‘Rooster’s Phil Dunster Reveals “The Bed Wasn’t Supposed To Break” In His Epic Steve Carell Fight Scene: “A Very, Very Happy Accident”

From films like Anchorman and Crazy, Stupid, Love to television shows like The Office and The Patient, Steve Carell has filmed his fair share of iconic on-screen fight scenes over the years. And now, he can add a bedroom brawl with Phil Dunster to the list.

The premiere of Rooster, Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses’ new HBO comedy, saw famous author Greg Russo (Carell) head to Ludlow College campus to check on his daughter Katie (Charly Clive). After Katie’s husband and fellow professor Archie (Phil Dunster) cheated on her with a grad student named Sunny (Lauren Tsai), Greg gave him a stern talking to, and Katie accidentally burnt his house down. In Episode 2, “Trousers,” the father and daughter turn to physical violence to get their feelings across…

Early in the episode, Katie punches Archie, leaving him with a black eye. And later, after Greg learns that Archie got Sunny

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