Deep Cover - Flicks (20250

How's it going with the comedy? Someone said that you're teaching. Improv is all about being in the moment. I want proper work. I'm an actor, I can be anything. You're from the Cotswolds, you're not Al Pacino. Deep Cover is an action comedy starring Orlando Bloom and Bryce Dallas Howard, the daughter of Ron Howard, and Nick Mohamed, most famous for Ted Lasso. I talked with Nick and Bryce, but first I had to mention to her that her famous father introduced us. Hello, how are you? It's so wonderful to see you. Hello. The reason I think Bryce did that nice thing, Nick, is that her father once pulled me aside at the Four Seasons Hotel and said, I want you to meet my daughter. You're going to see a lot of her lately, but I just thought the two of you ought to meet. And I was very flattered that he bothered to do that. I was very flattered, you know, getting to meet you. And that was wonderful. And we've had so many wonderful interviews. Well, this is a very funny film and it involves people who are supposed to be improvising along the way. So let me get the obvious question out of the way first. Did you also get to improvise in the film about improvising? Yes. And we didn't really need to very much. There was a good script. Yeah. Great script. We really you know, it was sort of like, God, how can we how can we best this? And yet it was a really playful environment. The writers were present. Nick, for example, your character is not supposed to be all that good at improvisation. No, I mean, he very much stumbles into these classes run by Cat, Bryce's character. And yeah, he's just a crossroads in his life. He has an office job, works in IT support or whatever. So, yeah, he you know, he very quickly becomes out of his depth. Do the Brits work differently when you're working under their aegis? The rules shooting over in the UK are different than shooting in the US. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And so there is there is a different pace. There's a different energy. You don't stop for lunch. You have it. You have a tea break. Like I said, very civilized. Also necessary. That actually is a very intelligent thing to do when your blood sugar goes down. I don't know why we haven't figured that out in America yet. Nick, that's why you look so healthy. And you can see she's just she's tired. Thank you both very much. I appreciate you giving us your time. Thank you. I love your backdrop, by the way. Thank you very much. PBS, you know, books, very civilized. Flicks with Patrick Stoner explores the craft and culture of filmmaking that enhance our communities for television stations and websites around the country.