Spring Break
'Harold & Kumar' actors
talk about latest buddy film
Michael Pasaoa
Issue date: 4/23/08 Section: Student Culture
"With other films like 'Superman,' where it's based on a comic book," Penn said, "there are additional challenges with that and portraying particular characters, fitting them into the arc of the storyline overall and then finding out you got cut out of the whole movie. I'm not bitter though."
Cho discussed what separates his film acting career ("American Pie," "Better Luck Tomorrow") from his television roles ("Off Centre," "Ugly Betty").
"Artistically, I think the difference between acting on TV and film is that the character must remain the same, must not transform during the course of the hour, the half hour," Cho said. "And in a film, ideally you want your character to be different by the end of the movie and to have undergone a change - and that's just two very different ways of acting."
A student journalist brought up Penn's support of Barack Obama.
"Let me actually interrupt you right here because I'm just here to talk about the film, guys," Penn said.
"Romney, Romney, Romney," Cho chanted.
"John Cho is a big Romney supporter," Penn goofed.
"That was a joke by the way," Cho added.
"I was waiting for you to correct me," Penn said.
"I don't know how long I was going to let that go," Cho said.
Cho discussed what separates his film acting career ("American Pie," "Better Luck Tomorrow") from his television roles ("Off Centre," "Ugly Betty").
"Artistically, I think the difference between acting on TV and film is that the character must remain the same, must not transform during the course of the hour, the half hour," Cho said. "And in a film, ideally you want your character to be different by the end of the movie and to have undergone a change - and that's just two very different ways of acting."
A student journalist brought up Penn's support of Barack Obama.
"Let me actually interrupt you right here because I'm just here to talk about the film, guys," Penn said.
"Romney, Romney, Romney," Cho chanted.
"John Cho is a big Romney supporter," Penn goofed.
"That was a joke by the way," Cho added.
"I was waiting for you to correct me," Penn said.
"I don't know how long I was going to let that go," Cho said.
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