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The ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ Scene That Made Jason Segel’s Mother Cry

Segel decided to bring his mom to the film’s premiere, and it ended in tears.

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Anyone who’s seen 2008’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall will tell you that there’s one scene early on in the film that stands out more than any other. We’re talking, of course, about the moment Jason Segel’s character drops his towel after Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell) breaks up with him. The full-frontal nudity in that segment is still seared into every single one of our brains all these years later. We won’t post the footage here, but this being the internet, it isn’t hard to find, should you be so inclined to seek it out.

While speaking with The New York Times in 2014, Segel opened up about how the scene came to be.........

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