Mexican comedy star Eugenio Derbez wants to upend cultural clichés.
He joined TheWrap’s Stuart Brazell to discuss his upcoming comedy “Overboard,” a remake of the classic 1987 romantic comedy about a spoiled millionaire who suffers amnesia after falling off a ship and is forced to live in squalor.
But while the original film starred Goldie Hawn as the billionaire, with Kurt Russell as the mistreated carpenter who takes her in after her memory loss, the new “Overboard” switches the genders. Derbez plays the arrogant member of the one percent while Anna Faris plays an overworked single mom who convinces him they are married. Derbez told TheWrap the switch was made to prevent direct comparisons with Russell and Hawn’s performances, but there was another reason.
Also Read: Anna Faris Fakes a Marriage With Eugenio Derbez in First 'Overboard' Remake Trailer (Video)
“I wanted to break stereotypes,” the actor said. “The natural thing is that the Latino is going to play the carpenter and she’s going to be the millionaire, but no! This time the Mexican is going to be the millionaire and she’s going to be cleaning the floors.”
Derbez is a big star in Mexico, having released one of last year’s top ten highest grossing films in that country with “How to Be A Latin Lover.” So, naturally, he wants to reach out to his fans as well as fans of the original “Overboard.”
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“You see ‘Rambo’ in Russia and everybody speaks English, or James Bond goes to China and everyone speaks English,” he said. “And we, thought, that’s not true, let’s keep it right. So in the scenes where my Mexican family is looking for me all over the place, we decided to make those scenes in Spanish.”
“Overboard” hits theaters this Friday. For more of Derbez’s thoughts on the film and what it’s like being a big Mexican star living in L.A., check out the video above.
Read original story ‘Overboard’ Star Sets Out to ‘Break Stereotypes’ in Goldie Hawn Role (Exclusive Video) At TheWrap...
He joined TheWrap’s Stuart Brazell to discuss his upcoming comedy “Overboard,” a remake of the classic 1987 romantic comedy about a spoiled millionaire who suffers amnesia after falling off a ship and is forced to live in squalor.
But while the original film starred Goldie Hawn as the billionaire, with Kurt Russell as the mistreated carpenter who takes her in after her memory loss, the new “Overboard” switches the genders. Derbez plays the arrogant member of the one percent while Anna Faris plays an overworked single mom who convinces him they are married. Derbez told TheWrap the switch was made to prevent direct comparisons with Russell and Hawn’s performances, but there was another reason.
Also Read: Anna Faris Fakes a Marriage With Eugenio Derbez in First 'Overboard' Remake Trailer (Video)
“I wanted to break stereotypes,” the actor said. “The natural thing is that the Latino is going to play the carpenter and she’s going to be the millionaire, but no! This time the Mexican is going to be the millionaire and she’s going to be cleaning the floors.”
Derbez is a big star in Mexico, having released one of last year’s top ten highest grossing films in that country with “How to Be A Latin Lover.” So, naturally, he wants to reach out to his fans as well as fans of the original “Overboard.”
Also Read: Leslie Jones, Brooklynn Prince, Sterling K Brown Join 'Angry Birds Movie 2'
“You see ‘Rambo’ in Russia and everybody speaks English, or James Bond goes to China and everyone speaks English,” he said. “And we, thought, that’s not true, let’s keep it right. So in the scenes where my Mexican family is looking for me all over the place, we decided to make those scenes in Spanish.”
“Overboard” hits theaters this Friday. For more of Derbez’s thoughts on the film and what it’s like being a big Mexican star living in L.A., check out the video above.
Read original story ‘Overboard’ Star Sets Out to ‘Break Stereotypes’ in Goldie Hawn Role (Exclusive Video) At TheWrap...
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- by Jeremy Fuster
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- by Ashley Boucher
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- The Wrap
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- The Wrap
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- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
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- The Wrap
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- by Nayanika Kapoor
- The Wrap
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- 2/24/2017
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
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- 2/22/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
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- 2/18/2017
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
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- 2/17/2017
- by Reid Nakamura
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- 2/16/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
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- 2/16/2017
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
The second installment of Starz’s anthology crime series “The Missing” premieres on Sunday, Feb. 12 with a new case focused on a child who’s gone missing. Abigail Hardingham and “The Walking Dead” alum David Morrissey star in the drama’s second season, alongside the only returning player from Season 1, Tchéky Karyo. “I came to it as a fan,” Morrissey said in an interview with TheWrap’s Stuart Brazell. “I loved the artistry of the first one.” Season 2 centers on Sam (Morrissey) and his wife, Gemma Webster (played by Keeley Hawes), whose daughter went missing in 2003. Hardingham plays a young British woman who stumbles.
- 2/11/2017
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
“Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis” has hosted both President Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. So how would the Funny Or Die talk show handle President Trump? “I would, maybe, try to do a prank episode where we surprised him with, you know, intel we had gained proving that he’s a traitor to the United States,” director Scott Aukerman joked during an interview with TheWrap’s Stuart Brazell. “If we were able to come across any kind of Russian intelligence that proved that he is a traitor and should be impeached,” Aukerman said. “It would be a fun prank thing,...
- 2/8/2017
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
“Hell or High Water” has been a critical success and is now nominated for an Oscar in the Best Picture category. Star Katy Mixon tells TheWrap that she knew the movie was special from early on. “I’m a person of gut, I’m a person of instinct — that one was really special,” Mixon told Stuart Brazell during a recent interview. “I knew when I met Jeff Bridges — and I had known Chris Pine because we had done a movie together back in the day called ‘Blind Dating,’ like 10 years ago — and then I met Ben Foster. I knew when I.
- 2/7/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Actress Anika Noni Rose stopped by TheWrap’s studio to talk to Stuart Brazell about her new Bet drama series “The Quad” and the issues it confronts surrounding gender and culture on historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs. Rose stars as Dr. Eva Fletcher, an Ivy League administrator who is forced out of her old job and academic world following a scandal. She pulls up stakes and heads down south to become the president of Georgia A&M, a prestigious Hbcu with a campus culture that Eva knows nothing about. This causes her to lock horns with Cecil Diamond (Ruben Santiago-Hudson), the.
- 2/2/2017
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
“This Is Us” has so many twists and turns that even its cast can get caught off guard when watching an episode. “We get so far ahead that I forget what we filmed,” Milo Ventimiglia, who plays Pearson patriarch Jack, tells TheWrap’s Stuart Brazell. “We just wrapped 15, so I had to be reminded of what we had for 11, 12, 13 and 14. It’s like that immediate you just focus on the job in front of you.” He added with an eyebrow raised in excitement: “There’s a lot of cool stuff coming.” Jack’s character is dead in the...
- 1/31/2017
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Lily Collins has no hard feelings about passing the “Mortal Instruments” torch to Freeform’s “Shadowhunters.” The actress, who played Clary Fray in the original film based on Cassandra Clare’s Ya fantasy novels, says she hasn’t watched the series adaptation now airing on Freeform, but she gives it her blessing. “The stories speak for themselves. I love the books, I was so excited to play Clary. It didn’t pan out the way we wanted, but I think it works as a series,” Collins told TheWrap’s Stuart Brazell. “There are so many avenues to explore in the books.
- 1/31/2017
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
“Bones” star Tamara Taylor was one of millions of people who marched in protest of Donald Trump the day after the new President was inaugurated. “I went from very scared and not particularly hopeful, to really hopeful and excited, oddly excited, about what the next four years will look like,” the actress told TheWrap’s Stuart Brazell. “Because what I saw there was a bunch of powerful human beings speaking up.” Taylor joins an increasingly number of high profile stars who are speaking out against the Trump administration, and sees her position as a responsibility to use her platform for change.
- 1/31/2017
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
“Bones” star Tamara Taylor reflected on the police procedural’s successful 12-season run and picked her favorite episodes from the show in a recent interview with TheWrap. “It’s wild. I think as actors, a 12-year run is more than we could’ve ever asked for,” the actress told TheWrap’s Stuart Brazell. “It’s almost disrespectful saying, ‘Oh, we’re so bummed it’s ending.’ I’d love to continue to play with my friends. “ The final season of “Bones” premiered earlier in the month and will bring the series, which stars Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, to a staggering total of 246 episodes.
- 1/30/2017
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
“Orange Is the New Black” star Danielle Brooks is not impressed that new president Donald Trump seems to spend as much time tweeting at celebrities as he does on affair of state. “He’s so unfocused,” the actress told TheWrap’s Stuart Brazell. “When you step into a role like president, you’re going to met with so much of this , and I feel that for him to go and tweet about Meryl Streep, should be the least of his concerns. So it’s very hard to live in a world where you know your president whose focus isn’t on track.
- 1/27/2017
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Clive Standen, the star of History’s “Vikings” and NBC’s upcoming “Taken,” says that action movies and television rely too much on gratuitous sex and violence, a fact that he said turns viewers off. “I think in TV we have a responsibility to tell a story,” the actor said in an interview with TheWrap’s Stuart Brazell. “And it should come from conflict and drama rather than just noise.” Standen argued that nudity or violence that isn’t rooted in character and story won’t engage viewers in the way that great art can. Also Read: 'Vikings'...
- 1/27/2017
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
“Vikings” star Clive Standen says fans — who also know him from NBC’s “Taken” — will see plenty of him in the upcoming season of the History channel drama. “I have gone back to season 5,” Standen said in an interview with TheWrap’s Stuart Brazell. “I filmed some episodes and there’s far more of Rollo to enjoy in the next season.” Standen stars on the series, now in its fourth season, as Rollo, the first Duke of Normandy and the traitorous brother to Travis Fimmel’s Ragnar Lothbrok. Also Read: 'Vikings' Prepares for War in Comic-Con Trailer (Video...
- 1/26/2017
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Milo Ventimiglia knows one of the biggest secrets of NBC’s “This Is Us”: When and how his fan-favorite character Jack is going to die. But just because we already know Jack Pearson will suffer an untimely fate, that doesn’t mean the character is going anywhere. “I do know when you’re going to know, but just wait,” he told TheWrap’s Stuart Brazell. “You may get some teasers as to when, very soon. But I think the thing to know is that Jack’s time with his family is limited. But he’s not going anywhere because...
- 1/17/2017
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
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