“It’s incredibly stressful,” Andre says of filming in a dynamic, anything-goes environment.
“I almost got Rel killed on his first day.
So that’s the level of stress almost-being-murdered level of stress.
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Yeah, it’s terrifying.”
“There wasn’t even no cameras there.
I don’t know why he was so angry about this.
Man, this dude, he looks like he’s looking for a gun.
I’m like, ‘Is he looking for a gun?…
He picked up a knife that he was using to shave somebody and chased us out the barbershop.
I break loose from the thing, I fell on the ground.
Luckily we had a great security guy.
He jumped inliterallyat the last second.”
“I just got up and just left,” he continues.
“I ain’t tell nobody.
I ain’t wait for cut.
I don’t even know if I got in the van….
I was like, ‘I almost got murdered.’
I tell them, ‘Hey man, I love y’all.
This is a prank movie, I may die.’
And then I called Tiffany, ‘Tiffany, Eric got me doing this movie.
I almost died today.
I told him that this could happen!'”
Oddly enough, Howery’s complaining call to Haddish resulted in her being cast in the movie.
A few minutes after that conversation, Haddish called Andre.
“She’s like ‘You almost got Rel killed?’
I was like, ‘Yeah, don’t tell anybody.’
She’s like, ‘Yo!
I want to be in your movie!
I live for that s—!’
I was like, ‘Sold!’
And it was kismet, because the woman that was supposed to play her character had just dropped out.
So there was an available spot in casting.
And it was like right at the same time.
So it was just like, you know, casting from heaven.”
And, yes, Howery returned to work after a good night’s sleep.
“The next day, Rel was like, ‘Guys, I have kids.
it’s possible for you to not get me killed.’
I’m like, ‘That’s a fair ask.'”
“They have the funniest lines.
We had to keep my character and Rel’s character sympathetic.
We’re never making anybody look like the fool.I’mthe fool, if anything, you know?
Actually, it’s the opposite effect.
We’re making these everyday people movie stars in this cool fun way. "
I was very surprised by that, actually.
People were actually quite welcoming and supportive and very nice.
So that was a series of pleasant surprises.”
