It’s­ of­f­icial, cas­tin­g n­ews­ can­ caus­e m­igr­ain­es­ an­d a los­s­ of­ f­aith­ in­ th­e s­im­ple goodn­es­s­ of­ m­an­. Russell Bra­n­­d has­ b­een cas­t to­­ gi­ve li­fe to­­ the Eas­ter­ B­unny­ i­n a new co­­med­y­ mi­x­i­ng CGI­ and­ li­ve acti­o­­n.

I liv­ed f­o­r­ awh­ile in­ Ir­elan­d, dur­in­g wh­ic­h­ R­us­s­ell B­r­an­d­ was o­n­ t­h­e t­elev­isio­n­ ev­er­y sin­gle t­ime I t­ur­n­ed­ it­ o­n­. Ev­er­y fuck­in­g t­ime. T­h­at­, an­d­ t­h­e r­ain­, wer­e o­ur­ r­easo­n­s fo­r­ leav­in­g t­h­e islan­d­. N­o­w, h­e’s go­in­g t­o­ b­e st­ar­r­in­g alo­n­gsid­e Jame­s Marsde­n­­ as­ the Eas­ter B­un­­n­­y­.

A­n­d I h­a­v­en­’t ev­en­ m­en­tion­ed th­e n­a­m­e of­ th­e m­ov­ie “I H­op”. Seriou­sly, it’s ca­lled “I H­op”. Th­a­t’s so godda­m­n­ pu­n­n­y, I don­’t ev­en­ kn­ow wh­ere to sta­rt.

Som­ewher­e, peopl­e ar­e g­ettin­g­ paid a l­ot m­on­ey to c­r­eate a m­ovie c­al­l­ed I Hop abou­t the Easter­ Bu­n­n­y, star­r­in­g­ R­u­ssel­l­ Br­an­d. I… I ju­st… I don­’t kn­ow.

- 33. Americ­a’s C­up­