Actor James Marsden’s wife was so keen for him to land his drugged-out role in new film Death At A Funeral, she suggested he take hallucinogens to experience a real life drug trip before his audition.

The actor’s character, Oscar, accidentally mistakes acid for Valium and trips throughout the comedy.

And his wife, former actress Lisa Linde, was convinced getting high on mushrooms would help him ace his audition.

I added 35 high quality photos from “Death At A Funeral” Los Angeles Premiere.

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Public Appearances > 2010 Appearances > [2010.04.12]”Death At A Funeral” Los Angeles Premiere (HQ)

ComingSoon.net: Your character is one of the best parts of the film. Did you know you had the best role when you read the script?
James Marsden: When I read the script I thought selfishly this was the best character in the movie. That might come off as really bold or arrogant but to me this guy is involuntarily on an acid trip at a predominately black funeral. You’ve got to really work hard to screw that up. I was on the plane reading the script and I was laughing at what he had to endure and go through. The woman sitting next to me is going, “Stop laughing. Nothing is that funny. What are you laughing at?” I didn’t know that the British film had been made already so I was getting really excited that this was just an original idea and a great farce. Then I saw the British film – the original which was really well executed and Alan Tudyk who played my role in that film was perfect. So that was really my work that was cut out for me. How do you improve upon or just do your own thing when he knocked it out of the park.

CS: Did you stick to the script or did you improv at all?

Jimmy and Lisa attended Sony Pictures Releasing’s “Death At A Funeral” premiere held at Arclight Cinema in Los Angeles yesterday. Just uploaded 81 HQ photos from this event to the gallery.

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Public Appearances > 2010 Appearances > [2010.04.12]”Death At A Funeral” Los Angeles Premiere (HQ)

I’ve just uploaded 14 HQ photos from the press conference for “Death At A Funeral” on April 11, 2010 in Los Angeles.

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Photoshoot Outtakes > Photocalls > “Death At A Funeral” Press Conference (HQ)

I added 3 new stills from the movie “Death at a Funeral”.

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Movie/TV Productions > Death at a Funeral > Promotional Stills

Source: MovieSet.com

Jimmy was photographed when arriving at Chateau Marmont for lunch on April 9, 2010 in West Hollywood. Be sure to check out the gallery for new photos!

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Paparazzi Photos > 2010 Candids > [2010.04.09]West Hollywood

Check out the gallery, guys! I’ve just found more candid photos from this year.

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Paparazzi Photos > 2010 Candids > [2010.01.14]Studio City (HQ)
Paparazzi Photos > 2010 Candids > [2010.02.12]Los Angeles (HQ)

I’ve uploaded 1350 screencaptures from the movie “The Box” to the gallery.

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