Members of Hollywood's new 'comedy brat pack' Jason Segal and Paul Rudd caught up with TheVine in New York to discuss their new bromance, I Love You, Man.

Here’s the deal: Paul Rudd’s charming character, Peter Klaven doesn’t have any friends in his life outside his fiancé and family. Literally. Zilch. Nada. Zero. Since he always got wrapped up into relationships with girlfriends, his guy buddies got swept aside. Determined to find a best man for his wedding, Klaven goes on a bunch of man dates and is clearly socially awkward with his Klavenisms (“Totes magoats!”). Finally, he crosses paths with Sydney Fife, a free spirit and new friend.

We won’t give away the rest of the story as his BFF comes into the picture (let’s just say there’s a whole lot of male bonding in the Man Cave over Rush) but rest assured it’s a bromantic comedy of a unique sort. Rashida Jones, Jaime Pressly and Jon Favreau dazzle the big screen, too. Trust us: if you’re looking for a little mind candy (not to mention eye candy), you’ll be LOLing during this film.

We caught up with the stars when they were promoting their flick in New York City. And here’s the thing: they’re just as cool in person as they are on screen, finishing each other’s sentences and making this interviewer laugh. A lot.

TheVine: Can you talk a little bit about getting ‘Rushified’ and what that scene was about?

Jason Segel: Our characters bond over the band Rush. I love Rush but I was a little too young to experience them in their prime but I learned about them during Freaks and Geeks because my character was a huge Rush fan. Paul was a huge Rush fan as is John Hamberg. (the director)

Paul Rudd: Rush scared me when I was a little kid. I saw the Tom Sawyer video and I thought it was scary as hell. Getty Lee can be a really intense figure to a 6 year-old but then I kind of got into some of their songs and was excited to meet them and I was really nervous actually.

Jason: They are scary…

Paul: A fifteen minute drum solo is scary as hell. They’re reclusive, there’s a mystery about Rush. So they couldn’t have been nicer and funnier and really, really cool. Do you like Rush?

TheVine: Not really.

Jason: She’s not into Rush. Tell the story when you brought that up to them about the scene.

Paul: I know John wanted Rush because a scene like that – that’s the kind of band that two guys like us would have bonded over. They do seem to have a primarily male fan base. When they were shooting I was so hypersensitive that they would have a good time, that they wouldn’t get bored or feel as if we were mocking them in anyway because that’s the farthest thing; we weren’t doing that at all. But in the scene we’re dancing around like crazy and Rashida is acting bored so I was telling Getty lee this is part of the story, we’re going to be dancing around and she’s just going to stand there like she’s not really that into it and Getty Lee said, “Oh, you mean so it will be like every one of our concerts?” It was like alright, Getty.

TheVine: To make a comparison with this movie, people often ask if it’s a romantic comedy.

Jason: I like to say when “When Harry Met Harrier.” I’m like a smooth baby. Ewwwwww.

Paul: You may want to rethink the way you say that.

Jason: I’m smooth like a baby’s head. Smooth as a baby’s bottom, that’s the expression, right?

Paul: I’m not touching that. (pauses) That came out wrong, too. (laughs)

TheVine: The movie is like a love letter to Los Angeles. Was there anything you added to it?

Paul: That’s really John and I know he wanted to set it in L.A. There was a specific reason for doing so and I’ve heard him say how isolated you can feel in Los Angeles and how you’re in your car and everybody is kind of separate.  Also, when you meet people in L.A. everyone kind of has this shield up anyway. This feeling of 'what can you do for me'. I know he always found that to be a somewhat tough place to make friends.

TheVine: As far as the DVD goes, are there scenes we can expect that we won’t see in theatres?

Jason: I have one regret of something that’s not in the movie. Remember when I wrestle Lou Ferrigno? The scene (in the movie) ends with me passing out. The scene continued and Paul came to get me (laughs hysterically), we just did the weirdest run of me waking up not knowing where I was and being super confused. I’m a gigantic guy. We did this thing of Paul trying to lift me up and me continuing to fall over and it was such a funny physical comedy bit; it was funny ... and self-indulgent.

Paul: It’s really a trick about finding the right tone and that’s left to John and the editor really. There were a lot of funny sequences that either were cut for time or just they seemed too broad maybe. We all wanted the movie to be realistic and not so over the top.

Jason: That’s one of the things that I love about the movie. It’s not a cynical look at these relationships it’s also not a wink wink nudge nudge jokey version of them. We tried to do a really natural realistic depiction of a guy trying to find a friend and then layer funny on top of that but not start with the idea of lets do the funniest version of how difficult it is. We wanted to a realist version and then have that have be funny.

- Interview for TheVine in New York by Vicki Salemi

 I Love You, Man opens in Australian cinemas today (June 4).
You can view the I Love You, Man movie trailer here on TheVine.