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Steve Carell's '40 Year Old Virgin' Almost Didn't Happen?

By Kevin Jacobsen

Steve Carell apparently looked like too much of a "serial killer" in early footage of The 40-Year-Old Virgin, the actor recalled on Conan this week. The actor spoke about how the film almost didn't happen due to Universal's concerns:

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