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"  Our hearts were left with a gaping, laughter-starved hole in 2006 when FOX canceled Arrested Development, the little-seen yet ingenius series about a family of self-involved screwballs, starring Will Arnett as the idiot son &amp;quot;Gob&amp;quot; Bluth. But this month, the comedy gods\u2014and FOX execs\u2014are paying penance as Arnett reunites with Arrested creator Mitch Hurwitz for Running Wilde, a twisted series about immature oil heir Steve Wilde, who tries to win over his childhood crush turned activist, Emmy. For all still mourning the loss of the little show that could(n&amp;#039;t)\u2014rumored to be hitting the big screen next year\u2014Wilde is full of Arrested-style outlandishness and pitch-perfect delivery, like when Steve tries to impress Emmy with his &amp;quot;humanitarian&amp;quot; efforts: &amp;quot;I saved a horse today.&amp;quot; Beat. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m going to\u2014I know where I left it.&amp;quot; Arnett talked to ELLE about coming back to prime time. You star in Wilde, and cowrote it with Arrested&amp;#039;s Hurwitz and Jim Vallely. How was your first writing gig? I was kind of hesitant, especially because it was Mitch, and I didn&amp;#039;t want to step into his world\u2014it would be like him wanting to be in a scene with me. By the way, that&amp;#039;s a running joke between us. He&amp;#039;ll say, &amp;quot;You know, as an actor...&amp;quot; and I&amp;#039;m like, &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re not an actor.&amp;quot; And he&amp;#039;ll say, &amp;quot;Well, I&amp;#039;m not now, but some people start late. And for us actors....&amp;quot; Mitch is the funniest dude. Writing with those two guys was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. You play Steve Wilde, a smug playboy. Was the character your idea? I don&amp;#039;t like to take credit for stuff, but yes. Hmm. Maybe I do like to take credit for stuff. Next month you appear on the IFC show The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret\u2014with Arrested costar David Cross\u2014as a blowhard executive. Seems like you play a lot of clueless jerks. They&amp;#039;re just flawed! And I think in order to play clueless, you have to be really clueful.  Arrested never found an audience. Is there a fear of Wilde sharing the same fate? One of the things we collectively learned is that with this show, we don&amp;#039;t want to have low numbers and then go into great DVD sales. Our intention is to do a show that really makes people go, &amp;quot;Oh my god, that&amp;#039;s funny.&amp;quot; Are you working with any other Arrested alums? Jason Bateman and I started an Internet content company called DumbDumb. The idea is to create goofy shit with our friends and also partner with brands. We just created some spots for Orbit gum. YouTube &amp;quot;The Prom Date&amp;quot;\u2014we had this huge party...that you were not invited to. I&amp;#039;m so sorry. I feel really bad about that. No worries. We&amp;#039;re just glad you&amp;#039;re doing this interview. Are you kidding me? I&amp;#039;m so honored to be on the cover of ELLE! I told everyone. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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