How 'Movie 43' landed all those A-list stars  Movie opens Jan.
23  Author: By Breeanna Hare CNN Published On: Jan 30 2013
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Berry on red carpet in 2011 (CNN) -  If you're anything like us,
you saw the trailers for "Movie 43" and immediately took notice
of how many major stars were cast to do ridiculous things.  From
Halle Berry to Emma Stone to Oscar nominee Hugh Jackman, the
comedy has an ensemble cast to rival all of those movies about
holidays.  So when we caught up with producer Peter Farrelly at
"Movie 43's" Hollywood premiere on Wednesday, we had to ask how
they handled casting.  "It was a very hard movie to make,
because we only had a budget of $6 million," said Farrelly, who
also serves as a director on the project along with Elizabeth
Banks, Brett Ratner and nine others.  They wanted it to be a
series of interconnected comedy shorts, "and we wanted to use
big talent who doesn't usually do this kind of movie: Kate
Winslet, Hugh Jackman, Hal