{"id":16742,"date":"2023-05-09T22:26:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T02:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=16742"},"modified":"2023-05-09T23:26:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T03:26:43","slug":"fools-paradise-exclusive-interview-with-actor-ken-jeong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=16742","title":{"rendered":"Fool&#8217;s Paradise : Exclusive Interview with Actor Ken Jeong"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"drawer\">\n<p data-qa=\"movie-info-synopsis\"><strong>Ken Jeong<\/strong>\u00a0is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, writer and licensed physician.<sup id=\"cite_ref-vul_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup> He rose to prominence for playing Leslie Chow in &#8220;<strong>The Hangover&#8221;<\/strong> film series(2009\u20132013) and Ben Chang in the NBC sitcom &#8220;<strong>Community<\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0(2009\u20132015). He created, wrote and produced the ABC sitcom &#8220;<strong>Dr. Ken<\/strong>&#8220;(2015\u20132017), in which he portrays the titular character, and he has appeared in the films, &#8220;<strong>Knocked Up<\/strong>&#8221; (2007), &#8220;<strong>Role Models<\/strong>,&#8221;\u00a0(2008), &#8220;<strong>Furry Vengeance<\/strong>&#8220;(2010), &#8220;<strong>The Duff<\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0(2015), &#8220;<strong>Ride Along 2<\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0(2016), &#8220;<strong>Crazy Rich Asians<\/strong>,&#8221;\u00a0(2018) and &#8220;<strong>Tom &amp; Jerry<\/strong>&#8220;(2021).<sup id=\"cite_ref-newsref_2-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"movie-info-synopsis\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-16743\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fools-paradise-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fools-paradise-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fools-paradise-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fools-paradise-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fools-paradise-696x1045.jpg 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fools-paradise-280x420.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fools-paradise.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"movie-info-synopsis\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> : A satirical comedy about a down-on-his-luck publicist (Ken Jeong) who discovers a recently released mental health patient (Charlie Day) who looks just like a misbehaving movie star. The publicist subs him into a film, creating a new star. But fame and fortune are not all they are cracked up to be.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"info-item-label\" data-qa=\"movie-info-item-label\">Rating:<\/b> <span class=\"info-item-value\" data-qa=\"movie-info-item-value\">R (Language|Some Drug Use|Sexual Content)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b class=\"info-item-label\" data-qa=\"movie-info-item-label\">Genre:<\/b> <span class=\"info-item-value\" data-qa=\"movie-info-item-value\">Comedy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b class=\"info-item-label\" data-qa=\"movie-info-item-label\">Original Language:<\/b> <span class=\"info-item-value\" data-qa=\"movie-info-item-value\">English<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b class=\"info-item-label\" data-qa=\"movie-info-item-label\">Director:<\/b>\u00a0Charlie Day<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"info-item-label\" data-qa=\"movie-info-item-label\">Producer:<\/b>\u00a0John Rickard, Christopher Lemole, Tim Zajaros, Alex Saks<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"info-item-label\" data-qa=\"movie-info-item-label\">Writer:<\/b> Charlie Day<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"info-item-label\" data-qa=\"movie-info-item-label\">Release Date (Theaters):<\/b> <span class=\"info-item-value\" data-qa=\"movie-info-item-value\"><time datetime=\"May 12, 2023\">May 12, 2023<\/time> \u00a0Limited<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b class=\"info-item-label\" data-qa=\"movie-info-item-label\">Runtime:<\/b> <span class=\"info-item-value\" data-qa=\"movie-info-item-value\"><time datetime=\"P1h 37mM\">1h 37m<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b class=\"info-item-label\" data-qa=\"movie-info-item-label\">Distributor:<\/b> <span class=\"info-item-value\" data-qa=\"movie-info-item-value\">Lionsgate \/ Roadside Attractions<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b class=\"info-item-label\" data-qa=\"movie-info-item-label\">Production Co:<\/b> <span class=\"info-item-value\" data-qa=\"movie-info-item-value\">Wrigley Pictures, Saks Picture Company, Armory Films<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/luispedrongmail-com\/\">Check out more of Luis&#8217; articles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the trailer of the film<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"ajioU4MCYks\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fool&#039;s Paradise | Official Trailer | In Theaters May 12\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ajioU4MCYks?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken Jeong\u00a0is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, writer and licensed physician. He rose to prominence for playing Leslie Chow in &#8220;The Hangover&#8221; film series(2009\u20132013) and Ben Chang in the NBC sitcom &#8220;Community&#8221;\u00a0(2009\u20132015). He created, wrote and produced the ABC sitcom &#8220;Dr. Ken&#8220;(2015\u20132017), in which he portrays the titular character, and he has appeared in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1288,"featured_media":16744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[2658,5130,9077,15734,11368,10518,7526,8060,9609,2850,15733,1309,4868],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fool&#039;s Paradise : Exclusive Interview with Actor Ken Jeong | Cinema Daily US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=16742\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fool&#039;s Paradise : Exclusive Interview with Actor Ken Jeong | Cinema Daily US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ken Jeong\u00a0is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, writer and licensed physician. 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