This Article is From Jul 30, 2013

JOBS script as engaging as Harry Potter books: Josh Gad

JOBS script as engaging as Harry Potter books: Josh Gad

Josh Gad portrays the role of Steve Wozniak in the film.

Highlights

  • Actor Josh Gad, who essays the role of Apple co-founder Steve 'Woz' Wozniak in JOBS, feels the movie's script is as engaging as bestselling book series Harry Potter.
  • JOBS is a forthcoming biopic on late Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple. He died of pancreatic cancer in October 2011 at the age of 56. "When I got the script, I found myself just turning through the pages like it was a Harry Potter book. I couldn't get enough of it," Gad said.
  • Talking about what he read of the late tech mastermind in the script, Gad said: "It was a side of Steve Jobs that I knew nothing about. My idea of Jobs was very much the media darling he became in the 1990s and later in the 2000s up until his untimely death.
  • "I was reading it going, 'Oh my God, this is incredible! How come I never knew about any of this?'"
  • Gad was more than willing to be a part of JOBS.
  • "I immediately called up my agent and said, 'I have to be a part of this'."
Los Angeles: Actor Josh Gad, who essays the role of Apple co-founder Steve 'Woz' Wozniak in JOBS, feels the movie's script is as engaging as bestselling book series Harry Potter.

JOBS is a forthcoming biopic on late Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple. He died of pancreatic cancer in October 2011 at the age of 56. "When I got the script, I found myself just turning through the pages like it was a Harry Potter book. I couldn't get enough of it," Gad said.

Talking about what he read of the late tech mastermind in the script, Gad said: "It was a side of Steve Jobs that I knew nothing about. My idea of Jobs was very much the media darling he became in the 1990s and later in the 2000s up until his untimely death.

"I was reading it going, 'Oh my God, this is incredible! How come I never knew about any of this?'"

Gad was more than willing to be a part of JOBS.

"I immediately called up my agent and said, 'I have to be a part of this'."
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