Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer are not only co-stars in Netflix’s new action comedy “Thunder Force”, but also real-life friends.
The actors chatted with Fox News while promoting their new film about how their off-screen connection helps their on-screen performance.
The pair play superheroes who fight crime after adopting a special formula that gives ordinary people powers.
“[Our friendship] i just gave such a history to play from. I mean, we’re so comfortable working together because we’re really good friends, “Spencer compliments. It was such an excitement and an honor to work with one of the most versatile actresses in the city. Melissa does it better than anyone – physical comedy action. ‘
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McCarthy added how sometimes it’s hard to stay in character when your friend knows exactly how to make you laugh.
“If you really know someone, you know when they go, which is always tempting to stab the bear just one more time,” she joked. “But I also think that means it’s hopefully going well.”
“/> Melissa McCarthy as Lydia and Octavia Spencer as Emily in ‘Thunder Force’.
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‘I think we’re all professional enough that you never want a break [but] you want to make your friends laugh, ”McCarthy reasoned.
McCarthy’s husband, Ben Falcone, wrote and directed the film, which also features funny men, Bobby Cannavale and Jason Bateman.
Falcone told Fox News he grew up on superheroes and always wanted to write a movie about it.
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“I’ve always loved comics. So it was something that, of course, came naturally to me,” he said. “Obviously we’re not part of the Marvel or DC Universe, but the addition is to hopefully make a movie that’s comfortable in the superhero genre that’s really funny and maybe includes women in their 40s, which you usually do not. in a superhero movie. ‘
He also admitted that his text was sometimes thrown out the window.
Bobby Cannavale as The King (L) and Jason Bateman as The Crab (R)
(Hopper Stone / Netflix)
‘We would do the text version and then Melissa and Octavia and Pom [Klementieff] and Bobby and Jason would all, you know, improvise a bit too … To begin with, I look at Bateman, I mean, he has crab arms, so it’s hard to take it seriously, ‘laughs Falcone.
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This is also not Cannavale’s first collaboration with McCarthy and Falcone. He told Fox News he is honored to work with them on so many projects.
“They are really wonderful people to be around. They are really down to earth and have a real humility about them that I make contact with,” he storms out. “We want the environment in which we work to be good and pleasant. I think it’s a testament to our work ethic and our admiration for each other. It’s really nice, because it just does not happen. I have friends I would like to work with [but] I have never had the chance to work with. The fact that I have worked with them five times already is quite unusual. ‘
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“Thunder Force” is currently available to stream on Netflix.
FOX’s Ashley Dvorkin contributed to this report.