Michael Cera has been spending the previous couple of weeks on a world press tour for “The Phoenician Scheme,” which marks his first time starring in a Wes Anderson film. Jackie Chan has been on his personal promotional tour this month on behalf of “Karate Child: Legends.” The 2 actors not too long ago discovered themselves on the similar press cease, BBC Radio 2, however Cera instructed NME that Chan had no thought who he was.

“[A photographer] requested if I knew Jackie Chan, which I don’t, so she stated ‘come meet him,’” Cera stated. “That was that. After I met him although, he was like ‘Who is that this individual? What’s happening?’ We took an image however I believe he thought I used to be a contest winner. He was like, ‘Okay, let’s do an image actual fast. Come on.’ Not rudely. However I felt like I used to be invading his little private time along with his group earlier than he goes on the radio.”

Cera, who spoke to NME solely 20 minutes after assembly Chan, added: “I used to be like, ‘What am I doing right here?’ However everybody was very candy and I obtained to fulfill Jackie.”

“The Phoenician Scheme” and “Karate Child: Legends” share a Might 30 launch date, though Cera’s movie is simply in restricted launch and can develop nationwide June 6. Cera attended the movie’s Cannes Movie Pageant world premiere, the place he spoke to Selection about making his Wes Anderson debut.

“It’s so particular and really exacting, however a lot enjoyable. Such a spirit of enjoyable, on a regular basis,” Cera stated about Anderso’s set. “By no means feels negatively charged or pressurized, it at all times felt like we’re simply having a good time, although we’re working arduous at it. It at all times felt very optimistic and I used to be completely in love with the film as we have been making it.

“Wes has kind of the posh of doing as many takes as he must, so round 20 takes in you go, ‘OK, we sort of have it, so now let’s strive one thing else and preserve experimenting only for the sake of it,’” Cera added. “It’s only a good option to work, the place you are feeling like, ‘All the things else from right here is gravy.’ There are little pleased accidents within the film, for positive. Clearly, I simply hope to proceed working with him any probability there’s.”