“Ricky Stanicky: the con man” is the title of the film starring John Cena and Zac Efron that has reached the peak of popularity on Prime Video (Amazon’s streaming platform) and promises to bring a lot of laughs to the audience. where was it filmed?
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The story centers on Dean, JT and Wes, three childhood friends who for 25 years have been maintaining a lie: they have invented an imaginary friend named Ricky Stanicky to justify their antics and get out of awkward situations.
However, the prank cannot last forever. As adults, their husbands and partners begin to suspect Ricky’s identity and, to keep up appearances, the trio is forced to hire an actor to convince everyone that Ricky Stanicky is a real person.
It is worth noting that the film is rated R, which means that it is not recommended for minors.
“Ricky Stanicky” premiered worldwide on March 7 and has a running time of 108 minutes, which is almost 1 hour and 50 minutes.
Who plays Ricky Stanicky? The full cast of the movie
The role of the imaginary friend is played by John Cena. In fact, the 46-year-old actor plays ‘Rock Hard’ Rod, a celebrity actor who is hired to bring the trio’s imaginary friend to life, and who, wanting to play the best role of his career, goes to comical extremes.
The rest of the cast of ‘Ricky Stanicky’ is rounded out with Zac Efron as Dean, Andrew Santino as TJ and Jermaine Fowler as Wes.
The cast includes the talents of Lex Scott Davis, Anja Savcic, Jeff Ross, William H. Macy, among others.
The film is directed by Peter Farrelly.
Where was the movie ‘Ricky Stanicky’ filmed?
The fiction places its events in the city of Providence (Rhode Island, United States), however, the shooting itself took place in Melbourne, Australia.
According to Variety, the film received funding from the Australian government to shoot there.
Will ‘Ricky Stanicky’ be on Netflix?
Since it’s an original production for Prime Video as well, the Zac Efron and John Cena film is only available on that platform.
I’m unlikely to switch streaming services in the future.
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Source: univision
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