*Thanks so much to Disney and DreamWorks for inviting me to this amazing event. All travel expenses were covered by Disney and all opinions are my own.
So there was this one time in Hollywood that I met Vince Vaughn. No seriously, I met and interviewed the one and only VINCE VAUGHN. You might recognize Vince from the upcoming film Delivery Man where he plays David Wozniak, a man who’s life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the father of 533 kids. We got a chance to see the movie (AMAZING), go to the Delivery Man Premiere after party and best of all interview Vince Vaughn about things like the movie, how his daughter gives him pedicures, and so much more. Check out the interview below.
Why did you decide to take the role as David Wozniak?
The director is a very passionate storyteller, and I think what he is doing with this story is really unique and inspiring, because it’s not an overly obvious way in to some very kind of sentimental and universal feelings. I think about parenthood and also about life, I think acceptance, you know, accepting yourself, and all those kinda things. In a way, it’s like all the things that you kinda go through as a parent but it does it in a very unique way, and so it kinda cracks you open.
You mentioned being a dad. How did being a dad affect how you took on the role
Like a little bit of what I was talking about in that: you’re so cracked open as a parent to those things. I had only my daughter on this, so originally we were working on having my second child which was conceived during Delivery Man. And inevitably you start thinking about well, what should I do for their lives. You start seeking information about how do I parent, you know, temporary words versus, you know, permanent words. And, you know, it just becomes a journey of figuring out what’s the best way to give them skillsets to be successful and, you know, what is the best stuff you can do as a parent. So, it just starts — you start down that journey so strongly. And I think for me, fortunately, I come from a very close family, and I waited till I was older and I really wanted to be a parent when I, when I got to be a parent. I’m very invested in it. So, I think it was very easy to draw on those kind of emotions that were running in me anyway.
This is a very family-friendly movie. Like I would take my family to see it, which is kind of a departure from the movies that you’ve made in the past. Are you actively trying to make more family-friendly movies, something that your family could see in the future?
You know, I don’t know if I would say I’m actively doing it. I think this was nice, ’cause it was kind of a return to doing more grounded performances, which I used to do and not so broad. So, that was exciting. And I do think the time in my life kind of particularly made me excited about investigating parenthood and also partnership I think is important, too. You know, I think the best thing you can do as a father for your kid is to love the mom in that it shows him what a good relationship should be. There’s so much teaching that’s not really downloading information that’s just by example.
It gives them harmony in the house. And so, it’s, it’s interesting for Cobie’s character and my character to kind of figure out, you know, how they see each other, what are the expectations, ’cause I find relationships to really be about communicating and expectations, you know. What, what do you expect the other person to do and how do you communicate so that you’re both understanding what those expectations are, ’cause once you start breaking expectations and if you’re not understanding what the other person wants, then trust can, can get broken.
So, I think it’s interesting that, you know, my character kind of comes to a place of accepting who he is. I can’t be someone I’m not, you know, but I love this kid and I love you, so let’s start from that place.
Were you able to adlib at all like your reaction to meeting one of the new kids, or was it all fully scripted?
It’s pretty much all scripted. There’s a couple places where I added some lines, but it was nice to go and just give a performance and work off the script. There was a couple places where we played around. Uh, a lot of the ultrasound was just sort of played, but that’s based on my experience.
Did you have a particular type of movie that you really enjoyed shooting the most that sort of stood out to you more than other parts, a favorite scene?
It’s hard to say. There’s so many moments. I mean all the kids were just terrific. I had different unique experiences with them that was great. And, you know, it’s fun to go be with Chris, ’cause he was so funny. And the stuff with Cobie was really fun. And even showing the baby at the end and going through that experience with the kids. I can’t say that there was just one particular day, because they were all so unique.
What kind of gifts you would ask for Father’s Day from your 533 kids?
Gosh, I would really hit ‘em up for some stuff; right? Maybe if you got 533 kids, you can ask for a Father’s Day alone. I love you guys so much this is my day. No one talk to me. ‘Cause 533 would be a lot of conversations.
Vince Vaughn was such a gracious guy to come and talk with us about the movie especially since I am sure he had a very long and busy night the night before at the premiere and after party. Delivery Man is hitting theaters on November 22nd and you won’t want to miss it. It’s a really great feel good movie and PERFECT for the holidays. For more information on Delivery Man you can follow along on Twitter using the Hashtag #DeliveryManEvent