Why Pete Davidson stripped down to his underwear for ‘I Want You Back’ cameo
nypost.comscored a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it role in the rom-com as a hard-partier who strips off his clothes, offers drugs to other party guests and checks out a jacuzzi.And here is how the “Saturday Night Live” alum, 28, snagged the quirky walk-on — or jump-on — part and was caught off-guard in the process.“I didn’t even tell him what he’s doing,” film director Jason Orley told Variety on the red carpet at the picture’s Los Angeles premiere on Thursday. “I said, ‘Can you come down for a night?’ and he said ‘Sure!’ And he showed up and I said, ‘Okay, get up on this ledge and take off your clothes.’ And he was like, ‘What are you talking about?’”For the cameo, Davidson was fastened onto the ledge of a roof — wearing only his underwear — and leaped onto protective pads on the ground.
Turns out, the “King of Staten Island” star didn’t know what stunt he was actually going to do until 10 minutes before the cameras started rolling.“Until like 10 minutes before, he did not know” Orley continued. “He thought he was going to do a funny scene with Charlie Day.
He did not know any stunts were involved. And then he got there, and he saw another person who looked exactly like him, and had his tattoos and he was like, ‘Stunt man!
What’s happening? Why do I have a stunt man for this comedy scene, I thought I was just going to joke around with Charlie Day.’ And I said, ‘Nope, you’re getting up on the roof.’”The film follows two 30-somethings, Peter (Day) and Emma (Slate), who have been dumped by their partners.
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