Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman and Ken Jeong talk ‘My Spy The Eternal City’.
Streaming globally on Prime Video beginning July 18th is the sequel to 2020’s ‘My Spy’ entitled ‘My Spy The Eternal City’, which was once again directed by Pete Segal (‘Tommy Boy’).
Reprising their roles in the new movie are Dave Bautista (‘Guardians of the Galaxy’), Chloe Coleman (‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’), Kristen Schaal (‘Toy Story 4’), and Ken Jeong (‘Crazy Rich Asians’), and joining the cast are Craig Robinson (‘Dolemite Is My Name’), Flula Borg (‘The Suicide Squad’), and Anna Faris (‘Lost in Translation’).
Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman and Ken Jeong about their work on ‘My Spy The Eternal City’, reuniting with the cast, reprising their roles, and how the characters have changed since the last movie.
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(L to R) Chloe Coleman and Dave Bautista on the set of My Spy The Eternal City.’ Photo: Graham Bartholomew. © Amazon Content Services LLC.
Moviefone: To begin with, Dave, what was it like for you to return to this franchise and work with Chloe again, and how has JJ changes since the first film?
Dave Bautista: Well, first, JJ is in total dad mode. In this film, it’s all about being a dad. His mission in life is to be a good dad. As far as coming back and stepping back into the role, it was just effortless. I knew who the character was. We’ve been friends for so many years now, and so it was very comfortable. There was no anxiety about performance. We were all so comfortable with each other. So, this one, it was just easier. It was effortless. Everything about it was. We shot the first one in the winter in Toronto and this film, we were in the summer in Cape Town and Rome. Everything was bigger and it was better, and it was fun. It was like being on vacation and it was like being on vacation with family. So, it was effortless. And it’s really cool because the kids who fell in love with the first ‘My Spy’, they’ve grown up too. They’ve grown up with Sophie.
(L to R) Chloe Coleman as Sophie and Dave Bautista as JJ on the set of ‘My Spy The Eternal City.’ Photo: Graham Bartholomew. © Amazon Content Services LLC.
MF: Chloe, can you talk about returning for this sequel and working with Dave again, and how has Sophie changed since the last time we saw her?
Chloe Coleman: Sophie is grown up. She’s a teenager now, which is kind of crazy to think about. I think it was bittersweet aging her up, honestly, because I feel like I’ve known her forever as this sassy little girl. So, I think it was important to keep her personality from the first film, but also bring her into this new world of high school and how the dynamic has changed with her and JJ of her wanting independence. She really relied on him a lot in the first film, but now she has friends, and her world has becoming bigger and it’s a lot for her to deal with. Then at the same time, she’s trying to save the world and doing all this awesome action stuff. So, it’s a lot but it’s cool.
(L to R) Ken Jeong as Kim and Dave Bautista as JJ in ‘My Spy The Eternal City.’ Photo: Graham Bartholomew. © Amazon Content Services LLC.
MF: Finally, Ken, can you talk about how your character fits into the story this time around and what was it like to work with Dave and Chloe again?
Ken Jeong: It was all the superlatives apply. It was just again, fit like a glove, so easy to come back. Then just so grateful to everyone and to Pete (Segal) for expanding my character and almost have a parallel story between my character and my character’s son, Colin. It is almost like a mirror to Sophie and JJ. I really believe the purpose of our dynamic is to just highlight and impress upon the deepening bond of Sophie and JJ. So, it was just an honor to be a part of that storytelling. I think that, and Dave and I always talk about this, we’re storytellers and just to contribute on that side of storytelling and giving you that mirror lane highway to Sophie and JJ, I was tracking while filming in it and it meant a lot that they trusted me to be a part of it.
“Rome isn’t ready.”
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1 hr 52 minJul 18th, 2024
What is the plot of ‘My Spy The Eternal City’?
JJ (Dave Bautista) is persuaded to accompany Sophie (Chloe Coleman) on her school trip to Italy, where they become involved in a terrorist plot.
Who is in the cast of ‘My Spy The Eternal City’?
- Dave Bautista as JJ
- Chloe Coleman as Sophie
- Kristen Schaal as Bobbi
- Ken Jeong as David Kim
- Anna Faris as Nancy
- Flula Borg as Crane
- Craig Robinson as Connelly
Dave Bautista as JJ in ‘My Spy The Eternal City.’ Photo: Graham Bartholomew. © Amazon Content Services LLC.