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"    Photo: Getty Images   If you&amp;#039;ve been missing Adam Brody, you&amp;#039;re in luck. The first five minutes of his new film, Some Girl(s)\u2014which opens in theaters and on Vimeo On Demand today\u2014doubles as a virtual Brody montage. But if you&amp;#039;re holding out for a Seth Cohen reprisal, be warned: For this project, Brody brings his trademark awkward charm and comedic timing to a character that would otherwise be reprehensible. Created by Neil LaBute, Some Girl(s) follows Brody&amp;#039;s unnamed character (aka &amp;quot;man&amp;quot;) as he takes an anonymous 12-step type conquest tour around the country, with relationships as his poison-of-choice, explaining to his surprised ex-girlfriends that the visits are meant as a &amp;quot;check-in to get caught up to date and make sure there&amp;#039;s no harm, no foul.&amp;quot; Of course, with love and sex, it&amp;#039;s never that simple.   ELLE.com sat down with Brody to discuss the &amp;quot;relationship horror flick,&amp;quot; his action star aspirations, and the appeal of Neil LaBute. You were surrounded by a female cast on this film. How was that? It smelled better. But no, I didn&amp;#039;t notice an overwhelming feminine energy or a total shift. We&amp;#039;re in the arts anyway, so it&amp;#039;s always sort of a thoughtful bunch\u2014male or female. Wait, men are thoughtful? Yes, at least, my friends. I&amp;#039;m friends with a bunch of sensitive guys. I&amp;#039;ve had great big long talks into the night with girls and with guy friends about relationships. We analyze life in general, but yes, relationships too. We definitely have our silly circles. It can be fun and therapeutic. But usually, the simplest explanation is the truth. What was your impression of Neil LaBute prior to working with his material? In a way, he&amp;#039;s the darkest writer that I can think of, because [his work] is relatable. That is what&amp;#039;s so awful about it. It&amp;#039;s the ugly side of everyday relationships. It&amp;#039;s layered, complex, brutal, and it kind of makes you squirm because he&amp;#039;s shining a light on the unpleasant aspects of humanity\u2014a part of humanity that&amp;#039;s in all of us. It&amp;#039;s that everyday cruelty that&amp;#039;s so awful to look at because it&amp;#039;s recognizable. But the joy for me is that all of his stuff is so darkly funny. I love humor and dark humor. That stuff is just like candy. And after working with him? It was a unique experience, because it was Daisy [von Scherler Mayer] at the helm, who is a strong director in her own right, but then it&amp;#039;s LaBute&amp;#039;s words and he&amp;#039;s such a auteur. His voice is all over the work. He was in touch with all of us and he was a pen pal of mine, but he wasn&amp;#039;t physically around. Daisy described him as Charlie from Charlie&amp;#039;s Angels. He loomed large and yet wasn&amp;#039;t around. Was it hard playing a despicable character? He&amp;#039;s such an asshole and doesn&amp;#039;t know it. He&amp;#039;s obtuse about his own motivations and completely fucked morally\u2014going into these women&amp;#039;s lives and provoking emotion. He doesn&amp;#039;t take any responsibility. He is sort of a metaphor for the id, greed, and narcissism. He doesn&amp;#039;t have a shred of honesty and he hasn&amp;#039;t learned a certain thing and never will. It&amp;#039;s kind of a relationship horror to me. &amp;#039;Some Girl(s)&amp;#039; started as a play. Would you ever perform on stage? Stage work isn&amp;#039;t something that I&amp;#039;ve been consciously avoiding. Though, I haven&amp;#039;t been seeking it out either. Neil and I have talked about it. If the right Neil play came up, I certainly would. It&amp;#039;s a long commitment, in another city most of the time, but I am interested in it, to the point, where I definitely have to try it. I call myself an actor by trade, I should definitely be well rounded, so I should do it. So, if not a play, what could be next for you? I wouldn&amp;#039;t mind doing a little action. I&amp;#039;m still young. I can be a little physical. I&amp;#039;m not James Bond, but if there was a reason to do things with explosions, that would be fun. Is there a specific role? You know what I&amp;#039;m in love with? I love Johnny Depp in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I love that movie. It&amp;#039;s an art film, based on a great piece of literature, and I think it says a lot about a time and place. It&amp;#039;s highbrow, and at the same time it&amp;#039;s part Dumb and Dumber. It&amp;#039;s so stupid and goofy, and broad comedy as well. The melding of both of those interests me greatly. That would be a movie and a role that would satisfy me greatly. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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