IN THE ZANY new comedy Ricky Stanicky, three lifelong buddies assume they’ve perfected the artwork of getting away with mendacity to their wives: at any time when they need an impromptu boys’ weekend, they merely declare that their outdated pal Ricky Stanicky, who would not really exist, wants their assist. When the ruse lastly begins to put on skinny, they determine to rent a down-on-his-luck rock tribute act to painting their faux good friend—however he goes technique, throwing their lives into utter chaos.
Ricky Stanicky stars a game-as-ever John Cena because the unhinged central position. The trio of buddies consists of assured chief Dean, performed by Zac Efron, stoner Wes, performed by comic Jermaine Fowler, and extremely strung new dad JT, performed by Andrew Santino.
Santino is an actor and comic recognized for his work in stand-up, in addition to his performances on the TV collection I am Dying Up Right here, which adopted a gaggle of struggling stand-up comics within the ’70s, and the hit drama This Is Us.
Santino is the producer and host of the podcast Whiskey Ginger, through which he and friends from the leisure trade drink whiskey whereas chatting, and for the final three years he has hosted the Dangerous Buddies podcast alongside fellow comic Bobby Lee.
For those who’re not accustomed to his podcast, then there’s nonetheless an opportunity you will acknowledge him from a few of his more moderen TV appearances. He was in the principle solid of the FXX collection DAVE, enjoying the titular character’s roommate and supervisor. He additionally had a recurring position in Netflix’s Beef.
In a current interview with CBR, Santino spoke about how he channels his expertise doing stand-up into the brand new and distinctive challenges of display appearing.
“I imply, you do take that fearlessness, that factor you should should settle in and actually work on one thing,” he stated. “Comedy is whittling down a thought, an thought, and a premise, all the way down to one thing you assume individuals will obtain at a common scale, to some extent. And that is what I believe that is. It is like, ‘How do you whittle down this character into one thing individuals will need to watch, and why is it vital to need to see this particular person? What are they providing the viewers?’ So I believe it is comparable in that regard.
Outdoors of that, I do not actually know — they’re like two completely different dances,” he continued. “They’re dynamically completely different. However they share timing and rhythm that’s comparable. The rhythm of a scene is just like the rhythm of a very good stand-up act, or a very good joke. It is gotta have this good tempo to it to make it comfy to look at and enjoyable.”
Philip Ellis is Information Editor at Males’s Well being, masking health, popular culture, intercourse and relationships, and LGBTQ+ points. His work has appeared in GQ, Teen Vogue, Man Repeller and MTV, and he’s the writer of Love & Different Scams.