Ed Helms Says He’d Be Down for Hangover 4: ‘I’d Do Anything with Those Guys’ (Exclusive)

Ed Helms would love to recreate the magic Hangover for the fourth time.

The actor spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about the wildly successful franchise while walking the red carpet at the film’s Los Angeles premiere on Wednesday Family switchhis new Netflix comedy with Jennifer Garner.

“Sure,” Helms, 49, says of the possibility Hangover 4. “I think, [costars] Bradley [Cooper]Zach [Galifianakis], [director] Todd [Philips] — these are some of my favorite people on the planet, so I would do anything with them. Oh my God, I would do anything with those guys.”

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But there may be a delay in the realization of another chapter Hangover Story.

Cooper, 48, said The New Yorker Radio Hour Podcast host David Remnick said earlier this month that while he would sign up for a fourth film “in a heartbeat,” he didn’t think director Philips would be thrilled. “I don’t think Todd will ever do that,” he said A star is born said the actor.

And Helms, 49, agrees. “Like Bradley said, it’s unlikely that Tood would be up for it,” he tells PEOPLE.

Zach Gailifanakis, Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms in ‘The Hangover’.

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Success from Hangover films helped make Helms a household name, although the actor — who played Stu in the franchise — previously admitted that he experienced a “tornado of fame” after the original the film was “very underwhelming”.

Speaking to host Conan O’Brien during the December 2022 episode Need a friend podcast, he said he “struggled a lot of the time … after Hangover.” He added: “I was kind of spinning and panicking about different things. Like, ‘So, what kind of career do you want?’ ”

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The star also said he “felt a lot of anxiety” and “restlessness” at that time in his career. “One of the craziest things about such a massive leap to fame — and what I think people who’ve never been in it or been around it just can’t understand — is the complete loss of control over the environment,” he said. He said.

He continued that it was only with the support of his colleagues that he was able to weather the storm of current fame. “If it wasn’t for those guys [Cooper and Galifianakis, 54] I don’t think I would have stayed sane,” Helms said.

Ed Helms in ‘The Office’. Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

But despite his enormous popularity since Hangoverthe role Helms is still most recognized for is that of Andy “Nard Dog” Bernard from Office.

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“That show had such funny staying power,” he told PEOPLE in April 2021 of the hit comedy, which ran from 2005 to 2013 on NBC and has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity on streaming.

“So many more young people are watching it, people who weren’t even born when that show was on the air. It always seems to be booming.”

Family switch streams on Netflix starting November 30.

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