Zach Braff Has A Big Laugh

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The only time a tiny fissure appears in the immensely likable Braff's confidence is when he reveals, as he has in each interview about the film, that he had always pictured Portman for the role but never dreamed he could land her. After the phrase "someone like Natalie Portman" was mentioned for the hundredth time, a producer sent her agent the script as a long shot.

"Zach tells everyone he wrote the part for me, and he's so lying. The No. 1 clue is that my character is not a Jew," Portman says. "He's just saying it because I'm the one who agreed to do the movie. I have met other actresses who have told me they turned it down." The guy is so cocky, he even fakes modesty.