Ken Jeong and Kate Beckinsale on Charlie Day's bold directorial debut Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise, directed by It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator and star Charlie Day in his feature-length debut, follows the adventures of a recently released mental patient who becomes a big Hollywood star by pure coincidence.
Ken Jeong plays Larry, a down-on-his-luck publicist who finally gets his big break when he runs into Latte Pronto (Day), with the two embarking on a journey through the ups and downs of the fame machine and movie industry. Kate Beckinsale meanwhile plays Christina Dior, a fame-hungry Hollywood superstar concerned with her image, who becomes enamored with Latte.
Total Film and GamesRadar+ spoke to the pair about all things Day's passion project that has been in the works for over a decade.
GamesRadar+: What drew you both to the script?
Ken Jeong: Honestly, it was Charlie Day. This has been his baby for over a decade. He'd been working hard on this and it's a passion project for him. Once I read the script, I was in. I love Charlie. I loved every second of it.
GamesRadar+: Are there moments in the film that you relate to or feel parallel your own careers?
Kate Beckinsale: My [character] is fairly extreme. I don't have quite the same colorful personal life in real life as she does. But, we did the movie within a movie. We've done that a couple of times actually. And that was fun to sort of heighten how silly being on a set is.
KJ: I think every character was amplified to a degree where it kind of makes a deeper point about how important the movie is. It's, in a weird way, a morality tale of friendship, love, and support under the auspices of a Hollywood satire. There's a sweetness to Charlie as a person. And as a director, there's a gentleness to the satire as well. It's about something
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