Ken Jeong Says Working on 'The Afterparty' Was "An Embarrassment of Riches" (EXCLUSIVE)
Apple TV Plus’s ‘The Afterparty’ is coming back with an almost completely new solid for Season 2, including comic and actor Ken Jeong.
Summer is birthday party season and now, it’s additionally The Afterparty season! Apple TV Plus’s hit comedy murder mystery is coming back for a 2d season with an virtually all-new forged, which is each the most productive and worst thing about Season 2. We’re going to leave out the Season 1 forged, but we know the Season 2 cast is going to be killer (pun meant).
We were venerated to talk with comedian and actor Ken Jeong, recognized for his iconic roles in The Hangover and Community, about his upcoming role in The Afterparty. While Ken is partnering with Cottonelle saving lives one wipe at a time, he’s additionally gearing as much as play Feng in the Christopher Miller-created collection. Ken filled us in on what it was like to paintings with this star-studded cast.
Ken Jeong known as ‘The Afterparty’ Season 2 cast the “Avengers of Comedy.”
“I can tease that [The Afterparty Season 2] is one of the most productive casts ever assembled,” Ken mentioned completely to Distractify. “Since my days on Community, which is always near and costly to my middle … It did job my memory of that as a result of you may have Golden Globe winner Paul Walter Hauser, and John Cho, a dear friend of mine who I've at all times sought after to paintings with and I in the end got a possibility to paintings with a lot.”
Season 2 is switching up its homicide mystery — this time, Detective Danner (Tiffany Haddish) is investigating a homicide at a wedding. With an all-new workforce of suspects, Paul Walter Hauser and John Cho are joining the solid as Travis and Ulysses, respectively. People will recognize Paul from his turn because the titular role in 2019’s Richard Jewell. John Cho is known perfect as Harold within the Harold & Kumar franchise.
“And Sam Richardson from Veep, who is only one of my favorite actors of all time,” Ken added. “Zoë Chao. You have Anna Konkle from PEN15. Zach Woods, Jack Whitehall, this great act. Elizabeth Perkins.” There is no shortage of large names at this marriage ceremony!
Aniq Adjaye (Sam Richardson) and Zoë Zhu (Zoë Chao) are the only returning characters apart from the detective. As the common denominator between both seasons, they paintings alongside Tiffany’s personality to figure out who the assassin was. Anna Konkle (known as Anna in PEN15) is taking on the role of Hannah. Zach Woods, aka Gabe in The Office, is Edgar, Grace’s fiancé and the homicide victim.
Jack Whitehall, a comedian-actor known for his function in the Bad Education franchise, is enjoying Sebastian. And Elizabeth Perkins, identified for her Emmy-nominated function as Celia Hodes in Weeds is portraying Isabel. Vivian Wu, known for starring in The Joy Luck Club and Netflix’s Away, also joins the solid as Vivian.
Ken counseled the solid and inventive group for both seasons of ‘The Afterparty.’
Ken continued to praise his Afterparty castmates. “So you've actually, no pun supposed, a assassin's row of comedic actors that is simply so stacked,” he shared. “John Cho calls it the Dream Team ‘92 of comedy, the place you had Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and Charles Barkley all on the similar team—people who have led their own groups if you are going to. We've all led our initiatives.” Who could ask for anything better?
"It was like this Avengers of Comedy kind of vibe that was headed up by Christopher Miller, Anthony King, and Phil Lord,” Ken reminisced. “And I've always wanted to work with Lord and Miller because I've loved everything from 21 Jump Street to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and then I just saw Across the Spider-Verse, which is fantastic.” Just when we thought Ken couldn’t get any cooler, we learned that he’s a Marvel fan!
“So you get to work with literally, and they're the nicest people too, so you get to work with these gentle geniuses and a murderer's row of incredibly talented comedic actors,” Ken said genuinely. “It was an embarrassment of riches. It's one of my favorite projects I've ever done.”
He revealed that he was a fan even before joining the cast.
“It was my favorite show at this time last year when it came out,” Ken dished. “I'm friends with a lot of the actors. I remember texting Ben Schwartz from Season 1 like, ‘This is like amazing—his performance.’ And we've been friends for years and he's just one of the most talented, most genuinely nice people I know. And he just does a virtuoso job on the show, and it was so surreal just to get a call a couple of months later, like, ‘Are you interested in doing it?’”
And thank goodness Ken said yes! Sure, we’re bummed that Ilana Glazer, Dave Franco, Ike Barinholtz, and Ben Schwartz aren’t returning. But now, we get a whole new version of comedic superheroes. And in step with Ken, this season of The Afterparty will be “much more shiny” than the remaining.
The Afterparty Season 2 premieres on Apple TV Plus on July 12.
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