Billy Eichner is trading the street for the screen.
The Billy on the Street comedian, 46, opened up about working with longtime pal Will Ferrell in their first movie together while chatting exclusively with Parade amid his partnership with Truly Hard Seltzer for their new Unruly Lemonade line.
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“I’m very excited. It’s a new comedy called Judgment Day, though I think they might be changing that, I’m not sure. But I’m very excited about it,” Eichner tells Parade. “I start shooting that next week in Atlanta [with] Will Ferrell, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Bobby Cannavale. It’s a really fun cast, a lot of people.”
He continues: “It’s a very fun premise. Will Ferrell plays a daytime TV court show judge, like a Judge Judy type of judge, and is very beloved and famous for his show, and I play his bailiff. So I think it’ll be really fun.”
As for how he prepped for his role, Eichner jokes to Parade that he “did an enormous amount of research.”
“I actually was curious about where the bailiffs on court TV shows come from. So I did look into that. I know a lot more about Judge Judy’s bailiffs than most people,” he says before adding: “Will Ferrell’s the best. He’s done a bunch of Billy on the Street [episodes] with me. He’s always awesome.”
Eichner goes on to tell Parade that partnering with Truly for their new Unruly Lemonade line, which features four new flavors (Bumpinā Blue Razz, āOGā Original, Punched-Up Pineapple and Wild Pink) and boasts an 8% ABV, was an easy “yes” for him. Last week, the Emmy-nominated comedian hopped around New York City to deliver his signature unruly comedy to unsuspecting New Yorkers. He also invited a group of lucky fans to attend the private after party at Off the Wagon.
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“We started off in Washington Square Park, and I kind of moved around [like] Billy on the Street. What you see is what you get,” he says. “We literally just walk around, and I have no idea where we’re going to go. We’re doing all of it on the fly. It’s completely spontaneous. We ended up wandering up from Washington Square Park towards Chelsea, which is where we’ve shot a lot of Billy on the Street over the years, and we hit Union Square.”
He adds: “But what was fun is that Washington Square Park is actually the place where I shot the very first Billy on the Street video ever 20 years ago, literally because I’m older than I look. And so it was a very full-circle, fun moment.”
See the full video of Eichner’s day with Truly Unruly Lemonade below:
