EXCLUSIVE: Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) will produce and star in That Friend , a bromance comedy about the dynamics of friendship and growing up. It marks the directorial debut of screenwriters/directors Will Sterling and Alex Wall.
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In the upcoming film, Guillén portrays Paul, that one friend we all have whose invitation for “one drink” seems innocent enough, but before you know it, you’re drunk on a Tuesday, wobbling around your kitchen eating dry ramen out of the bag and wishing you hadn’t sent that text. Henry is just trying to have a romantic weekend in Palm Springs with his new girlfriend Penny until Paul interrupts their trip. And when Paul’s pack of drug-laced cigarettes disappears into a stranger’s hands, the night really takes a turn.
Production on That Friend is expected to begin in December, with Ryan Tillotson and LA-based Straw Hut Media producing alongside Guillén.
Guillén is best known for his critically acclaimed breakout role in FX's modern vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows , which previewed its sixth and final season yesterday and premieres October 21 at San Diego Comic-Con. In Jemaine Clement's show, based on his and Taika Waititi's 2014 New Zealand film of the same name, Guillén portrays Guillermo de la Cruz, the long-suffering confidant (or servant) of vampire Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak), who in season five fulfills his wish to become a vampire himself.
