Some spoilers for You are Cordially Invited will be discovered on this story, however it already hit the 2025 films schedule, so throw it on if you have not already.
Previous to throwing on You’re Cordially Invited with my Amazon Prime Video subscription, I didn’t know a ton concerning the movie outdoors of the very fact Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell had teamed up for each verbal and bodily comedy hijinks. Oh yeah, and Ferrell wrestling an alligator was one way or the other concerned (however that joke performed out much more wildly than anticipated). Nevertheless, after watching the shock rom-com, I discovered extra concerning the Nick Jonas cameo within the film, and I’m loving the way it took place.
In actual fact, director Nicholas Stoller admitted it was not his concept to usher in one of many Jonas Brothers so as to add some star energy to the film. He admitted to Collider he had in thoughts a “attractive pastor” for the wedding scenes that performed out on the dock, however there was no particular cameo he was taking a look at. As an alternative, he simply thought some random Hollywood hottie can be employed.
So, who got here up with the thought? Apparently it was Will Ferrell himself.
[Producer] Jessica Elbaum and Will Ferrell have a private reference to Nick Jonas. He is a pal of the court docket. They pitched him as a reputation, and I used to be like, ‘If you will get Nick Jonas, that will be unbelievable.’ They referred to as him, and he immediately mentioned sure and got here for 2 days and took day trip of his busy schedule. He was so humorous. He was so recreation.
It’s all the time of venture nabbing individuals who aren’t essentially the most generally known as comedic actors to come back in and do components like these. That is seemingly significantly true of the You’re Cordially Invited scene, which concerned a ship splashing water on a slew of marriage ceremony visitors earlier than mentioned boat rotated and knocked down the dock in query. It’s a serious –if not essentially the most main — scene within the film, and it seems like Jonas was down for some hijinks with the remainder of the solid.
At a sure second, I went as much as him, and I used to be type of nervous. I used to be like, ‘Do you thoughts if we dump water on you as should you’ve simply gone off the dock?’ And he was like, ‘Oh, yeah, positive. No matter you need.’ He was completely recreation. He was superior. Actually humorous.
The excellent news is Nick Jonas has had some expertise with comedy on set, having carried out comedy in his Disney Channel authentic collection earlier than he appeared within the wildly fashionable Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (a casting he is referred to as “serendipitous” previously). So him popping up right here within the fan-proclaimed “Willerspoon” film, whereas surprising, was not utterly out of left area.
He finally confirmed up within the film in a twin marriage ceremony ceremony scene as the marriage officiant at Margot (Witherspoon)’s sister Neve’s (Meredith Hanger) occasion. When Margot met him she clearly discovered him to be a good-looking different to their hometown pastor, as did a few of her family members. When he did finally take over Neve’s marriage ceremony ceremony, he inexplicably dove right into a rendition of Creed’s “With Arms Broad Open,’ resulting in one of many movie’s funniest moments.
That’s, simply shortly at the beginning else went utterly off the rails within the film. (And, sure, a while earlier than that alligator bought concerned.)