With Easter Sunday now playing in theaters, I recently sat down with director Jay Chandrasekhar to talk about making the comedy. As you’ve seen in the trailers, Easter Sunday stars comedian Jo Koy and it’s his love-letter to his family and the Filipino-American community. Playing a fictionalized version of himself, the film has Koy returning home to his supportive yet demanding family to celebrate Easter festivities. As you can imagine, chaos ensues. Easter Sunday also stars Jimmy O. Yang, Tia Carrere, Brandon Wardell, Eva Noblezada, Lydia Gaston, Asif Ali, Rodney To, Eugene Cordero, Chandrasekhar, and Lou Diamond Phillips. The film was produced by Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich.
During the wide-ranging interview, Chandrasekhar talked about what drew him to the project, how he ended up playing Koy’s agent in the film, the importance of representation, sticking to the script versus improv on set, what he learned from test screenings, how he shoots on set, and the status of Broken Lizard’s Super Troopers 3. In addition, he talks about why he created the free app Vouch Vault, which is designed to share the things you like or love with friends and followers.
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