Director
Phil Lord & Chris Miller
Producer
Stephen J. Cannell & Neal H. Moritz
Writer(s)
Michael Bacall
Jonah Hill
Genre
Action / Comedy
Cast
Channing Tatum as Jenko
Jonah Hill as Schmidt
Johnny Depp as Tom Hanson
Brie Larson as Molly
Jake M. Johnson as Principal Dadier
Ellie Kemper as Ms. Griggs
Dave Franco as Eric
Ice Cube as Capt. Dickson
Johnny Simmons as
Rob Riggle as Mr. Walters
Dakota Johnson as Fugazy
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Release Date
Mar 16, 2012
Locations
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Language
English
Jonah Hill praises 'perfect' Channing Tatum
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Movie Description(Click Here To Hide)
An action comedy film about a pair of underachieving cops (played by Channing Tatum & Jonah Hill) who use their youthful appearances to go undercover at a local high school where a suspected drug ring is operating. As they trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, Schmidt and Jenko find that high school is nothing like they left it just a few years earlier. On top of risking their lives to investigate this dangerous and potentially violent drug ring, neither men are prepared to deal with the terror and anxiety of being a teenager all over again. At the same time, issues they thought they had left behind several years ago are now back to haunt them. Based off the TV series of the same name.
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March 8th, 2012
Jonah Hill thinks Channing Tatum was ''perfect'' for the role of Greg Jenko in '21 Jump Steet'.
The 28-year-old actor - who co-wrote the script for new action comedy - explained the 'GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra' star was the only person who would be ''ballsy'' enough to take on the part of the undercover police officer.
He said: ''We pictured it would be me and an action star. That was kind of the idea, we wanted someone who was known for action movies who was willing to play with that persona and be in a totally different kind of film.
''And Channing is the best person working in that field I think, and he was ballsy enough to take a leap of faith and do something different.''
Jonah admitted filming '21 Jump Street' - which is based on the 80s TV show of the same name - often resulted in a number of impromptu scenes coming about as a consequence of the duo constantly ''messing around'' on set.
He told TheReelBits.com: ''A particularly funny scene - that came just from us messing around on the day - was when Channing pushed my head down and said, 'Act like you're blowing me' and I said, 'Why me', and he said 'Because you're in a Peter Pan outfit'.
''That whole thing felt like classic Bad Boys kind of moment.''
