McLovin Fights Back!

By Caroline Kepnes Feb 26, 2008 12:33 AMTags
Christopher Mintz-PlasseSteve Granitz/WireImage.com

So, I'm standing on the revolving bar at the premiere of Semi-Pro. This is easily one of the best studio-sponsored parties ever, with '70s-style basketballs and Woody Harrelson and posse kicking back and having a grand time, playing pool. He's great, by the way. Toward the end of the night, Andy Richter (who appears in the movie) tries to take a basketball with him and gets denied, yet my sassy plus-one manages to sneak her ball past the guards.

Anyhow, lo and behold, here comes McLovin, aka Chris Mintz-Plasse, and two adorable cronies. Who wouldn't practically grab him and force him onto the revolving bar? (This kid is a pro—he's having a Coke.) As you might know, Defamer recently called out the Superbad sidekick and worried that he is en route to becoming the Vote for Pedro guy from Napoleon Dynamite. Well, Chris ain't worried about that. Read on:

So, the Defamer item. Do you think the Vote for Pedro guy is passing the "that guy" torch your way?
I mean, he did a movie with Jack Black after that, right? So, that's good.

[Editor's note: Let's give Efren "Pedro" Ramirez some credit. Guy's been in like a dozen other movies since Napoleon Dynamite, plus episodes of Scrubs, Robot Chicken and American Dad.]

Absolutely.
I'm starting a movie with Jack Black in two days. And then I have another movie coming out with Paul Rudd. So, I guess I'm completely different than the Vote for Pedro guy. Is he doing anything right now?

Um, I know he goes out a lot.
Hopefully, I have a longer lasting career. That's all I have to say. It's up to you fans to keep watching me.

You get much career advice from Judd Apatow et al.?
No, I'm just really picky myself with scripts. I'm only picking really funny stuff.

After Superbad, does anything even seem funny?
[Laughs.] No! But I gotta work.