Michael Cera 'Got Drunk' With 'Jersey Shore' Cast

By PopEater Staff Posted Jul 16th 2010 07:29AM

Michael Cera, that increasingly adult (but always awkward) young fella from 'Superbad' and 'Year One,' is the newest target of Playboy magazine's illustrious 20 Questions series. And he talks about 'Jersey Shore'! Apparently he hung out with the cast for a day:

"Actually, it was one of the most pleasant days I've had in a long time. We got drunk and laughed and danced and got in a hot tub and ate pizza," Cera says, adding a zinger, "It was sort of like my eighth birthday party."

The interview, filled with what Playboy calls "Cera's standard sarcasm" -- what we'd dub as "slight humorous fictionalization" -- touches on Cera losing his virginity, his new film 'Scott Pilgrim vs. The World,' and the oddest pickup line the 22-year-old has dared use.

When he lost his virginity -- supposedly: "To be honest I don't remember too much about it. All I remember is I had been awake for almost 86 hours, I was on the roof of a Public Storage building in what seemed to be a freezing rainstorm, and Crispin Glover was there with a disposable camera he kept winding even though it had clearly run out of exposures."

Does he prefer women who take charge? "Yes, but they're hard to find. For example, when I go out to a restaurant I know every girl in there wants to come say hi and be sexually aggressive, but they're all so gripped by shyness that they don't even make a move. In some cases the shyness is so severe they won't even look at me."

The worst pickup line he's ever busted out: "Hey, lady, those are some sexy-ass extensions. I guess you won't mind if I extend to you a personal invitation to party with me one-on-one in a scary motel room."

Will 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' only appeal to nerds? "I would say this movie is both a nerd and a non-nerd's dream come true. For the nerds there are lots of Nintendo references and sound effects, and the non-nerds will enjoy making fun of all the nerds in the theater exploding with joy and afterward will possibly beat them all up."

Co-star Anna Kendrick's transition from filming with George Clooney to ... Michael Cera: "Natural transition is not the phrase I would use. Handsome transition seems to be a better phrase to encapsulate what that lucky girl has experienced. Unfortunately, Anna and I got to work together for only one day. Though she plays my sister in the movie, one of our biggest scenes together takes place over the phone, and we shot our respective sides of the conversation at completely different times on the shooting schedule. She regrets that we weren't able to spend more time together. We got close enough for me to feel comfortable in assuming that."

Was his childhood role in a commercial (poking the Pillsbury Doughboy) his big break? "Well, in a way it was. Kids around school started asking if I had been in a commercial. They all seemed baffled by it. I enjoyed the recognition until the older kids started poking me in the stomach. Hard. With their fists."

Read more at Playboy.com or grab the August issue for the full interview.