Paul Rudd Talks ‘Power Ballad,’ Staying Curious, and Realizing He Killed Michael Myers
Paul Rudd stars in the new film 'Power Ballad' as Rick Power, a former rocker living in Ireland. The film explores themes of creativity and recognition as Rick struggles with a hit song that he cannot prove he wrote. Rudd also reflects on his role in the 'Halloween' franchise and his upcoming appearance in 'Avengers: Doomsday.'
- ▪In 'Power Ballad,' Paul Rudd plays a character who is a former rocker and wedding cover band member.
- ▪The plot centers around Rick Power's original song becoming a hit for another artist without attribution.
- ▪Rudd's character is from Kansas City, which is also Rudd's hometown.
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It’s not every day you get to inform someone that they killed Michael Myers. It’s not any day, really, for numerous reasons. But on this day, talking to Paul Rudd, this did happen. We’ll get to that. In John Carney’s terrific new film “Power Ballad,” Rudd plays Rick Power, a Kansas City native (as is Rudd) and former rocker who lives in Ireland with his wife and daughter and spends his time playing in a wedding cover band. (This is a John Carney movie, so of course we get a rocking montage of perennial wedding song staples sung by a gleeful Rudd.) blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-iw-article-mid-article-uid0' ) .setTargeting( 'pos', ["mid","mid-article1","mid-articleX","mid-article"] ) .setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' )…
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