Nick Miller hive, assemble!
“It’s a sweeter companion piece toNew Girl,” he says.
EW has your exclusive first look atRide the Eaglewith the trailer above.
Decal
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Where did you get the inspiration to write and make this film?
So we came up with an idea to make a movie, just the two of us.
But the idea just kept growing and growing and growing and growing.
Decal
And then we gotJ.K.
Simmons[to join the cast], so the thing just kept building with this crazy momentum.
But the mission statement was always very clear, and that was: we just missed everybody.
It’s as simple as like, I miss standing in line next to people.
I’ve missed being in traffic.
I’ve missed human beings interacting with each other, for good or for bad.
All this could get taken away.
I remembered how much I loved acting during this pandemic because everything dried up.
So let’s remember how great this is right now when we’ve got all this.
They’re like two peas in a pod.
That also has a lot to do with Trent as the director.
There’s a tone that we had formed that we were together so much for.
I mean, it was seven years of my life.
It was my first big job.
It was the most I’ve brought of myself to a character, into Nick.
So a lot of the character would come out of that because we improvised so much.
What was it like filming this during the pandemic?
Everybody held the boom mic at different times.
At the end of nights, Trent and I were making dinner for the crew.
It felt like old-school indie filmmaking in a really exciting way.
We wanted to make something that didn’t feel like we were in the midst of a pandemic.
We didn’t want to do a story about people like, locked in a room together.
I’ve been able to continue to write throughout my career; it’s been more behind-the-scenes stuff.
It was really nice.
It was nice to write, it was nice to improvise, it was nice to see these actors.
Everybody was so good and so excited to be working.
We were right near Yosemite.
We wanted people, if they were inside, to just see some beautiful stuff again.
[Laughs] So I’m happy to show it as beautiful as it is.
We created this little pod.
What did you enjoy most about bringing Leif to life as he goes on this literal and figurative journey?
I really loved acting with a dog.
I really liked playing a character who was able to feel as many emotions as he felt.
What are you excited for people to see from this movie?
Honey’s paintings are so fun.
Honey’s artistic style, those were done by my wife, Erin Payne.
I think they add so much to the character, and I’m excited for people to see that.
And I think D’Arcy Carden is so special in this movie.
And I’m excited for people to enjoy this ride.
Ride the Eagledebuts in theaters, on digital, and on-demand July 30.
And check out the exclusive first look at the poster below now:
Related content:
