Freaks and Geeks – Geekfeed https://www.geekfeed.com Entertainment News, Celebrities and Fandoms Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:00:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.geekfeed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-Geekfeed-Favicon-White-32x32.png Freaks and Geeks – Geekfeed https://www.geekfeed.com 32 32 The Sad Fate that Jason Segel Imagines for His Freaks and Geeks Character https://www.geekfeed.com/segel-imagines-freaks-and-geeks-character/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:00:33 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=85719 Before Jason Segel was the loveable goofball Marshall Eriksen in How I Met Your Mother, he was the loveable goofball Nick in Judd Apatow’s cult classic Freaks and Geeks.

Though the show only lasted for one season, there was a lot of exploration when it came to Nick’s character, and though audiences never got to see his end, Segel actually thought that Nick Andopolis would actually have a pretty tragic story.

For context, Freaks and Geeks was a period setting that took place in 1980, and talking to GQ, Segel explains that he believes that Nick will die in the war as a soldier (specifically the Iraq War based on the timeline of the show). Segel explains:

“The sad answer to where I think Nick is now, in my mind, he gets sent off to war and doesn’t make it. That was always like the threat looming for Nick, and that’s what happens to a lot of men of that generation and socioeconomic statuses. That’s how I was always thinking of playing him. It was like, for Nick, the desperation in his character is that the alternative is not making it. That’s how he felt. He’s like, ‘I’m gonna drum my way out of this.’ How sad, ‘cause you’re not gonna drum your way out of it.”

In Freaks and Geeks, Nick is part of the Freaks group, and eventually gets into a relationship with the series lead Lindsay (Linda Cardellini). Nick is arguably the nicest person of the bunch, but he does get into a story arc where he gets addicted to weed. He eventually cleans himself up, but he does end up losing Lindsay by the end of the show.

For now, there are really no plans to follow-up to Freaks and Geeks, but the one season is still considered by a lot of fans to be definitive when it comes to Apatow’s brand of comedy. Maybe there could be a reunion down the line, but seeing that James Franco is cancelled, it’s probably never going to happen any time soon.

 

]]> Dungeons & Dragons Movie Ad Reunites Freaks and Geeks Actors https://www.geekfeed.com/dungeons-dragons-ad-reunites-freaks-and-geeks/ Thu, 30 Mar 2023 18:07:21 +0000 https://www.geekfeed.com/?p=76080 We may only be getting the Dungeons & Dragons movie now, but the game has had a storied history with television from Freaks and Geeks to Community. What’s fun is, Honor Among Thieves is being directed by Freaks and Geeks alum John Francis Daley, and he’s reunited with his co-stars Martin Starr and Samm Levine for a run ad for the D&D film.

Check this out:

If you haven’t checked out Freaks and Geeks, the three are the main trio of the ‘Geek’ part of the show, and in one episode, they have a campaign with ‘Freak’ Daniel Desario (James Franco) who comes up with the character of ‘Carlos the Dwarf’. Here’s the clip:

It’s kind of a bummer that Franco got cancelled, so he couldn’t come to reunite with the three for their D&D session, but I guess it’s fun enough that they got the three Geeks to come back for this short bit. Was it too hard to land a cameo from Linda Cardellini?

The official for Honor Among Thieves reads:

A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.

Watch out for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves when it hits theaters on March 31.

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