How ‘Blockers’ Gets Big Laughs | Anatomy of a Scene

The comedy “Blockers” has John Cena, Leslie Mann and Ike Barinholtz as parents on a mission to stop their daughters from having sex on prom night. This funny car scene involves physical comedy, pratfalls and stunts. The director Kay Cannon discusses how she first had a stunt team record the moves in a video, then had her actors watch and practice the moves for the scene.

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