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But now,both aSuper Troopers 3and a sequel toBeerfestdont seem as farfetched as they once did.
Do you feel like everyBroken Lizardmovie has been a better, more well-made movie than the one before it?
Does it work that way?
Jay Chandrasekhar:I think it absolutely works that way.
They love it for whatever reasons they love it.
Whats it like to bring in actors of this caliber to a Broken Lizard movie set?
I thought the night before, I cant believe Im acting with an actor with such heft.
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Steve Lemme:My favorite Paxton moment was dragging him through the ocean.
How did you land onClub Dreadas the follow-up?
I think the fans ofSuper Trooperswere also a little bit confused by the change in tone.
We wanted to makeBeerfestandClub Dread.
Paul:[Club Dread] was our first big disappointment.
Theres something special when the studio goes all in behind you and the fans come through and show up.
Jay:Making a movie is so hard as it is, and executives are hoping for wins too.
We wanna do it again.
Steve:If it doesnt perform then were pretty much done.
On [opening day] we were still nervous.
We still didnt know if it was going to do well or not.
That night we found out okay, we won Friday, thats a great thing.
Whatever the showrunner wants, Ill give you the very best version of that.
Even with all the success Ive had in television, it wouldnt quite be satisfying enough.
What do you consider your greatest accomplishment or success between the twoSuper Troopersmovies?
Steve:Thecrowdfunding campaignwas the great unknown for us.
What if we ask for $2 million and nobody shows up?
We discussed it: If they dont come, we should break this damn thing up.
Paul:The accomplishment was that fans stepped up and we did get it made.
You guys are the most successful sketch comedy group ever!
And were like, What are you talking about?
Every day is a fucking struggle.
He says, Youve been doing this for 30 years and you made a bunch of movies.
We couldnt do that.
We destroyed ourselves before we could do that.
I have to remind myself of the accomplishments weve had.
Its so hard to believe.
So how does that factor into whats next?
Paul:We had a conversation today about what were doing next.
Its interesting that theres a whole other audience in theBeerfestcommunity that arent necessarilySuper Troopersfans.
As we think about, Do we do aBeerfestsequel?
We have certainly talked about going right intoSuper Troopers 3.
Kevin:Lets make a musical!
Kevin:ThatsSuper Troopers 7.
