ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY Press Conference

Disney’s ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY opens in theaters today, and in celebration of the films release WAMG attended a press conference with stars Jennifer Garner, Steve Carell, Ed Oxenbould, Dylan Minnette, Kerris Dorsey, and Bella Thorne. Check out some of the highlights below!

ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY follows the exploits of 11-year-old Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) as he experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young life—a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But when Alexander tells his upbeat family about the misadventures of his disastrous day, he finds little sympathy and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him. He soon learns that he’s not alone when his mom (Jennifer Garner), dad (Steve Carell), brother (Dylan Minnette) and sister (Kerris Dorsey) all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Anyone who says there is no such thing as a bad day just hasn’t had one.

In the film, the characters are put to the test and find out just how important sticking together as a family is, so it’s no surprise that the central theme of the press day was “family”.

Being parents themselves, Jennifer Garner and Steve Carell were hands on with how their characters were portrayed on-screen. Garner says “We just piped up and made our thoughts known. ‘Um, at our house, we wouldn’t even do this…’ and that’s usually how it went.”

Steve Carell’s character keeps rather optimistic during the film. He says “It’s a state of mind. There’s nothing wrong with letting your kids know there is hopefulness. I don’t think that’s a bad thing to give a child. The reality in life is that things are not always going to go as well as you planned or expected or wanted. I don’t see anything wrong with being optimistic.”

Carell showed his playful side when talking about working with his younger costars, “It was the worst experience of my life. [Laughs] And I know in print that will play really well, because you can’t read irony in print. They are so much fun, including the babies that were in this movie, which we all fell in love with.”

When it comes to working with his onscreen family, Ed Oxenbould jokes “I like my film parents more than my real parents!”

Kerris Dorsey shares the enthusiasm for working with Carell and Garner “I’m such a huge fan of both of them. Being able to have them as parents was really cool, and it was surreal as such a fan.”“

The press conference ended on a surprising note when members of the Thunder From Down Under male review came dancing down the aisles. Don’t worry! They kept it PG since there were kids in the room. Maybe next time we’ll get a full show!

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ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY opens in theaters everywhere on October 10th