Dave Bautista and Kumail Nanjiani make an unlikely duo in the R-rated comedy about a police officer and his Uber driver. But the two connected over the rare chance to star in the film as actors of …
make an unlikely duo in the R-rated comedy about a police officer and his Uber driver. But the two connected over the rare chance to star in the film as actors of Asian-descent .
“I actually did another film recently where I insisted the cast be very diverse in ethnicity. So, for me, it’s a personal thing because I’ve been that guy,” he added. “[But] I think this is who America is and I think people want to see themselves on screen.”In the R-rated buddy comedy, Bautista plays Vic Manning, a rowdy police detective who ropes Nanjiani’s unassuming Uber driver named Stu into hunting down a dangerous drug dealer.
“I’d never done action, so it was a whole new type of acting that I had never done or thought about, not practiced at all. And then Dave was just so good at it; he’s done it so much. But I really was learning from the best while I was doing it,” Nanjiani continued tellinghe tried to channel Bruce Willis, labeling him one of the best action stars because “he could do action really well and be really funny.
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