Dax Shepard was showing the fanboy love for “CHiPs” during the buddy cop movie’s Monday night premiere at the Tcl Chinese Theatre.
“Every day we blew something up or had a motorcycle crash,” he admitted. “A lot of action-comedies are comedies with just a splash of action so this is a bit of a throwback where the humor comes from the action. I’d like there to be 20 movies a year like ‘Bad Boys’ and ‘Lethal Weapon.'”
Shepard produced, directed, wrote and stars in “CHiPs,” based on the TV series that starred Erik Estrada as Frank “Ponch” Poncherello (who attended the premiere), and Larry Wilcox as Jon Baker.
“This may sound a little arrogant but it turned out how I thought it might be when I sat in a lonely hotel room dreaming it up,” he admitted on the red carpet. “I knew I wanted [Michael] Pena to play...
“Every day we blew something up or had a motorcycle crash,” he admitted. “A lot of action-comedies are comedies with just a splash of action so this is a bit of a throwback where the humor comes from the action. I’d like there to be 20 movies a year like ‘Bad Boys’ and ‘Lethal Weapon.'”
Shepard produced, directed, wrote and stars in “CHiPs,” based on the TV series that starred Erik Estrada as Frank “Ponch” Poncherello (who attended the premiere), and Larry Wilcox as Jon Baker.
“This may sound a little arrogant but it turned out how I thought it might be when I sat in a lonely hotel room dreaming it up,” he admitted on the red carpet. “I knew I wanted [Michael] Pena to play...
- 3/21/2017
- by Dave McNary
- Variety - Film News
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