![]() De La Cruz.” Because of his looks, Lee has been cast in the range of Oriental nationalities except Filipino until Here Comes the Boom, he said, and was aged to play Charice’s father.Īlso making an appearance is top UFC Middleweight Mark Muñoz, “The Filipino Wrecking Machine,” whom Kevin James tumbles with in a scene. Wu”/Grimm, NBC) plays Malia’s father, “Mr. Philippine-born stage and film actor Reggie Lee (“Ross”/Dark Knight Rises, “Sgt. Since Here Comes the Boom is a sports movie dealing with MMA (mixed martial arts), a sport with its own dedicated following, James, who co-produced it, cast MMA personalities and staged scenes that were “brutal and authentic,” to rephrase Coraci, and which made it a “UFC-endorsed” movie. Real MMA/UFC personalities Bas Rutten, Joe Rogan, Mark DellaGrotte and company also lend support. “Small actors” means someone who see themselves as insignificant.Ĭharice’s role as “Malia De La Cruz” is essentially a bit role in the cast of Hollywood giants led by Kevin James supported by Salma Hayek, the legendary Henry Winkler and Greg Germann, more familiar to many as “Richard Fish” on Ally McBeal. In a whole entity like a production, for example, I had my own dose of this precept as a theater practitioner both in campus and in later professional careers even non-theater, non-production teams know that unnecessary personalities who potentially muddle work flow become a drag and musn’t be in the team.Īs for a story, it means not having an unwarranted part or role materializing out of nowhere not only does this serve no purpose, it is pointless to have them there at all. Stanislavsky’s statement is popularly applied to characters in a story as having a purpose no matter how brief an appearance it makes. NO PUN INTENDED BUT THE OFT-REPEATED adage attributed to Russian theater actor/director and acting trainer Stanislavsky carries on in a film like Here Comes the Boom, a Kevin James movie with an ensemble cast directed by Frank Coraci. (After all, it's pretty funny to see James walk out to Neil Diamond's "Holly Holy" instead of the new metal "Boom" song he wanted as his signature anthem.) Glee fans, take note: Petite Charice plays one of music department's star students, and she (obviously) gets to belt out a song during a climactic scene.“Here Comes the Boom” cast with Fil-am co-actors (left, top and bottom) Reggie Lee and UFC fighter Mark Muñoz ![]() And the relationship stuff takes a definite back seat to the high school subplot and the MMA action, which is entertaining without being overly bloody or intense. But their flirtation-turned-romance is at least acknowledged as somewhat far-fetched (she jokes about how many years he's tried to lure her on a date). The training sequences with retired MMA star Rutten are particularly amusing, as is the way Winkler's goody-goody music teacher interacts with James' burned-out science teacher.Īs in all of James' movies, the object of his attention is a drop-dead gorgeous character, here a sexy school nurse played by Salma Hayek. Holland's Opus meets Warrior, minus all the sentimentality of the former and the gritty drama of the latter. Zookeeper, for example, was one of 2011's biggest duds. James is a likeable comedian, though not all of his movies can be saved by his innately relatable charisma. This movie is just a fun little confection that's got some Octagon action, high school laughs, and odd-couple appeal.
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