Ricky Gervais is pulling out all the stops to make sure his Netflix feature film debut goes down a treat.
If you caught The Graham Norton Show last week you would have seen both Gervais and Eric Bana promoting the film with a clip that, after viewing this trailer, doesn't really look like it does the film justice. On the other hand, this new trailer does feel like it's giving the entire plot and a lot of the jokes away.
Per Netflix:
Bana plays Frank Bonneville, a charismatic New York based radio journalist whose arrogance and decadent lifestyle has hindered his career. With his job on the line, Bonneville is dispatched to Ecuador along with his hapless technician, Ian Finch (played by Gervais), to report on a potential rebel coup. On arrival at the airport, Finch realizes he has mistakenly thrown away their passports, tickets and money, and the two hatch a plan to fake front line reports from the comfort of their hideout above a Spanish restaurant in Queens. As their reports on the conflict escalate they become a national sensation, captivating the hearts of listeners across America, which leaves them having to sneak into Ecuador for real in order to untangle their web of lies.
Joining Gervais and Bana in the film are Vera Farmiga as Finch’s not-so-devoted wife, Eleanor; Kelly Macdonald as their good-hearted radio reporter colleague Claire Maddox, Kevin Pollak as Geoffrey Mallard, their hard-boiled boss; America Ferrera and Raúl Castillo as Brigida and Domingo, the sweet, kind and adorably dim owners of the Spanish restaurant where they hide out; and Benjamin Bratt as rival news correspondent John Baker.
'Special Correspondents' comes to Netflix exclusively on April 29th.
Via Netflix
