Aubrey Plaza and Megan Park on Getting Justin Bieber’s Approval for Fantasy Scene in Sundance Comedy ‘My Old Ass’
variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor The title alone was enough to convince Aubrey Plaza to appear in “My Old Ass,” an offbeat coming-of-age story that was warmly received during its premiere Saturday night at the Sundance Film Festival. “It all just made sense to me,” Plaza told the sold-out crowd at the Eccles Theater in Park City, Utah. “‘My Old Ass,’ I was like, ‘Oh man.'” And when Plaza spent time with Megan Park, the film’s writer and director, and discovered her affinity for unusual means of transportation, Aubrey knew she had signed on to the perfect project.
Park was sporting a life vest during their first Zoom meeting, a sign of her love of all things nautical. “Megan is the only director I’ve ever worked with who Jet Skis to work,” Plaza said.
Park also picked up Plaza in a paddle boat for their initial meeting. “She paddled over me,” Plaza recalled. “And I sat there for a while just staring at her, inching along.
I was like, ‘What the? What have I got myself into?’ And [then] I felt like, ‘This is right.'” In “My Old Ass,” Plaza shows up as the middle-age version of her college-bound self (Maisy Stella of the ABC drama “Nashville”).
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