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"    Photo: Getty Images   There are many reasons to go see Pitch Perfect, which officially opens today. For one, Rebel Wilson&amp;#039;s comedic timing is flawless (yes, she sings and dances\u2014and it&amp;#039;s fantastic), and Anna Kendrick shows off her impressive pipes. But for those who tend to fall for the cool dorks of the world, the movie&amp;#039;s heartthrob Skylar Astin won&amp;#039;t disappoint. You may know him from his stint as Georg in the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening or more recently for shooting a bedroom scene with Zosia Mamet, who plays Shoshanna, on HBO&amp;#039;s Girls. And now he will become even more recognizable for his lead role as Jesse in the hilarious musical comedy, Pitch Perfect.    &amp;quot;I like that Pitch Perfect is one of my first forays into film and just being seen in that kind of light, aside from some people who know me from Spring Awakening or the other things that I&amp;#039;ve done,&amp;quot; he told ELLE.com. &amp;quot;I think in so many ways it&amp;#039;s kind of like my own Glee or Smash.&amp;quot; Read on to learn which Hollywood lady he is pals with and what it&amp;#039;s like to work with Kendrick and Wilson. Name: Skylar Astin Age: 25 Provence: NYC and L.A. Relationship status: Single On how cracked up Anna Kendrick while filming. &amp;quot;She was awesome; she&amp;#039;s really a smart actress. Super-talented and focused. So it was fun to try and make her laugh on set, because my character does that, and it&amp;#039;s a bit of a cat-and-mouse game. It was an environment where we could play around a bit and be witty towards each other. I would be super flirtatious or just try to make her laugh to keep that chemistry alive. It&amp;#039;s funny because she&amp;#039;d literally find herself rolling her eyes at me in real life. She remains a good friend.&amp;quot; Rebel Wilson is just as entertaining when she&amp;#039;s out of character. &amp;quot;Rebel is really funny in person but in a totally different way. She&amp;#039;s way smarter, you know, than people give her credit for. She shows up and looks like she&amp;#039;s having a great time, when in fact, she&amp;#039;s doing all those things, but she&amp;#039;s so calculated and so crafty that it&amp;#039;s all not necessarily spontaneous but really well thought out. It&amp;#039;s inspiring.&amp;quot; On being a cool dork like his character Jesse. &amp;quot;Exactly, it&amp;#039;s like myself. I don&amp;#039;t take myself too seriously. I think that&amp;#039;s something so many actors and people in general tend to do. You definitely have to be focused at certain times in your life and in your career, but at the end of the day, there&amp;#039;s only so much you can do. Then you just have to chock it up to fate.&amp;quot; What it&amp;#039;s like to be part of theater&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;in&amp;quot; crew of former Spring Awakening stars. &amp;quot;I spoke to Lea [Michele] just yesterday. Jon Groff saw the movie a week before it came out at a screening, and he called me freaking out. We&amp;#039;re all so proud of each other. I went to Lea&amp;#039;s house the other night to watch the premiere of Glee with her and Groff. I lived with Brian Johnson for like three years. I Skyped with Remy [Zaken] the other day. So, it&amp;#039;s always great to keep in touch, especially since some of us are in L.A. and in New York. We always try to do little reunions here and there.&amp;quot; How he channeled his own experience to film that epic sex scene with Shoshanna [Zosia Mamet] on HBO&amp;#039;s Girls. &amp;quot;Well, that character and I do have something in common\u2014we&amp;#039;re both very giving. When shooting a scene like that\u2014thank god Zosia is so cool\u2014we just kind of laughed through the whole thing. It was as if we were doing a scene at a restaurant, drinking coffee\u2014except that in between takes, we had robes on.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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