Justin Long Interview for Going the Distance - Celebrity Interviews

Despite being in a wide variety of films, Justin Long’s perennial home has been consistently in the world of comedy in films such as Galaxy Quest, Dodgeball, Accepted, and Zack And Miri Make A Porno. His latest role is as Garrett, who play one half of a couple with co-star Drew Barrymore dealing with a long-distance relationship, in the romantic comedy Going The Distance.

The 32 year-old says the experience of doing a film with such a talented and funny supporting cast like Charlie Day, Jason Sudekis, and Christina Applegate proved to be more hard work than one would think.

“I always pride myself on being able to hold it together and kind of stable and kind of keep it together and take it,” Long says, “I’ve never had a harder time keeping a straight face and working these guys in. Rob Riggle and Kristen Shaal, you’re just so lucky to be surrounded by these people.”

Long shared with us the most challenging scene he had to do in the film.

“I would say some of the naked stuff was a little uncomfortable,” Justin reveals, “But I think the most challenging was trying to keep a straight face around my clown co-stars. I think just a lot of the intimate sexual stuff around a room full of 30-40 grown men, that was a challenge.”

And Justin says the kiss scene between he and co-star Drew Barrymore was hardly any less so.

“It was like a necessary evil, OK, here we go,” he says, “No, the first kiss in for us in the movie was, it was sloppy, we were stoned and so, it was easy to do. It was so comfortable. I like to think about my grandmother just because she’s always been an inspiration to me in my life.”

“No, I think you’re invested in the scene hopefully and sometimes it can be a surprise that you’ve never kissed anyone before that you met recently and people like different ways of kissing,” Long adds, “And sometimes, it can be very jarringly uncomfortable. It can be very little movement involved and it could be a quick sudden movement of the tongue that you don’t expect. She’s a great kisser, by the way.”

Going The Distance’s dinner date scene between Garrett and Drew…. Read the complete interview here Celebrity Interviews