#Nick schwartz and it does this how to
#Nick schwartz and it does this movie

That was my big thing to push on comedy, but I'm really going to find these dramatic moments to dive into to do some real acting. So the editing room has a choice of what to do. We really tried to zone in those moments of realism and the moments of letting me go bananas. I want those moments like when I'm about to shoot Akwafina for the first time, I want you to see, 'Oh my god, I'm really scared, but I'm going to do this.'

#Nick schwartz and it does this how to

I was like, 'I think I know how to make this where I'm not too over the top.' I wanted the moments when I robbed the store, robbed the restaurant, I want that to feel real. What did you want to bring to the role of Teddy that wasn't necessarily on the page?īen Schwartz: I tried to push the comedy a little bit because Ryan Ridley wrote a really funny script. I was just in a room with him, and he was looking at me like he was stealing my soul. Doing all that stuff was the best and then afterwards to be sitting next to him when he's fully dressed as Dracula just talking about the movies that are out now. He allowed me to play a little bit in those scenes and the idea that I'm playing with Nick Cage.

You get on that thing, and he's really in it.

Can you talk to me about working with him as a collaborator?īen Schwartz: To do scenes with him is amazing. Nicolas Cage's version of Dracula is probably the best. He would run in the car and get on the floor and get dirty. He's so passionate about what we're doing, that you just want to make him proud, and you want to do all the things. like, 'Yeah, maybe you could run through this.' He gets in the car and he does it. I remember, we're doing a scene where I'm running through a street, and I'm throwing bags of cocaine at cops. When Hoult punches a head off, it's literally, he's punching a head off and blood spurts everywhere. McKay really pushed the idea of practical effects, which is amazing.

#Nick schwartz and it does this movie

And I think LEGO Batman Movie is one of the best directed movies so I was a huge McKay fan beforehand. And Chris McKay worked on Robot Chicken, which is amazing. What did Chris McKay bring as a director to this film?īen Schwartz: One of my first or my first ever writing job outside of freelancing was Robot Chicken. I love the blend of practical effects and digital effects. I try to give you moments where I'm down to earth or something sad happens. I try and do the same thing when I improvise. When he fails, I think you then connect with the character more becomes more of a real character. There's a lot to the idea that he's vulnerable, the idea that maybe he's a mama's boy. Can you talk about infusing that in your performance in this film?īen Schwartz: With all my characters, I try to show you enough heart and I try to show you the weaknesses that they have, so you can feel them and people can relate to them. I love comedy, but there's a surprising vulnerability to your character. So learning all those things was amazing and then to flex that into like, 'There's a lot of comedy that can be had out of these type of characters.' So it's fun to start playing with that world. I don't know how to really fight somebody outside of like, push someone on the basketball court. I don't know how to handle guns, I had to learn how to do that.

I love helping people and all that stuff, but the idea to be just a total opposite of what I am. Ben Schwartz: Heaven! It's heaven because I play and I love playing them because it's more me.