It’s kind of like a blockbuster, but from an indie posse?
Zooey Deschanel: That’s a good way of putting it. I hope it’s a blockbuster! [laughs] But I had worked with David and Danny before, in (‘All the Real Girls’) and a bunch of the other crew members. Yeah, I mean, it’s kind of like doing a movie with your friends.
Describe the comedy style in the movie?
ZD: The story has a lot of ridiculous elements to it. Committing fully to those is my main goal. Because I think that if you’re serving yourself before you’re serving a story then that’s where you end up being not funny. It’s not about being funny, it’s about telling a story and then the comedy comes out of the situation, I think.
What does Danny McBride bring to the movie?
ZD: What doesn’t Danny bring to this movie?! He wrote the script and he’s involved in every decision, basically. I did think right after ‘All the Real Girls,’ which was sort of foolish of me, but I was like, “Here we go, he’s gonna be a huge star now,” because he’s so hilarious. But it took a little bit longer. Other people were like, “Oh my God, it happened so fast!” I was like, “You mean it happened so slow.” It seemed like he should have been the next Will Ferrell the next day.
And what was working with director David Gordon Green like?
ZD: I always thought other movies of David’s always had really funny bits. So he obviously was capable of that. But I think he’ll make other really striking choices that will surprise his fans for sure. I was waiting for him to do a comedy forever. He’s one of the funniest people I know.