Jason has been doing some promotion in Australia for Despicable Me which is released there next week. He called up NovaFM to talk about the film. Check the interview below.

Be sure to go visit novafm.com.au for a written re-cap.

Jason Segel is on a hit TV show (“How I Met Your Mother”) and has a host of movies in various stages of completion – including the new “Despicable Me” – but he recently found the time to appear at a San Francisco comedy event, providing dramatic readings from pop-star autobiographies.

“I filled in for a friend and it ended up being a blast,” he says of his first standup-esque experience. “I did the Jonas Brothers and I think it was David Cassidy – it was one of the Partridges – and Tommy Lee.” Was it difficult to keep the Jonas and Lee memoirs separated in his mind? “Absolutely, they have very similar lifestyles.”

He takes a moment to reflect on the most important life lesson he picked up: “Don’t write an autobiography when you’re still in your 20s.”

Worked with Apatow
A longtime member of the Apatow stable, Segel is known to film audiences for some risque fare. But of his projects in the wings, three are aimed at families.

“I’ve always been drawn to that tone,” he says. “The Tim Burton movies, growing up, were a real inspiration to me. But yeah, between ‘Despicable Me’ and (‘The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made’) and ‘Gulliver’s Travels,’ I’m gonna be a PG guy for the moment, it looks like. But I’ve got an R-rated comedy around the corner.”

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Promotion is in full swing for “Get Him To The Greek“, which is based upon the character of Aldous Snow from Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Jason has had some involvement in the film as a co-producer, but the best news coming out of the promotion is that Jason has written at least three songs for the film. He has written one song for the character of Jackie Q, and two for Russell Brand’s Aldous Snow, titled “Going Up” and “Bangers, Beans and Mash”. The latter has been released onto the internet for all to hear and I have to say it’s pretty damn awesome! Three reasons to buy the soundtrack… Listen below.

In gearing up for the release of Despicable Me later this year, some reporters were invited to view fifteen minutes of footage from the film, and they have posted reviews of the footage online, they give more information on the two main characters of Gru (Steve Carell) and Vector (Jason Segel) mostly, its a good read to find out more about the film. Check out the reviews at these two links:

Cinematical.com – Review.
Collider.com – Review and interview with producer Chris Meledandri.

Also, Get Him To The Greek, the film written by Nicholas Stoller, based upon the character Aldous Snow (played by Russell Brand) from Forgetting Sarah Marshall has just released the first trailer for movie. While Jason isn’t involved in the movie himself, he does have a writing credit in the movie for creating the character of Aldous Snow, and I have the say, the Trailer is pretty damn funny, it looks like its going to be a good comedy.