The Irish actor does what he can with the character, delivering some of the film’s best lines, despite Drew’s blandness. Drew actually has a fair number of similarities to O’Dowd’s character Thomas-John in Girls, though Drew is much more manipulative.
The character itself is pretty generic he’s the hot, smarmy guy at work, who maneuvers himself into women’s lives with a smirk and well-fitted pants. O’Dowd co-stars as Drew, Bruce’s colleague, frenemy, and nemesis in office romance. Surely, this is due to a combination of both clever directing and hard work on the actors’ parts. I don’t know much about salsa dancing, or dancing at all, but the actors are believable as salsa experts, seeming to move effortlessly among the actual professionals.
The dance numbers are fast, and the nature of the scenes is usually based around competition - official or not. You’ve really gotta give Frost kudos, who is up there on screen, fearless, showcasing his not-so-Hollywood bod. Only McShane apparently couldn’t be bothered to learn a few moves. Frost, Colman, Jones, and even O’Dowd, make choreographed dance numbers look easy. These actors clearly took more than a few salsa lessons to prepare themselves, and it pays off. It’s evident that plenty of work went into the film, especially into the dancing scenes. But we know how this game ends up, right? Surely the frumpy but determined guy deserves to “win” the girl in the end? Cuban Fury isn’t even trying to hide its blatant “winning the beautiful but otherwise-not-entirely-noteworthy girl” formula, actually using variations of the word “win” multiple times in the dialogue.Ĭuban Fury is definitely a passion project for Frost, on whose original concept the entire movie is based. Seriously, Rashida’s Cuban Fury wardrobe is on point. After all, she’s so pretty and so well-dressed. Of course, there’s a smug and handsome co-worker, Drew (Chris O’Dowd), also trying to win the heart of beautiful Julia. Cue Bruce’s grizzled old dance instructor (Ian McShane), and the fire in his heart is re-ignited. Many years later, adult Bruce falls for his new boss Julia (Rashida Jones), and when he realizes that her favorite hobby is his childhood pastime, he’s inspired to get back in the salsa game. Bruce (Frost) and his sister Sam were an award-winning salsa duo in their youth, until a gang of young bullies vanquished Bruce’s love of dance and upbeat attitude.
0 kommentar(er)
