JustJared has revealed (if they are indeed correct) that Bradley Cooper (who is like the comedy version of Sam Worthington these days….he’s attached to everything) and Jason Segel are running neck and neck to play Cameron Diaz’s love interest in “The Bad Teacher.” The film is about a foul mouthed teacher (Diaz, and frankly, we’re kind of excited to see her shed the squeaky clean, perky role she plays in every other rom-com), who after being dumped by her boyfriend, sets her sights on the school’s model teacher.
This has some decent pedigree behind it, so we’re still holding out hope that this will be one worth watching. Jake Kasdan who has a cult following thanks to “Zero Effect,” is behind the camera. “The Office” writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupinsky wrote the script which we called “enjoyably mean-spirited” though the duo are also responsible for the godawful “Year One” so we’ll wait to see what sort of hilarity (or not) ends up on screen.
Shooting on the film starts next week in L.A.
