STACK #130 Aug 2016

DVD & BD

Q&A

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Adam DeVine returns as Bumper in the aca-awesome sequel that crosses all the boundaries – Pitch Perfect 2 . BUMPing IT UP!

What did you think of the script when you read it? ADAM DeVINE: Well, that’s what made me want to do the movie. Kay Cannon wrote the first script and she was writing the second one, so I knew it was going to be funny. I read the script and it was great! I was really excited and I actually have a lot more to do in the second movie. I have the love interest with Rebel, which is super fun to do because we’re good friends, so it was great to shoot a lot of scenes with her. How did Kay Cannon develop the arc going from the first Pitch Perfect to the sequel? In the first film it was sort of a “we are the troublemakers and the top dogs of campus,” and they end up finding themselves and coming together as a team to win the nationals. In Pitch Perfect 2 , this is an international competition… now they have to start from rock bottom, but if they win the international competition, they will be allowed to be reinstated for national competitions. What makes your character, Bumper, tick? I think he was wrapped up, like a lot of us do in college and when we are younger, in the social aspect of being the best at whatever you’re

What did you think of Hailee Steinfeld, the new Bella? Hailee is so sweet, so great, and she’s such a good actress, too. She is like one of those people where you think, “Oh man, she’s such a good actor. I need to be a better actor. I’m so much older than her. How have I not figured it out the way she has?”

TheTone Hanger Bros: ReggieWatts, Jason Jones, Adam DeVine, John Hodgman and Joe LoTruglio.

• Pitch Perfect 2 is out on Aug 6

Your personal relationship with RebelWilson goes back before the first movie. Can you talk about that and how it affected your work? I met Rebel when she auditioned for Workaholics , and we knew we wanted her. She came in, she auditioned, she crushed it, and we gave her a guest-starring role for one episode. First day on set, we’re making out and I’m feeling her up, so we got pretty close right away! I didn’t know that we were going to be starring in two movies with each other over the next couple of years and getting really close. I think it helped

with the dynamic, especially in this movie. We had a scene where we had to make out and look lovingly into each other’s eyes.

It just didn’t feel weird because we were close enough that it was funny and we understood what we were doing. It would’ve been a weird thing if we didn’t like each other. What do you hope the audience will take away from this movie? I just hope that they will laugh and love it, just like the first movie. I think that the first movie brought so much joy to people. It was really fun to have teenage girls, little kids, moms, and grown men come up to me saying they loved it. Even the Green Bay Packers,

doing. Being popular and those sorts of things. He was all about being the best at a cappella, like he’s number one and everyone else sucks. Then he went off in the real world and realised that he isn’t the best. He got slapped with

who had a cameo in the movie, said “we work out to the Pitch Perfect soundtrack.” If we catch even a part of the magic that we had in the first movie, we’ll be doing pretty well, and quite frankly, I think, pound-for- pound, Pitch Perfect 2 is a funnier movie.

some reality, so he comes back to the college and he’s now a security guard there.

RebelWilson and Adam DeVine

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