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Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, who wrote down the comedy restart of Paramount with director Akiva Schaffer The Hollywood reporter After the solid opening weekend of the film at the box office. Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson play the Spoof series in the fourth film of the franchise game, in which Leslie Nielsen Detective Frank Drebin played, and started with the original film by director David Zuckers 1988.
During the interview, Gregor and Mand discuss the recognition of OJ Simpson, who were previously played in the franchise as an officer Nordberg. Potential ideas for another sequel; And how they landed on the memorable camera of the film.
The film's villain definitely feels on Elon Musk-Coded.
Dan Gregor Muschus-Y?
Were there any concerns to ignite the anger of someone like Muschus?
Gregor To be honest, the funniest is, no. We hope that Canane is a fusion of all terrible billionaires in the world. We were really used that this film had a certain amount of time without comedy, and so it was really important for us not to take any of any draws in any way. It is also one of the miracles of the original film that it dates better than any comedy of all time.
There is this R-word conversation that feels at the moment, but it has probably been further for decades.
Gregor I mean the Black Eyed Peas wrote this song in 2003, and this song is no longer available for download. It is only: “Let us start.” And so the peas of the black eyes led this conversation when they published their own album and released them [The E.N.D.] 2009. These are fairly long -term conversations and comedies.
How was the discussion about how to address OJ?
Doug Mand The OJ things were one of the first questions that Kiva, Dan and I got when people heard that we did it Naked gun: “What will you do about Nordberg and OJ?” It was one of the first joke areas we worked on in the film, and we knew pretty quickly that we wanted it to be a quick reference [and] That we didn't want to live in the OJ's idea for too long. We were pretty quick into the idea of a hall of the fathers because it was also bound to another question that we had: “Is Liam Frank Drebin?” We had many old OJ jokes in the first few weeks, but then settled in this area.
A lot is talked about the real chemistry of Liam and Pamela. Did you feel that sparks flew?
Mand I get more texts about what's wrong with you than anything else. All I can say is what I know – what is at the beginning at the beginning, the two immediately chemistry. They liked each other. They only dream that their two co-stars connect at this level. I pull in a very large way for the two.
Obviously, Weird al feels a appearance in this franchise de Rigueur. What was going on from well -known faces, including Priscilla Presley?
Gregor Strange al, from the jump-gives a few things for us who feel as if the fan service has to give the demands in any way. It is the same with a credit sequence jokes and just a moment to hear this old wonderful title song and see the police from the police. We wrote at least half a dozen different places for him in the film. There was a point where he would be the singer at Cane's Gala.
Mand Priscilla, we talked about it just because she is an icon and she is still with us. We didn't want to force it. Fortunately, she was a game to do it, and that was really exciting for us.
Did you discuss ideas for another film?
Gregor Oh, we immediately enjoyed doing this on the set. This film is close to 85 minutes, but the truth is, every line had a dozen alts.
Mand Dan and I already have notebooks that we are already starting to only write down ideas. Akiva is the same to a certain extent.
You previously worked on the film Chip 'n dale: rescue rescues. There was a Viral Social Media Post Last week the criticism criticized that the film seemed to damage real Peter Pan actor. Surprise comments?
Gregor If you touch the childhood of someone, you don't know what you will touch. There are gadget fans that I don't want to meet in an alley in the street at night. It is functional the ethos that we enter in everything we do. There are now so much IP-controlled things, [and] We really have the feeling that you have to make a certain amount of dust on the way to make it worth it. You can't be so awesome what has come before. Rescue runner Completely came out of this ethos, which was: “How do we completely destroy the concept of nostalgia?” But also in [Naked Gun] Was the same that was: “We really have to make sure that it has a real reason to exist alone.”
Any Naked gun Lines or moments that make you proud?
Gregor The joke that has never gotten old, especially in performance, is the end when Danny Huston-Liam Neeson fights. The whole film builds up when they fight each other, and the very first blow he says: “You hurt my stomach.” This whole run never makes me laugh every time I see.