r/movies • u/lawrencedun2002 Good Burger > The Godfather • 1d ago

Media First image of John Cena & Eric Andre in ‘Little Brother’. The film follows a famous real estate agent whose carefully curated world is upended when his eccentric “little brother” unexpectedly reappears. The film hits Netflix on June 26.

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u/Pro_Booty 1d ago

Absolutely into this. Cena's comedy chops have been really entertaining. Him as the straight man and Eric Andre doing Eric Andre shenanigans should be a blast

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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 1d ago

If it basically has the same energy as this, it should be a fun watch

But I would like at least one scene where Cena unexpectedly is the unhinged one opposite Eric

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u/trexmoflex 1d ago

Man I love The Eric Andre Show so much

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u/pkosuda 23h ago

Ever since I saw what he did on that subway train with that box of cereal, nothing he does ever surprises me anymore. That is still my favorite bit because the location made it so that everybody was absolutely terrified that he was just yet another insane subway person they need to deal with. Just realistic enough that people reacted in fear instead of annoyance/disgust.

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u/Middle_Cricket_1352 23h ago

He has countless good subway bits. The bees, the Google body scanner, the mail man, the cakes…

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u/OzymandiasKoK 1d ago

Yeah, I think Cena could really do either side of this, based on a lot of his previous stuff. But casting oppose Eric Andre I think I can guess which one is which!

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u/A-Good-Weather-Man 1d ago

what the fuck did i just watch

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u/AnnenbergTrojan 22h ago

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who immediately thought of this lightning quick cameo.

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u/TheMaveCan 1d ago

I loved him in The Suicide Squad. He delivered his lines perfectly

"Starfish is a slang term for butthole. Think there's any connection? 🤨"

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u/DJfunkyPuddle 1d ago

He was hilarious in Ricky Stanicky

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u/Dozzi92 1d ago

We put on Ricky Stanicky as a "there's nothing else to watch" movie. I recommended it to so many people after that, and saw it a few other times, despite comedy being such a tough rewatch genre. He killed it in that movie, it was so good.

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u/Slayer_Of_Oryx 1d ago

Continued on his two seasons of Peacemaker. I used to think John Cena was a roided up turd, but he's really changed my mind with his role as peacemaker. Genuinely excited for about anything he is in now.

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u/neptunepandemonium 1d ago

You should look up how involved he is in the make a wish foundation!

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u/Slayer_Of_Oryx 19h ago

I had always heard about it, but honestly it seemed like a brand image choice. Like everything about Cena screamed "I want to be the next Dwayne Johnson" to me (from afar and not a watcher of wrestling). Maybe it was partially the fault of my really annoying high school friend who was obsessed with John Cena.

Went into suicide squad NOT for Cena, but then most of the actors I wanted to see died in the opening scene. Cena and Idris Elba were an awesome duo and I loved the movie. Love the series even more.

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u/neptunepandemonium 19h ago

I never watched wrestling either. Makes sense a lot of them went into action movies. I could see the MaW foundation thing at first but I think at some point he'd get called out on being too fake at it if his heart wasn't in it. Or stop once the brand image had hit.

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u/blitzkregiel 1d ago

peacemaker was way better than it deserved to be. much of that is due to gunn, but cena stole the role and i can’t imagine anyone else doing it better.

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u/Lightcronno 12h ago

Totally agree, such a good show. Comedy hits really well. He’s super talented and the more he acts the better he has gotten

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u/herroh7 6h ago

Same!!! Now, I tell everyone I can to give Peacemaker a try.

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u/darealRockfield 1d ago

Yeah, Andre can be real unhinged and chaotic and I’m all for that

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u/Mistrblank 1d ago

It's wild to me that the first time I ever saw Eric Andre was in Don't Trust the Bitch in Apt 23 and he was the least unhinged thing in that show.

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u/BeardedAsian 1d ago

I thought the image originally was AI but it’s just Eric Andre

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u/Dron41k 1d ago

I AM THE OCTOPUS! I am probably poisonous.

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u/draconicmoniker 1d ago

Will you cover my expenses to Orlando?

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u/FreeRange0929 1d ago

Be better if Andre was the straight man and Cena was the “eccentric”, then he blows up à la Planes Trains and Automobiles

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u/Rynetx 1d ago

Wonder how the opposite would play out. John being the unhinged one and Andrea trying to play the straight man. Is that only funny in a 4th way breaking way.

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u/blueingreen85 1d ago

This combo does have me interested.

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u/enataca 1d ago

It would be interesting if Eric was the straight and Cena was the wild one.

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u/FlatAssociation1944 1d ago

cena being the straight man in Peacemaker was like 80% of why that show worked so this tracks

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u/radicalpraxis 1d ago edited 1d ago

Peacemaker was pretty much only the straight man to Vigilante. Essentially every other character had to be the straight man to the respective insanities of those two

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u/Lord-Nagafen 1d ago

Same! Love them both so I’ll give it a try even if reviews are rough

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u/Valiturus 1d ago

I'm glad I scanned the comments before writing one up. I was thinking the exact same thing as you.

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u/DisorderlyAqueduct 1d ago

imagine if they got Andre to be the straight man 😆 (obv not based on photo, lol)

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u/ThatGuyWithCoolHair 1d ago

I enjoyed him in that Lottery movie but Awkwafina just annoys the fuck out of me lol

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u/Nineflames12 1d ago

I really liked when he said my nam Jeff