Unseated! Jon Hamm doesn't get a chair on new film Tag
March 11, Atlanta....reshoot scènes
actor Hannibal Buress
What brought you to Atlanta?
I was re-shooting [the upcoming movie with Rashida Jones and Jon Hamm] Tag.
Was it fun on set?
No—shooting movies is boring. You always hear about all these crazy stories and pranks and shit on set, and I’m like, what set is that? Because it’s mostly me in my trailer waiting to shoot. We have fun and we shoot. Most of my scenes were with Jake Johnson, Ed Helms, and Jon Hamm, who’s a very funny dude—I was writing at SNL when he hosted the first time. But it’s just not this crazy, lively experience, and I don’t know who started that myth, because I ain’t seen that shit yet. It’s fake. And I’m already dreading that question on the red carpet—set is boring! [Laughs.] It’s a slow, boring process, with a lot of downtime.
Tag is set for a June 15th release
TAG - Official Trailer 1
On how his character is introduced:
He's being interviewed by this Wall Street Journal reporter, played by Annabelle Wallis, and this crazy thing happens, where Ed Helms runs into a board meeting and chases me around the table. Which I gathered actually happened also. The person was like, 'You want to explain what just happened there because that's really weird." And he's like, "Oh, I play tag with some friends of mine." For one one month of the year since we were nine. And the guy's like, 'Yeah, that's not normal.' So it's a good place for movie to start off. And I make the running joke throughout the movie they're writing arc on me. It's like no they're not. They're writing about the game. But my narcissism says that it's really about me.
On "taking the piss out of Don Draper":
It's you know it's a fun version of that guy to play. It's kind of taking the piss out of Don Draper a little bit. You know, this kind of very buttoned up guy that ends up getting in these crazy scrapes. But it's a pretty hard-action movie. I mean, there's heavy duty stuff that's that's real stunty and coordinated and ramped up and the camera and all this other stuff. So there's a really good sensibility of what they want it to be is an action comedy. But I think the fact that it's based on your story is gives it a little bit of a heart to it. It's not cynical. It's very adult but it's not cynical at all.
On what drew him to the role:
The cast is a big time part of it, and the story, which I think is really funny. I just thought it was a funny idea. You know when I tell people that it's sort of the beginning five minutes of the movie, they're like, 'Wait, that really happened?' It really happened. People really do this crazy shit. We've got a great cast of like-minded comics, people with similar comedic sensibilities. That's always a challenge to find that recipe, where one guy's not 'Oh he's the crazy one and he sticks out like crazy!' Between Ed, and Jake and myself and even Renner and Ilsa, and the whole gang, everyone's a similar side of the polygon. So there's not one side that juts out too far it kind of throws the recipe off.
On his character's relationships with the other guys:
The bur under my saddle is Jake's character because he's kind of the proto-stoner, and I'm kind of proto-businessman. That kind of creates friction in a delightful way. Ed [Helms] is the cheerleader of the guys, the one that motivates the whole thing. And he's the one that comes and tries to tag me the first time, and it ends up getting this reporter dragged along in the wake. And so yeah, that's probably true. Ed's wife played by Isla Fisher is another unrepentant fan of the game. She's just so gung-ho about it to the point where we have to be like, 'You got to calm down. Like you're causing a scene here, causing some trouble."
http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/we-talk-tag-with-ed-helms-jon-hamm-jake-johnson-and-hannibal-buress-215-02
The Cast of 'Tag' Tries to Get in the 'Last Word'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAcSXWITFnk
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What drew you to Tag and the character of Bob Callahan?
I love playing a congenial doofus, which has been made abundantly clear in my comedy career [laughs]. But what I really like about Tag is that it’s based on a true story about a group of friends who genuinely love being in each other’s life. I have a very close set of friends that I feel the same way about, which inspires me. By playing this silly children’s game, the film’s characters stay in touch with one another. I really connected with that idea.
I have many good friends, mostly from high school. Some of them live in New York, and others still live in my hometown of St. Louis [Missouri, USA], and I make sure to look them up on a regular basis. One of my best friends lives in Australia; we were just texting the other night because his mom had sent me a fun picture of us when we were kids. It was just so evocative of that time in our lives. We look each other up whenever we’re in the same town. It’s just the best feeling.
You’re describing the film’s heart and emotional core, but Tag also has some big action sequences.
What was it like to film those?
Tag is an action-comedy that combines those two genres very effectively. It’s a beautifully tailored comedy with action elements that enhance the humour. It’s wildly cool.
Does that combination of action and comedy add a degree of difficulty to each element?
The way [director] Jeff Tomsic pays homage to scenes from some incredible action movies certainly adds a degree of difficulty to the film’s action-comedy scenes. At the same time, it makes it more fun for audiences – and this movie is a lot of fun. It’s appealing across the board. It’s got something for older audiences who identify with the characters, and something else for younger people, who might get inspired and come up with some tradition of staying connected with friends that fits in their lives. That’s a unique and cool aspect of Tag.
Did you bond immediately with your co-stars or did it take some time to come together?
I had worked with most of the cast before. I had just done a film with Isla [Fisher], had known Ed [Helms] for years through the comedy scene and mutual friends, worked with Jeremy [Renner] on The Town, knew Hannibal [Buress] from my appearances on Saturday Night Live, and knew Jake [Johnson] through various and sundry channels. The only person I really didn’t know was Annabelle Wallis, and we got along incredibly well as soon as we met. It was a fun group of people having a great time together. We would often meet off-set to go to dinner and do fun things around [the film’s location in] Atlanta. So, it was not hard to replicate that feeling of the characters being long-time friends.
During a visit to the set, Hannibal Buress told us that on a day off from filming Tag he went to see Baby Driver. He told us that your performance as the murderous thief Buddy blew his mind, especially given that he was currently working opposite you in a comedy. Did he ever tell you that story?
No, I didn’t know that. That’s cool. I met Hannibal when he was a writer on Saturday Night Live, and I’ve been a fan of his for a long time. He’s such a unique talent. Hannibal’s jokes in this movie are so perfectly suited for him. I was glad that the screenwriters captured his sense of humour, sometimes on quick notice because we did a lot of improvising.
Talk about working with Jeff Tomsic, who makes his feature directing debut with Tag…
The film has such a crazy ensemble and so many moving parts, that I’m sure bringing it all together was a tall order for Jeff. But, he really pulled it off. Jeff was incredibly laid back but somehow kept all the plates spinning and came up with a movie that’s wildly funny and that really delivers on its emotional message.
When the movie opens, what do you hope audiences take away from it?
I hope Tag inspires people to connect or reconnect with other people in their lives. So many are connecting via social media, which is fine but isn’t a substitute for actual physical connections, and that’s what inspired the real-life guys to keep playing tag. They genuinely wanted to stay in each other’s lives. They came up with this sweet nonsense to keep those friendships intact.
https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/jon-hamm-interview-tag-jeff-tomsic-jeremy-renner-
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