The new romantic comedy She’s Out of My League, featuring Jay Baruchel of Tropic Thunder fame, is set to hit theaters March 12.

In a conference call, Baruchel and one of his co-stars, Nate Torrence, talked briefly about the film.

The movie stars Baruchel as 20-something-year-old Kirk Kettner, who works as an airport security guard with his three best friends, Jack (Mike Vogel), Stainer (T.J. Miller) and Devon (Torrence).

Kirk meets Molly (Alice Eve), “a hard 10” according to Stainer, while Kirk tries to maintain his “five” status. Kirk attempts to win her heart with the help of his friends and their not-so-helpful advice.

Baruchel said taking the lead role in a film, especially after playing so many supporting roles, was all about character development.

“You’ve got to make sure you’re sympathetic, that the audience identifies with you and then maybe if possible look for spots for you to be funny as well,” Baruchel said. “I guess I kind of groomed for it.”

Torrence said the difference between She’s Out of My League and other romantic comedies is how both director Jim Field Smith and the actors tried to make the characters as real as possible.

“I really think that we have four sympathetic characters, and really, there’s not a douche bag amongst us,” Torrence said. “And I think that’s not to say other movies do, but I just think that, like, you know, this time it’s four nice guys, I suppose. What will college students like about it? I think it’s a hell of a fun way to spend two hours.”

She’s Out of My League was written by Sean Anders and John Morris, who also both wrote Sex Drive and the upcoming movie Hot Tub Time Machine.

Baruchel said while the script was funny to work with on its own, one of the best parts about working with Ben Stiller in Tropic Thunder, Judd Apatow in Knocked Up and Smith in She’s Out of My League was the ability to ad-lib.

“I guess the connection between the three of them would be that they all allowed me to ad-lib,” Baruchel said. “Mind you, I don’t really give anyone much choice. I will ad-lib no matter what — whether or not they use it is a whole different story. There’s a couple scenes where they flat-out just weren’t in the script and then made it in the movie somehow, and those are always kind of cool when you get to see that, not only like a director getting behind it, but even a studio getting behind it.”

Torrence said he agreed with Baruchel, and that ad-libbing played a crucial part in creating the film.

“You get the four of us together, no matter what, it’s going to be an improv festival,” Torrence said.

A native of Canada, Baruchel’s works include Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Million Dollar Baby and the upcoming films How to Train Your Dragon and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.

Baruchel said for the past 10 years he has had two different careers working in Canada and the U.S., but what remains the same is his selection process for roles.

“I, as cliché as it sounds, I kind of just like doing whatever I’m going to have,” Baruchel said. “If it sounds like I’m going to have fun doing it, and I [would] pay money to see it myself, then I’ll usually do it. And sometimes that’s drama, sometimes that’s comedy; it just depends. I just want to have a good time.”