Sun’s out, fun’s out!
It’s a good, weird year to be Cooper Raiff.
Put it down also to some awkward pandemic luck.
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“But it’s like, how dare I?
There’s already charm to spare inCha Cha Real Smooth.
“I sent Leslie a letter that was like, ‘I wrote this for you.
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I’d die for you in this role.
(The towering, spaniel-eyed actor-comedian does indeed appear as Andrew’s stepdad and frequent foil.)
Key, too, was getting the tricky character of 15-year-old Lola right on screen.
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“My sister is disabled she can’t walk or talk,” Raiff explains.
When I saw Vanessa’s tape it’s one of those things that will make me emotional right now.
She’s so specific that it just made me cry really hard.
And I think it was because some part of her reminded me of my sister.
I went back to everyone and I was like, ‘Guys, it has to be Vanessa.’
And they all listened to me and they trusted me and they loved her too.”
“But she was very clear about what she loved.
Or I would say, ‘Do you think this is funny?’
And she would say, ‘No.’
But I wanted to really get into her boundaries.
She has really good boundaries as a person.”
She just cared about the movie so much.”
“And then I developed more hobbies.").
“And when I saw it, I just was like, ‘What?’
