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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 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 some reality, so
he comes back to the college
and he’s now a security
guard there.
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?”
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,
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.
Adam DeVine returns as Bumper in the aca-awesome sequel
that crosses all the boundaries – Pitch Perfect 2.
BUMPing IT UP!
TheTone Hanger Bros:
ReggieWatts, Jason Jones, Adam DeVine,
John Hodgman and Joe LoTruglio.
RebelWilson
and Adam
DeVine
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16 SEPTEMBER 2015