Reunite for short for epidemic, father of the bride cast

It’s been 25 years since we last saw the Banks family, whose marriages and wild adventures with children include the 1991 and 1995 films “Father the F Bride” and “Father II F the Bride Part II.”

But the cast – including Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, George Newburn, Martin Short and Kieran Culkin – all rewrote their new roles in a new series, virtually directed by original series author Nancy Meyers. They also recruited Ben Plot and Florence Peggy to play the now adult children of the second film.

The film was made as a fundraiser for World Central Kitchen.

Soon the gang on the family zoom call, in which George had completely retired and slept in the guest room, as they were socially far away.

“I need to see my family face to face, not on screen,” George said – nervous as always – before everyone is good at supplies when it comes to masks, zinc, vitamin C and pulse oximeters. He added, “There has never been anything so big as to overwhelm me except marriage.”

Mattie’s reason for asking them all for a video conference: He wanted to ask his erdox girlfriend Rachel (Alexandra Ship) to marry him right away on Zoom. “I waited 30 years to be the groom’s father and now his dad is getting out of the wedding?” Exclaimed George. “Did his father have this idea?”

The family’s eye was on Mattie talking to Rachel at a virtual wedding, as she was left alone in a hotel after the shift. Her father – played by Robert De Niro – also joined the call, naming her “Father the Bride” with George.

The formality of marriage: Of course, Frank Agelhofer.

There were tears, laughter, and many false words, before George gave one last toast celebrating the importance of the family – which now, thankfully, includes a doctor cutter – and Platt introduced “The Way You See Tonight.”

In an op-ed of the New York Times, Meyers said she came up with the idea while quarantining at home during a coronavirus epidemic. “On the news, families in America were waiting for food by 2020. It was heartbreaking.” “What can I do? What Can i I was surprised. That’s when I emailed Steve Martin and asked him if he had time to chat. He wrote back, ‘I have nothing but time.’

She explained that she felt now was the right time to investigate “self-infiltrated overreactor” George Banks and see how he and the rest of the characters would react to the epidemic.

“There was a zoom location in which all the artists showed us around their house.” “Their characters needed a matching room but it should also be suitable for shooting. When one of the actors didn’t have a place to work, we sent them green curtains and found the right background to put them later. Kieran, for example, lives in New York. , But her character is supposed to live in Los Angeles, so we painted her green and used a photo of my daughter’s dining room as her background. “

While the mayor said shooting the special was “challenging,” it was also a “fun challenge.” It’s also something that disrupts something for her – and a project that hopes those who see it will also get a little relieved.