career since then. But you do realize that the AD fans have been some of your biggest supporters and went to your movies purely because you played George Michael? One of the reasons I went and saw Juno in theaters was because both you and Jason Bateman were in it and the small possibility of a Michael and George Michael Bluth reunion on screen was too tempting to pass up (unfortunately that didn’t happen and I was subjected to a cute story with extremely annoying dialogue). I was super excited when you guest starred on Veronica Mars (another great show cut down too soon) in 2006 with Alia Shawkat because of the potential George Michael/Maeby scenes. Now I actually saw Superbad cause it looked hilarious and having you in it was an extra bonus. I paid to see Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist because of you but moreso for the fact that it was filmed all around NYU and I was excited to see all my old haunts. And do you remember that one time you were filming on 10th Street and Broadway in 2007 and all the NYU kids passed by and watched? I was one of those kids and as much as I wanted to yell “MICHAEL CERA, I LOVE YOU!!”, I didn’t because I had a cold and would have sounded like a man. Now I’m kind of glad I didn’t since you may be preventing my dream of seeing an Arrested Development Movie. If you were filming near me now, my shouting wouldn’t be as nice. In fact, it might go something like “MICHAEL CERA, YOU WEINER!!! JUST FILM THE DAMN MOVIE!”
Michael, why can’t you give back to the fans who made you who you are? Honestly what did you do before Arrested Development? Nothing that was well-known. We, the fans, made you. THE FANS. And we continue to go to see your movies even though you play basically the same character in every single one. Yes, that’s right: THE SAME CHARACTER. You have been unable to show any range beyond playing a paler version of George Michael Bluth. A nerdy shy mumbler? Yea, we’ve seen it all before. Actually pre-Superbad, we had seen it exactly 53 times and loved you for it. So go back to the character that started it all and make us happy. Don’t make me boycott your future movies over this slight. Don’t make me curse your name forever and ever. It would just cause us even more pain.
Please Michael Cera, do it for the fans. Do it for us crazy Arrested Development fans who quote lines every time someone mentions the show. Those of us who have watched all 3 seasons over and over because we still can’t get enough. Those of us who pulled a Lucille Bluth and drank while sitting through the new 90210 for Jessica Walter, did the chicken dance whenever Will Arnett guested on 30 Rock, and watched anything with Jason Bateman just to try and get over the pain of losing Arrested. Do it for the fans then continue on your movie star path. We won’t object as long as we get to watch 90 more minutes of the Bluths.
Finally, don’t make us call J. Walter Weatherman to teach you a lesson.
Sincerely,
Christina
