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  • ‘My Spy The Eternal City’ Exclusive Cast Interviews

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    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’).

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    Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman and Ken Jeong talk 'My Spy The Eternal City'.
    Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman and Ken Jeong talk ‘My Spy The Eternal City’.

    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.

    You can read the full interview below or click on the video player above to watch our interviews with Bautista, Coleman and Jeong, as well as Flula Borg, Anna Faris and director Pete Segal.

    Chloe Coleman and Dave Bautista on the set of My Spy The Eternal City.'
    (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.

    Chloe Coleman as Sophie and Dave Bautista as JJ on the set of 'My Spy The Eternal City.'
    (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.

    Ken Jeong as Kim and Dave Bautista as JJ in 'My Spy The Eternal City.'
    (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.

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    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.'
    Dave Bautista as JJ in ‘My Spy The Eternal City.’ Photo: Graham Bartholomew. © Amazon Content Services LLC.

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  • Anna Faris joins ‘My Spy’ Sequel

    Anna Faris in 'The Dictator,' from Paramount Pictures.
    Anna Faris in ‘The Dictator,’ from Paramount Pictures.

    Released in 2020, ‘My Spy’ represented a key stage in Dave Bautista’s career, particularly as a wrestler-turned-actor. Several of his tough guy antecedents had clocked in for a big-guy-cute-kid film, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger with ‘Kindergarten Cop’, Vin Diesel in ‘The Pacifier’ and Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Tooth Fairy’ and ‘The Game Plan’.

    But unlike most of those, ‘My Spy’ is actually getting a sequel, with casting now announced for ‘My Spy: The Eternal City’. Anna Faris, Craig Robinson and Flula Borg are among the new faces joining the ensemble.

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    What happened in ‘My Spy’

    The first ‘My Spy’ –– which had been intended for theatrical release by STX Entertainment but was moved to Amazon when the pandemic closed cinemas –– starred Bautista as JJ, a CIA agent who is assigned on an undercover mission to surveil and potentially protect Kate (Parisa Fitz-Henley) and daughter Sophie (Chloe Coleman) when the former arms dealer partner of Kate’s dead husband suspects he may have smuggled the plans for a weapon back to his unsuspecting wife.

    But while JJ and tech specialist Bobbi (Kristen Schaal) set up their operation in Kate and Sophie’s building, the precocious nine-year-old girl figures out exactly what JJ is up to and makes a deal –– if he’ll teach her spy craft, she won’t blow his cover.

    JJ reluctantly agrees, and finds himself bonding with Sophie, and eventually falling for her mother, as the threats mount.

    Chloe Coleman and Dave Bautista in 2020's 'My Spy.'
    (L to R) Chloe Coleman and Dave Bautista in 2020’s ‘My Spy.’

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    What’s the story of ‘My Spy: The Eternal City’?

    The follow-up concerns a now teenage Sophie convincing JJ to chaperone her school choir trip to Italy where they both unwittingly end up pawns in an international terrorist plot targeting CIA chief David Kim (Ken Jeong) and his son, Collin –– who’s also Sophie’s best friend.

    Schaal and Jeong are back for the new movie, while Nicola Correia-Damude, Noah Dalton Danby and Devere Rogers are all reprising their roles.

    Faris, Billy Barratt, Taeho K, Borg and Robinson are new to the story, but Amazon has yet to reveal the roles they’ll play.

    Pete Segal, who directed the first movie, is back behind the camera, having worked on the script alongside writing duo Jon and Erich Hoeber. The cameras will be rolling this month.

    “We were so delighted with the success of ‘My Spy.’ It is an absolute privilege to reunite with Pete Segal, Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, and the rest of the talented cast and filmmakers–along with some very exciting additions,” Amazon and MGM Studios head Jennifer Salke said in a statement. “With the sequel, our Prime Video customers are in store for another dynamic story, complete with twists, hilarious performances, and even a little romance.”

    Chloe Coleman, Parisa Fitz-Henley and Dave Bautista in 2020's 'My Spy.'
    (L to R) Chloe Coleman, Parisa Fitz-Henley and Dave Bautista in 2020’s ‘My Spy.’

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  • Dave Bautista Comedy ‘My Spy’ Delayed Until 2020

    Dave Bautista Comedy ‘My Spy’ Delayed Until 2020

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    “My Spy,” a family-friendly comedy starring Dave Bautista, has been abruptly moved from its August 23 release date to 2020.

    Variety reports that the studio STX Films is looking for a new date in the first quarter of next year.  It could open as early as January, one of the insiders told the outlet.

    “My Spy” finds Bautista (best known as Drax from “Guardians of the Galaxy”) playing a hardened CIA operative who has bungled a few intelligence operations. And he goes undercover in a last-ditch surveillance operation, only to get busted by a little girl (Chloe Coleman). She forces him to teach her spycraft — or is he the one taking notes from her?

    According to Variety, the movie was drawing comparisons to the Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “Kindergarten Cop,” but the studio wanted buffer time between it and Bautista’s buddy comedy “Stuber,” which opens Friday.

  • ‘My Spy’ Trailer: Dave Bautista Gets Schooled by Little Girl

    ‘My Spy’ Trailer: Dave Bautista Gets Schooled by Little Girl

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    Dave Bautista’s elite spy is no match … for a 9-year-old girl.

    The first trailer for “My Spy” finds the wrestler-turned-actor playing a hardened CIA operative who has bungled a few intelligence operations. And he goes undercover in a last-ditch surveillance operation, only to get busted by said little girl (Chloe Coleman).

    She forces him to teach her spycraft — or is he the one taking notes from her?

    Bautista is best known as Drax from “Guardians of the Galaxy,” but in this family comedy, he uses his imposing physical presence much like Dwayne Johnson did in “The Tooth Fairy.” Or going back, Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Kindergarten Cop.”

    “My Spy” opens in theaters later this year.