Vince Vaughn is bringing his deadpan humor and improvisational abilities to TV with the brand new crime dramedy Unhealthy Monkey — and his well-known ability for off-the-cuff comedy was one thing his castmates had been greater than excited to get to participate in.
On this unique behind-the-scenes featurette, a few of Vaughn’s co-stars opened up about working with the celebrated actor.
“Vince Vaughn is a hero of mine,” Zach Braff shared with reverence. “When I saw Swingers, it made me want to be an actor like that, who could come up with jokes on the spot.”
“Today, for the first time, I got to do it with the man I always looked up to!” added Braff, who beforehand labored with Unhealthy Monkey creator and showrunner Invoice Lawrence on Scrubs.
“Vince, he lives for improv,” shared co-star Michelle Monaghan, whereas Meredith Hagner defined that the factor that actually makes his comedy land arduous is that “his humor is so grounded and so real.”
In the meantime, Lawrence showered Vaughn with reward for elevating the fabric with each his appearing instincts and the best way he evokes his co-stars.
“Watching him doing that up-close and making stuff that we wrote better, it was a pleasure,” Lawrence praised.
Unhealthy Monkey — tailored from the 2013 ebook of the identical identify by Carl Hiaasen — follows Andrew Yancy (Vaughn), a former police detective who has hit arduous occasions and works as a restaurant inspector in Southern Florida.
Nonetheless, he’s pulled again into an internet of intrigue when a vacationer stumbles throughout a severed human arm, and Andrew will get roped into coping with the greed and corruption of the Florida underworld and people in energy.
Unhealthy Monkey premieres Aug. 14 on Apple TV+.
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