who plays sarah marshall?
Kristen Bell
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 Previous attempts to create a film version of The Simpsons failed due to the lack of a script of appropriate length and production crew members . Eventually , producers James L. Brooks , Matt Groening , Al Jean , Mike Scully , and Richard Sakai began development of the film in 2001 . A writing team consisting of Scully , Jean , Brooks , Groening , George Meyer , David Mirkin , Mike Reiss , John Swartzwelder , Jon Vitti , Ian Maxtone @-@ Graham , and Matt Selman was assembled . They conceived numerous plot ideas , with Groening 's being the one developed into a film . The script was re @-@ written over a hundred times , and this creativity continued after the animation had begun in 2006 . This meant hours of finished material was cut , which included cameo roles from Erin Brockovich , Minnie Driver , Isla Fisher , Kelsey Grammer , and Edward Norton . Hanks and Green Day appeared in the final cut as themselves . 

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 On October 18 , 2003 , Cindy and Donald Hewitt , the scriptwriters of Disney 's English dubs of Spirited Away and Porco Rosso , revealed that an uncut and redubbed version of Nausicaä was in pre @-@ production , and that Patrick Stewart and Uma Thurman had been cast . Natalie Portman was originally intended to voice Nausicaä , but Alison Lohman was eventually assigned the role . 

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 Though he wanted to avoid becoming an actor , Chandrasekaran was cast by Kaling as the " suitable boy " Kelly 's parents want her to marry . Chandrasekaran later stated , " I asked Mindy to write as few lines as possible . Acting is not a skill that I have particularly a lot of . " Other guest stars included Creed Bratton as Creed Bratton , Charles Esten as Josh Porter , Ed Helms as Andy Bernard , and Rashida Jones as Karen Filippelli . Nancy Carell , Steve Carell 's wife , reprised her role as Carol Stills , the girlfriend of his character . 

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 The series was commissioned by Warner Bros. Television in 2007 as a presentation lasting 14 – 20 minutes . Alex O 'Loughlin , Shannon Lucio , Rade Šerbedžija and Amber Valletta were cast in the lead roles , and Rod Holcomb was hired as director . David Greenwalt joined the staff in May 2007 as showrunner and executive producer with Joel Silver ; however , health reasons forced Greenwalt to leave the series . All of the original actors , apart from the male lead role , were recast in June 2007 , and Sophia Myles , Jason Dohring and Shannyn Sossamon replaced them . With an almost entirely different cast , a retooled , full @-@ length pilot for television audiences was re @-@ shot . 

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 In December 2015 , ABC ordered a three @-@ hour musical remake of Dirty Dancing , starring Abigail Breslin , Colt Prattes , Debra Messing , Sarah Hyland , Nicole Scherzinger , Billy Dee Williams & Shane Harper . 
