Jason Segel talks about the influence of Kermit the Frog and the role that changed him
(WorldNews Entertainment)

“Our Friend,” Gabriela Cowperthwaite`s new drama, features Dakota Johnson as a young mother who is dying of cancer, Casey Affleck as her distraught husband and Jason Segel as the genial best friend who helps the family through these darkest times While Segel has been earning laughs for more than two decades in TV and movies from “Freaks and Geeks” and “How I Met Your Mother” to” I Love You Man” and “The Muppets,” the film “Our Friend” subverts that Segel stereotype by revealing a more complex and sadder man beneath the smile. Many of Segel’s roles have hinted at pain and vulnerability — nothing says...