Actor Michael Cera (Juno, Superbad) is a key part of the equation in Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme (in select theaters ...

Benicio Del Toro as Zsa-Zsa Korda, Michael Cera as Bjorn and Mia Threapleton as Liesl in director Wes Anderson’s THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of ...

"We had a lot of iterations of hair that weren't quite right," Cera tells PEOPLE of his dramatic blond transformation ...

At the New York City premiere of his new movie The Phoenician Scheme on Wednesday, May 28, the actor, 36, opened up to PEOPLE about creating his character Bjorn Lund, a Norwegian entomologist.