Switch Up Interview: Cristián de la Fuente, Julieth Restrepo, Jeff Fahey & Shondrella Avery
7Returning to SXSW 2024, this time as director, is Deadland producer Tara Pirnia with her romantic dramedy, Switch Up. Though the film isn’t quite as heavy as her previous festival feature, this one still bears weight within its family-friendly plot. According to cast member Jeff Fahey (Alita: Battle Angel), “It was the lightness of the story that had a heaviness to it.”
Starring Cristián de la Fuente (In Plain Sight) and Julieth Restrepo (Griselda), Switch Up is a riches-to-rags tale of television host Ricardo de la Cruz (Fuente), who has everything. In the actor’s own words, Ricardo has “everything material — power, fame, money. Everything that he gave a lot of power to in order to be happy.” After a nefarious set-up leaves the host high and dry in a small Texas town, Ricardo finds himself on the streets. Here, he meets a kindhearted stranger, Charlie, played by Fahey, who helps Ricardo find a new chance at life.
At the festival, stars Fuente, Fahey, Restrepo, and Shondrella Avery (The Secret Life of Bees), who plays Ricardo’s executive producer Marie, stopped by the Collider interview studio to chat with our own Perri Nemiroff about their experience making the film and how it serves the industry today.
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