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Nick Jonas and Paul Rudds crazy journey making their new movie · THE DAILY BRIEF

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  Speaker 1: In a new movie, power Ballad, Nick Jonas is reliving
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  Speaker 1: the life of a boy band member attempting to take
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  Speaker 1: off as a solo artist, but when he steals the
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  Speaker 1: song of a wedding singer played by Paul Rudd, a
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  Speaker 1: rift forms between the two artists over the meaning of love, commitment,
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  Speaker 1: and the question of whether someone can truly own a
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  Speaker 1: piece of music. Our Ashan sing at a chance to
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  Speaker 1: speak with Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd to discuss the
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  Speaker 1: new movie. Let's take a look.
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  Speaker 2: Wow, Danny Wilson, you were great up there. Come with me.
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  Speaker 2: I could tell within two minutes it meeting you. You
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  Speaker 2: are not just some boy band guy, and you are
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  Speaker 2: too good for that wedding band.
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  Speaker 3: Paul, Nick, thank you guys so much for being here,
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  Speaker 3: and congratulations on power Ballad. This movie is a riot.
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  Speaker 1: This is a.
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  Speaker 3: Film about a washed up wedding singer who has this
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  Speaker 3: beautiful track that he's been sitting on for years, and
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  Speaker 3: then Danny comes in and he takes it and he
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  Speaker 3: makes it big. What was sort of this needle that
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  Speaker 3: you guys were trying to thread as adversaries but also
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  Speaker 3: a kind of creative partners. At one point in the
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  Speaker 3: movie who kind of turn on each other.
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  Speaker 2: It's tricky because it does talk about like well, who
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  Speaker 2: owns what, who's responsible? Definitely a certain amount of notes.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you can construct them in different ways. Never
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  Speaker 2: going to run if you don't walk, don't look down?
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  Speaker 2: Is this song was not finished? I mean, Knick's character
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  Speaker 2: certainly is contributing to the track that he releases. There's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of gray area, and that's what is interesting.
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  Speaker 2: It's not such a black and white thing. I don't think.
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  Speaker 2: I really feel like with Nick's character, he did a
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  Speaker 2: pretty masterful job. I think of somebody who you can
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  Speaker 2: empathize with and yet at the same time you kind
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  Speaker 2: of want to scream because you understand the motivations and
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  Speaker 2: I think you see the internal conflict.
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  Speaker 4: This song changed my life.
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  Speaker 3: One of the things that I really appreciated Nick was
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  Speaker 3: the character of Danny isn't portrayed as sort of this
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  Speaker 3: larger than life pop star as we normally see them
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  Speaker 3: in film, Like they're sensitive, they're very insecure. What did
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  Speaker 3: you have to tap into to portray Danny in a
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  Speaker 3: way that, like Paul said, you kind of feel for Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I think it's.
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  Speaker 4: A testament to the writing.
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  Speaker 5: These circumstances that surround Danny and his life and his
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  Speaker 5: fame and where he's at in his career, and all
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  Speaker 5: those things are just a backdrop to a person who's
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  Speaker 5: going through a real identity crisis.
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  Speaker 4: I definitely related to a lot of.
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  Speaker 5: The things that Danny's going through in this movie, going
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  Speaker 5: back to when I was kind of breaking off solo
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  Speaker 5: and trying to find my sound and myself.
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  Speaker 3: So what was it like sharing the stage because literally
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  Speaker 3: at the top of the movie we see you guys
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  Speaker 3: rip through Stevie Wonders, I wish, I mean, Nick, did
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  Speaker 3: you have to coach Paul up at all? What was
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  Speaker 3: it like actually singing the song together?
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  Speaker 5: No, there was zero, zero coach. It was his teamwork
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  Speaker 5: the whole whole way around. And he blew me away
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  Speaker 5: with his singing. You know, obviously, we know Paul is
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  Speaker 5: one of the best actors alive, and I've been a
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  Speaker 5: fan of his forever, and I.
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  Speaker 2: Mean that that's what I appreciate it, and you're wrong,
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  Speaker 2: but thanks, And it was.
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  Speaker 4: Great to see him jump into the music side of
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  Speaker 4: things with such ease.
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  Speaker 5: And that was our first day on set together, which
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  Speaker 5: I think was the perfect way to kick things off.
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  Speaker 3: You mentioned sort of the familiarity of the role coming
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  Speaker 3: from the Jonas brothers yourself and making it on your
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  Speaker 3: own as a solo artist. How many of the experiences
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  Speaker 3: that Danny faces in that movie felt real to you
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  Speaker 3: and something that you experienced in the industry yourself.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I think pressure from the industry to
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  Speaker 5: come with your next hit. You know, there are times
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  Speaker 5: people would say you're only as good as your next hit,
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  Speaker 5: and on one and the spectrum, that's true.
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  Speaker 4: But once a star, always a threat, right.
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  Speaker 5: You can always get in a room, work with the
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  Speaker 5: right people and find that song that can change your
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  Speaker 5: life at any moment in time. That goes for any artist,
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  Speaker 5: and that's kind of what happens for Danny.
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  Speaker 4: Because every song.
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  Speaker 3: In my life.
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  Speaker 2: It's about so good.
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  Speaker 5: Although he takes the song and doesn't give him the credit,
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  Speaker 5: you know, we see what can happen when there's a
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  Speaker 5: sort of a collaboration that creates some magic coming forward.
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  Speaker 3: What was it like working with John Carney, someone who
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  Speaker 3: does have such a musical background and this is such
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  Speaker 3: a musical story.
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  Speaker 5: I've been a fan of John's for forever, going back
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  Speaker 5: to once and then sing Street.
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  Speaker 4: It's one of my one of my favorite movies. Dreamed
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  Speaker 4: of working with him, you know.
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  Speaker 5: I had heard that he was working on a script
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  Speaker 5: and just read the logline of what it was about
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  Speaker 5: and said to my team, I was like, please, if
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  Speaker 5: you can't get get your hands on that script so
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  Speaker 5: I can read it. And they did, and then I
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  Speaker 5: just said, I gotta meet John and talk to him
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  Speaker 5: and see if he'll let me be in this movie.
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  Speaker 4: Thankfully, he said yes.
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  Speaker 5: But I also knew at the time that Paul was attached,
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  Speaker 5: and it was kind of a dream duo for this story.
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  Speaker 3: Cheers that both of your characters are coming from two
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  Speaker 3: very different perspectives, but they kind of seem to be
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  Speaker 3: chasing the same thing. Danny's chasing legitimacy as a global
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  Speaker 3: p star and Rick is chasing legitimacy just as an artist.
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  Speaker 3: Did you find like there were parallels in the character
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  Speaker 3: that you were both trying to create uniquely but also
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  Speaker 3: sort of facing the same kind of struggle.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think it's just both of these guys are
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  Speaker 2: trying to achieve their dream, you know, they want to
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  Speaker 2: accomplish something, and they see what's in front of them,
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  Speaker 2: what they want to be, and each one of them
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  Speaker 2: is close to it. One's a little closer than the other,
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  Speaker 2: but it's all relative, and the struggles and the doors
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  Speaker 2: slamming in your face are there, so both of these
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  Speaker 2: characters experience that in their own way. Can I have that?
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  Speaker 4: Look?
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  Speaker 2: All I did was just throwing a little paprika, a
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  Speaker 2: little spice on top of some spicy spice. Add whatever
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  Speaker 2: spices you want.
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  Speaker 3: Without giving away any spoilers. One thing I really appreciate
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  Speaker 3: about this movie is that it's kind of messy in
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  Speaker 3: the way that it ends sort of has that traditional
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  Speaker 3: bow on it where everybody's happy and walks away. Did
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  Speaker 3: it feel grounded for y'all ending the movie the way
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  Speaker 3: that it did.
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  Speaker 4: It did to me because life is a little messy.
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  Speaker 5: It's not always black and white, and it doesn't always
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  Speaker 5: end up with that bow on it where everyone's happy.
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  Speaker 5: I think we'd like to believe it does in certain scenarios,
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  Speaker 5: but it's complicated. Even I didn't know the first time
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  Speaker 5: I watched the cut because there was one thing that
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  Speaker 5: was at at the end. It was so brilliant on
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  Speaker 5: John's part. It kind of hit me pretty hard. I
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  Speaker 5: think it's a great way to end.
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  Speaker 3: It, Fellas, Thank you so much for your time and
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  Speaker 3: rats on the film. It's super fun.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks our thanks to Aushin Singh for the conversation. You
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  Speaker 1: can see Power Ballad in theaters now