United Kingdom, Dec. 23 -- Jack Black is one of Paul Rudd's "heroes".

Paul, 56, jumped at the chance to star in the upcoming film Anaconda because it meant he could work with the 56-year-old actor again.

In a joint interview with the actors, Paul told People: "Every once in a while, something will happen where I'm afforded the opportunity to get to work with a hero of mine."

Turning to Jack, he added: "It happened on this one in the form of this old hunk of love."

Paul also praised Steve Zahn (Kenny Trent) and Thandiwe Newton (Claire Simons), his co-stars in the action-comedy movie, saying: "It's the people, really, right?"

Jack agreed: "It is the peeps. It's funny, because in this movie we are playing filmmakers, and so in a way we ...