If you have not yet been introduced to Eric Andre's unique brand of hidden camera-style
hijinks, well, you're in for a wild ride when Bad Trip premieres on Friday, March 26.
For those of you who've followed the comedian's near-decade of sketches on The Eric Andre
Show, you'll already know to buckle up for some wild new escapades.
Andre is joined by several other talented comedy stars who help him take his act across
the country in this road trip comedy.
Here's a look at what you should know about Bad Trip before this movie reaches your streaming
queue.
Bad Trip features Eric Andre as Chris, a thirty-something who bounces from one dead-end job to the next.
Lil Rel Howery stars as Chris' best friend Bud, whose career situation is also less than
ideal.
He's constantly bullied by his vicious sister Trina, played by Tiffany Haddish, who has
just been sent back to prison.
Chris and Bud are spinning their wheels until Chris has a chance run-in with his former
high school crush, who now runs an art gallery in New York.
Chris then convinces Bud to "borrow" his sister's bright pink cruiser and join him on a trip
to the Big Apple so he can pursue a fresh start with the woman who might just change
his life.
Of course, what they say about "best laid plans" is even more true when there's barely
a plan in place at all.
As these guys head north, things go south very quickly.
Not only do they run into all manner of unusual complications on the road, but Trina manages
to bust out of jail and gets right on their trail after finding out they've taken her
beloved ride.
"We going to jail.
That's a stolen car."
There are a lot of pedestrians who stand out for their reactions to all the antics in Bad
Trip.
But, importantly, they're never the butt of the joke.
As Andre told DCP Entertainment in 2020,
"All the pranks showed the good humanitarian nature in people versus making people look
dumb or punching down."
It's true: most of the plot of Bad Trip plays out in the company of strangers, who don't
quite know what they're watching as the characters publicly humiliate themselves.
While the guys never waver in their mission to find Marie in the city, the people they
meet along the way add some new adventures and unexpected tones to the journey — and
their genuine responses to the ruckus elicit some of the biggest laughs of their entire
ordeal.
"I'm from these streets."
"People from the street don't hang people from roofs."
Though the unexpecting bystanders steal plenty of scenes in Bad Trip, the actors at the center
of the action are the highlights, and they've got a long history of making people laugh.
Eric Andre is perhaps best known for his work as creator and host of the Adult Swim comedy
series The Eric Andre Show, but he's also been seen and heard in several other major
productions.
He starred as Mark Reynolds in ABC's Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 and as Deke
in 2 Broke Girls.
He also starred as Sid in The Internship and voiced the character Azizi in the 2019 remake
of The Lion King.
Most recently, Andre could be heard as Luci in Disenchantment, and his debut stand up
special Legalize everything landed last summer.
"Most of my set is just ahhgugughaag."
Meanwhile, Lil Rel Howery had a breakout appearance in the role of Rod Williams in Jordan Peele's
2017 thriller Get Out.
Fans have since seen him in high-profile films such as Bird Box.
Tiffany Haddish has also enjoyed a meteoric rise in the comedy scene after her breakthrough
film roles as Hi-C in Keanu and as Dina in Girls Trip.
She went on to score one of the lead roles in the animated comedy Tuca & Bertie, voicing
Tuca.
Behind the scenes, Bad Trip also boasts a ton of talented creatives whose work you might
know.
The film is directed by Kitao Sakurai, who has an extensive history on The Eric Andre
Show.
Sakurai has directed or co-directed nearly every episode of the series and also serves
as executive producer.
Andre and Sakurai worked together to create the story of Bad Trip with Dan Curry, who
also writes for The Eric Andre Show.
They also recruited writers Jenna Park, who worked with Sakurai on his 2018 comedy short
film The Passage, and Anne with an E's Kathryn Borel.
The film is produced by Jackass and Bad Grandpa alum Jeff Tremaine, who also helmed 2019's
Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt.
It's safe to say he knows a thing or two about dealing with wild scenarios.
"I'm gonna get a selfie with the gorilla."
"No."
Don't miss Bad Trip when it arrives on March 26.
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