Mindy Project star Ike Barinholtz helps Seth Rogen battle his frat-house enemies in Neighbors.
Den Of Geek: Lets get this out of the way first.
Whats the worst neighbor experience youve ever had in your life?
Ike Barinholtz:Ive been pretty lucky with neighbors.
But back in 1998 I lived like literally next door to Wrigley Field in Chicago.
And I had like 50,000 bad neighbors spread out over the course of one summer.
Just constantly having an influx of incredibly drunk Cubs fans was pretty intense.
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I cant even imagine what that must have been like.
How would you rate yourself as a neighbor?
Did you ever intentionally mess with anybody?
You know, I do feel like you want to keep close quarters comfortable.
And if you have bad neighbors and you exacerbate the situation youre gonna make yourself miserable.
Theyre gonna get you back.
So I am veryGames of Thronesian about it.
Keep your enemies close.
Theres something about every character in this film that viewers can relate to.
Did that stand out to you when you first got the script?
Hes very scared of whats gonna happen to him in two months.
Do you know what I mean?
So I think theyre really did a good job with that.
So yeah, I think those guys did a great job at creating the base.
Well at first when I read the script he really kind of seemed just angry.
Hes kind of romantic in his own twisted way with his ex-wife.
Yeah, he is.
He loves her very much and definitely is trying to overcompensate for the fact that shes gone.
But yeah, they still are very much in love.
What do you remember about that day and what you did?
I remember coming in and being really excited.
Id never met Evan or Nick and Im a huge fan of both of them.
So I remember there were some pretty different scenes than I had been rehearsing.
So right away I read them and I thought okay, Ive got a handle on this.
I just started getting really big laughs in the room.
(laughs) The goings good, just leave now.
And I left the thing very happy.
Still not expecting that I would be in the movie but, you know, it was good.
How did the improvisation process develop on the set?
We had such a great base with the script that a lot of it was there.
And then you kind of start deviating a little bit and going into different areas and improvise.
Is it easy to bring other actors into that who maybe dont have an improv or comedy background?
But right away they kind of fold into it and accept it and love it.
Have you seen the final cut of the movie and any scenes of yours not make it in?
I have seen the final cut.
You know, after that youre pushing your luck with your audience.
Im sure a lot of them will be in the Blu-ray and stuff.
But there was a kind of subplot that was kind of a war between me and Chris Mintz-Plasses character.
How has that maybe changed you a bit?
Obviously shes going to die.
So I feel like they did a great job showing both sides of this coin.
Neighborsis in theaters now.
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