Couldn't get enough of Randall Park in The Interview? By Joe Deckelmeier Published Feb 04, 2021. What was worse off set: the weight or the haircut? But at a point, yeah, you definitely see the bad side of this guy. It's been really fun and freeing. Randall Park, the star of “Fresh Off the Boat,” has made an occasionally mortifying coming-of-age film, “Always Be My Maybe,” co-starring Ali Wong and inspired by his own life. PARK: In the original version of the script that I got it wasn't Kim Jong-un. How Ali Wong and Randall Park Made Always Be My Maybe, a Rom-Com for the Ages The stars of Netflix's breakout hit tell GQ about Keanu, Keanu, and—you guessed it—Keanu. and Alias, Park has gone on to land recurring roles on multiple hit comedy series, in addition to starring in critically-acclaimed films and even showing up in big-budget blockbusters. Below, we invite you to read our on set Randall Park The Interview interview. It was actually just this kind of fictional North Korean president, but I was told right before my audition that it was going to be Kim Jong-un. Because it trickles down from the directors, everybody is just so at home here. And prior to the movie being pulled by Sony on Wednesday, actor Randall Park … New Lady Gaga Chromatica Oreo cookies officially hit store shelves. with me destroying a set. Every day in the news we hear crazy stories about him and those stories are not swept aside in this movie. PARK: No, but there is - and this is kind of based on the actual Kim Jong-un, but his father gets on his case for being too feminine and calls him gay. I wouldn't say a ton as far as the overall story, but just as far as little things that we've improvised that kind of ended up becoming these things that kind of popped up throughout the movie. I'm not saying I hope that Kim Jong-un loves this, I don't care what he thinks, but I don't know. I read something about the crop for the Oscars how supposedly this is the year of the black actor, but then they're also saying they're all portraying real people. Park has made guest appearances on television shows including Community, Curb Your Enthusiasm, New Girl, The Office, ER, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Four Kings, Las Vegas, House, iCarly, Cold Case, The Mindy Project, and Reno 911!. There definitely aren't those opportunities to create characters from scratch. When Randall Park realized how important the sitcom Fresh Off The Boat was going to be, he got cold feet — until the real-life Eddie Huang talked him down. PARK: That's right, but at least he had something to work with. PARK: I really think when they throw out the lines that they don't just throw out jokes for the sake of them being funny, they really throw them out from the perspective of my character, so they're pretty easy to say. He portrays North Korean leader Kim Jung Un in the ill-fated film The Interview. I wouldn't say it was - definitely not an overhaul of the script. This is the biggest thing I've ever done in terms of size and scope of the role. PARK: I hate it. Are there scenes where we really hate him? They were going to put prosthetics on me. Steven Weintraub launched Collider in the summer of 2005. So because it is this real life dictator who's responsible for a lot of crimes against humanity I feel like maybe the tendency for most scripts would be to portray him as evil, almost one-dimensional, because he deserves that kind of treatment - at least in the eyes of many people. PARK: [Laughs] Yeah, yeah. North Korea issued a statement promising a “decisive and merciless countermeasure,” so Time asked Park the obvious question. I'm grateful for this role, and I think it's an awesome role, it’s a comedy role and its playing a real person, which I think is super cool, but yeah there are those issues. Randall Park talks THE INTERVIEW, playing Kim Jong-un, hating his hair, listening to Katy Perry, and more on set. You have 1 free article left. No. Watch the full interview with Peter Travers Ali Wong and Randall Park in the video above. Share Share Tweet Email. To be able to play the way they do, it makes it super fun. And they'll build on it, add to it. A little bit. You have 2 free articles left. What's the preparation process in the morning to become an evil dictator? What were your views on how Kim Jong should be? February 5, 2021. Fresh Off the Boat: Melvin Mar & Randall Park Interview You have reached your limit of 4 free articles. PARK: Yeah, my character loves Katy Perry, but he doesn't want Skylark to know, doesn't want anybody to know, but it turns out everyone loves Katy Perry. Randall Park revealed during an interview on The Talk on Friday, January 29, 2021 that he received a COVID-19 vaccine back in September 2020, because he had joined the vaccine trials. And being thrust into this position at a young age, running a country and maybe not being fully prepared. 0. Subscribe for just $18. It had to be American food. PARK: The audition process was interesting. We only had one take. The InterviewDirectors: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen.Starring: James Franco, Seth Rogen, Randall Park, Lizzy Caplan. I guess in the first version of the script I got the character was a little more - well I wouldn't say one-dimensional, but definitely not as fleshed out as it became eventually. Of course not. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our. They're so open to suggestions on top of that, and jokes, if you feel it just throw it in, they're totally cool with it. I had a short period of time to do it though, because originally I was supposed to wear prosthetics for the part and five days before my first shoot day they decided not to go with it. It's so weird. PARK: Hopefully my hair will have grown out and I will have lost some of the weight I've gained for the part. And they just sent me the script, they told me there are no sides just to go over the script. Please try again later. I don’t even think about it at this point, but when I first started I definitely did a lot of ton of research and I watched a lot of The Last King of Scotland [laughs]. I pretty much ate everything that I like and I've always wanted to eat and I just didn't hold myself back and it was the best [laughs]. MCU fans were treated to a fabulous team-up on last week’s WandaVision, the Disney+ show meant to open the door to Phase 4. He talked about how he landed the role, the fact that he was supposed to wear prosthetics but days before filming they decided he should put on weight, how the script changed, Kim Jong-un's preoccupation with trying to be manly due to his father saying he's too feminine, what it's been like working for Goldberg and Rogen, and a lot more. Why did you decide to gain a lot of weight instead of wearing a fat suit? Javier Bardem hated his hair for No Country for Old Men. So they were like, "We’re just going to have you play him without the prosthetics, so just eat as much as you can." They're just real cool guys. So do we. I was impressed watching the monitor because you read your stuff and then they're throwing out lines, but you have to filter those lines through a character. I think that's a testament to the type of guys they are. This isn’t like Robert De Niro playing a boxer in Raging Bull. After starring as the card trick-obsessed FBI agent Jimmy Woo in 2018's "Ant-Man and the Wasp," he assumed that would be his one appearance in a Marvel project. He's not gay, but he's so affected by his father and what his father has done to him just psychologically. I did one audition and I got it from that one audition. PARK: Yeah, yeah, of course. Subscribe for just $18. February 5, 2021. You can own it on Blu-Ray starting today! Subscribe for just $18. I gained 7 lb. Randall Park admits he's as surprised as everyone else that he's back in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Do you love following B/C list film stars with the same vehemence as Perez Hilton? There's one stereotype in the industry that Asian people aren't funny, I've heard that over and over again, so opportunities like this get to show people we can be funny and maybe that can lead to other roles that are different. I have this little help, so hopefully it shows and I look a little more like the real guy than my normal self. I think especially towards the end when everything falls apart. I hate it, but you know what I have to walk around like this all the time so I wear a beanie, but sometimes I have no choice but to wear my hair and I try to make it look as normal as possible, but no, there's no chance. He goes pretty crazy. Derek Chauvin Trial Brings Painful Memories. He was born in Los Angeles, California, to Korean parents, and graduated from the Humanities Magnet Program at Hamilton High School. And then with the help of the makeup department. You can own it on Blu-Ray starting today! Park went on to receive a Bachelor's degree in English and Creative Writing and a Master's degree in Asian American Studies from UCLA. Randall Park - Taking Cues from Fans and Real Life for "Always Be My Maybe" Interview 6/5/2019 Randall Park describes how a fan initiative compelled him to co-write and co-star in the Netflix movie "Always Be My Maybe" with fellow actor-writer Ali Wong. What's been the biggest surprise working for Evan and Seth from what you expected going in? What's that like working with the improvisation and working with Seth? Brittany Murphy's Life and Mysterious Death to Be Subject of Two-Part HBO Max Documentary, Randall Park Talks THE INTERVIEW, Playing Kim Jong-un, Hating His Hair, Listening to Katy Perry, and More on Set, More The Interview is a 2014 American political action comedy film co-produced and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg in their second directorial work, following This Is the End (2013). Do you think the script makes a statement about how we should feel about the character or does it leave it open? Sometimes I may have to reword it a little bit, even with the script just reword things a little bit just to fit the way I feel like I should be speaking as the character, but for the most part it hasn't been an issues. PARK: It's been so fun. This appears in the December 01, 2014 issue of TIME. Then came the storm over The Interview. I’d be standing there sweating inside some nice warm house with this Holden Caulfield hat on. But Randall isn’t just a successful actor and comic. What's going on there. PARK: I gained about fifteen pounds. I think you definitely get an understanding of this guy and the situation he's in being the son and the grandson - a part of this legacy. You get an understanding of what he must be going through, but at the same time they definitely nail in the fact that this guy is who he is and has done what he's done and keeps that going. You have 3 free articles left. So I had a week to put on the weight. But I felt like just as an actor I wanted to give him some layers and portray him as more of a human being, a vulnerable multidimensional human being that just so happens to be responsible for all these horrible things. I got the call to come in and I was like, "Okay, where are the sides for the audition?" Since his early days playing background characters on Reno 911! R andall Park plays Kim Jong Un in the interview, out Dec. 25, in which the CIA tasks journalists James Franco and Seth Rogen with killing the North Korean dictator. By signing up you are agreeing to our, “You Can Only Tell So Many Dick Jokes.” Ken Jeong on Getting Serious in New Stand-Up Special, What America's Richest Ski Town's Handling of COVID-19 Shows. I still don't believe it really. During the audition process did they sort of test you by saying certain things to see how far they could push you? During a break in filming, I participated in a group interview with Randall Park. But their attempt at hard news gets upended when the CIA asks the duo to assassinate the North Korean leader. Yes. You have a limited number of free articles. You don't want to portray this guy as too sympathetic, but you want to portray him as human. The documentary promises to “go beyond the conspiracy theories and headlines.”. NOC Exclusive Interview: ‘WandaVision’ Star Randall Park By Laura Sirikul February 2, 2021 February 2, 2021 With four episodes in, WandaVision finally gives the people what they want — the return of FBI Agent Jimmy Woo. Randall Park. But I only did a couple days on that so I didn’t really get to know them and I was super intimidated by them because they're Seth and Evan, you know? But they did a camera test a week before my first day of shooting, and they wanted more realism. I wore hats constantly. It was doughnuts and hot dogs. Martin Freeman Weighs in on Likelihood of Season 5 or a Movie, 'Godzilla vs. Kong': 24 New Photos Showcase a Colossal Fight and Humans Caught in the Middle, First 'Spirit: Untamed' Teaser Trailer Debuts Newly Recorded Version of Taylor Swift's 'Wildest Dreams', Why We Needed 'Man of Steel 2' Before 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice', How to Watch 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier': Release Date, Streaming Details & Everything You Need to Know, Why Lucy Lawless Joined 'The Spine of Night' After Being Asked "Do You Really Want to Be Seen That Way? 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Just subtle things, jokes, and lot of things that just popped up through playing it that eventually made it into the script and affected other scenes so that those scenes would be added. Then we just literally did every scene in the script. PARK: I just auditioned for it. No. From when you first got the script to what you guys are filming, how much changed along the way? THE INTERVIEW opens December 25. aka "the Asian guy from 'IKEA heights.'" PARK: [Laughs] I was like, "I don't care.". RANDALL PARK: Well, a lot. Randall Park is one of the funniest comedians in Hollywood right now. Thank you for reading TIME. When do we get to play just non-real people? By Ilana Kapla n I think that really was kind of how they were seeing it as well. It was the best, but I also felt sick. I’m also superpsyched about being part of this movie. And to contribute the scenes. His extensive list of credits includes Fresh Off the Boat, The Interview, Aquaman, Veep, and the recent WandaVision on Disney Plus. The haircut, for sure. [Laughs] I've been playing him for a few months now so I don’t even think about it, but sitting in makeup, eating food, getting my hair trimmed. PARK: I don't know. That scene where you get to smash everything looked pretty fun. Last year when directors Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were filming The Interview (their directorial follow up to This is The End) in Vancouver, I got to visit the set with a few other reporters. Did she withhold marital relations until you finished shooting? But as soon as I started on this film, started to get to know them, I found they're so easy to work with. I don’t know why I had to think about that. As most of you know from the extremely funny red and green band trailers, James Franco plays a vapid talk show host who, along with his producer Aaron Rapoport (Rogen), lands an interview with Kim Jong-un (Randall Park). I’m always surprised when producers are O.K. Also just suggestions made from different people, including myself, that eventually became extra scenes that they threw in. Interview: 'Always Be My Maybe' Stars Ali Wong And Randall Park The stars and creators of Always Be My Maybe, a romantic comedy with a mostly Asian American cast, brought elements of … Subscribe for just $18. Nicole Kidman reportedly 'swatted' by a man at the opera house in Sydney Hollywood has a problem with casting enough or more Asian characters and Asian actors, from your perspective do you find it frustrating that your biggest role to date is as an Asian dictator? * The request timed out and you did not successfully sign up. [Laughs]. PARK: [Laughs] No. that week, and three weeks after that I got up to 15 lb. Randall Park is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director. If you’d like to follow Steven on Twitter or Instagram, you can expect plenty of breaking news, exclusive interviews, and pictures of cats doing stupid things. Actor Christopher Plummer dies at 91. It definitely comes out, yeah, especially towards the end. I can see that across the board with actors of color. She liked the Holden Caulfield hat, so it all worked out. In our Randall Park interview, /Film spoke with the WandaVision actor about his character's magic hobby, whether we'll see him in sitcom form, and more. Here's Why You Should Sit With It, Jennifer Garner and Edgar Ramirez on ‘Yes Day’ and the Real Fear Filming the Roller Coaster Scene, Watch: Bob Odenkirk Explains How He Transformed From Dad Bod to John Wick in 'Nobody'. Randall Park talks THE INTERVIEW, playing Kim Jong-un, hating his hair, listening to Katy Perry, and more on set. I lost count. Randall Park, Actor: WandaVision. But yeah …. As Editor-in-chief, he has taken the site from a small bedroom operation to having millions of readers around the world. You could never gain that much weight on Korean food, right? I mean the movie walks a fine line. I threw up a couple times.I had a short period of time, but I think you could tell. PARK: Just how normal they are, how they're just great guys, just kind of guys who remind me of the kids I hung out with growing up. After screening the seriously funny episode (that will actually air on ABC tonight at 8:00pm) and interviewing Nahnatchka “Natch” Khan and Kourtney Kang, it was time for the next group of talent to sit at our table.Here’s what Executive Producer Melvin Mar and Actor Randall Park (“Louis Huang”) had to say.