Paul Rudd and Jack Black’s biggest challenge while filming their new movie Anaconda in Australia was staying away from their families.
Rudd, who shares son Jack, 19, and daughter Darby, 15, with wife Julie Yaeger, said People“We were in Australia, we were away from our families for months, and what a treat it is to be able to work with the people you really care about and have fun with.”
“It changes a little bit, I think, as I’ve gotten older, we’ve gotten older. We have families now, and that makes it a little bit harder than it used to be,” he added.
Black, who shares sons Samuel, 19, and Tommy, 17, with wife Tanya Haden, said he would “freeze time” if he could when he was with his family.
“If I could freeze time, I would so I wouldn’t miss any of my family time. But what I tell myself when I go on some of these adventures and movie things is, ‘Hey, this is the job,’” Holiday said star. “A lot of families there are dealing with separation from their families and that sucks, but it’s also a great opportunity.”
But it is also nice to take his children and wife to the countries in which he films.
“It’s fun to take them wherever I go and have a little Australian adventure, a little New Zealand, a little Hawaii. This is great,” Black said. “But when they’re in school, they have work to do.”
“They won’t be able to be with me all the time,” he added.
The comedy thriller follows Rudd and Black, who play filmmakers alongside Steve Zahn and Thandiwe Newton. The group heads to the Amazon jungle to reboot the titular creature feature from 1997 and ultimately go through anaconda trouble.
Anaconda is in cinemas from December 25.
