
Nick Frost speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for “The World’s End”, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. (Photo Courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)
The British comedic actor Nick Frost discusses his new movie, as well as commonalities he has with his characters.
The movie �Unfinished Business,� starring Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson and Dave Franco, is a story about a business owner and his two colleagues who travel to Europe in order to close one of the most important deals of their lives. What first begins as a normal trip takes a turn in every direction other than�what was planned.
The character Bill Whilmsley is played by Nick Frost, from Sean of the Dead. Speaking with Frost, he explains�how the comedic styles between England and the US differ.
�Generally, even though a script is always going to be important for a movie, I think over with you guys you are always kind of keen to improvising a bit more and finding things in the script that perhaps weren�t there before,” Frost said. “I think as an actor, for me personally anyway, you have to come on set knowing your lines and knowing at one point that [the] script’s going to go away and you get to free will it slightly.�
Frost plays a character who is depicted as the underdog, always trying to do the right thing, but not always receiving the credit he should for his good deeds.
�Big Bill Whilmsley, he’s just a bloody good egg,” Frost said. “I think he works for a man who is really horrible, and that man is James Marsden. [He’s] a man in real life isn�t really horrible, he�s actually really beautiful. I think he just decides that he’s had enough and he wants to make sure that the good guy comes out on top for once. He makes a stand and I like that about him and the character. He’s jovial and a little bit sad and single, and a little bit lonely, but he picks himself up and I love that, you know?�
Relating to his character, Frost said he respects the character he plays, admiring him for his strength, always doing the right thing in a tough situation.
�I think Bill is kind of every man really, I can relate to his bareness,” Frost said. “I think the fact that he just decides that he wants to do the right thing and that�s not always necessarily the easiest choice to make and I�m glad he makes it in the film.�
Adelin Bayless, a junior majoring in linguistics, said he was unsure if she would be interested in seeing a movie like �Unfinished Business.” Having a particular taste in comedies, she said what’s �funny” to her isn’t always realized.
�I think these movies can be cheesy,” Bayless said. “I like just the right amount of slapstick comedy and witty humor. I would pick something like the show �Friends� where there is a little bit of word humor.�
�Contact CU Independent Staff Writer Annie Mehl at anme0753@colorado.edu.