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‘NEW GIRL WAS SO SCARY I HAD TO STOP SMOKING POT’: JAKE JOHNSON ON PERSEVERANCE, PICKLEBALL AND PRINCE
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As Nick in the blockbuster TV comedy, the actor was adored by millions. So will his new comedy The Dink, which he jokes is a ‘sexier Challengers’, make him even more popular?
According to Culture | The Guardian, As Nick in the blockbuster TV comedy, the actor was adored by millions.
The available RSS description adds: So will his new comedy The Dink, which he jokes is a ‘sexier Challengers’, make him even more popular?
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- Culture | The Guardian: As Nick in the blockbuster TV comedy, the actor was adored by millions.
- Culture | The Guardian: So will his new comedy The Dink, which he jokes is a ‘sexier Challengers’, make him even more popular?
- Culture | The Guardian: You might assume that Jake Johnson would know a little something about pickleball.
- Culture | The Guardian: The actor is starring in The Dink, a sort of spiritual heir to Dodgeball – it has a Ben Stiller cameo – and he plays Dusty Boyd, a former tennis pro turned plucky pickleball upstart.
- Culture | The Guardian: Presumably Johnson took the gig because he has a deep love of the sport, a fondness for its pockmarked balls and weirdly smooth paddles?
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- 21/07/2026, 05:00 PRIMARY FEED ‘NEW GIRL WAS SO SCARY I HAD TO STOP SMOKING POT’: JAKE JOHNSON ON PERSEVERANCE, PICKLEBALL AND PRINCE (Culture | The Guardian • 10 hrs ago) [Story Intel]
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