âA movie for everyone, not just Drag Race fansâ: stars of drag comedy Stop! That! Train! on making the summerâs funniest film
Director Adam Shankman and drag queen actors explain putting a brilliantly madcap twist on Airplane! style parody Drag queens are never more striking than when
Director Adam Shankman and drag queen actors explain putting a brilliantly madcap twist on Airplane! style parody Drag queens are never more striking than when theyâre set against an everyday background. âKristen Stewart is a buoy ⌠â the Laotian American beauty Jujubee muttered spacily to herself in the hallway of Bleecker Street Mediaâs New York office, reading out the tag-line of a framed poster for the 2024 sci-fi/romance Love Me.
The former RuPaul âs Drag Race contestant and star of the new disaster-comedy Stop! That! Train! was lingering outside an office cubicle in a structured blazer and fishnets as an attentive PR took her order for lunch. By that point sheâd been in full wardrobe and make-up all day fielding press, including a mid-morning stop with her castmates at NBCâs Today with Jenna & Sheinelle. Iâd heard Jujubee and her co-star Ginger Minj before I saw them, laughing like glamorous hyenas from another room.
When they made an entrance, they did so in coordinated cheetah print looks, greeting me with the kind of mega-watt smiles that told me I was now their audience. I was impressed by how âonâ they were, but could imagine it was taxing to keep up. How had the whirlwind of press been for them? âItâs been a lot of work but it doesnât feel like it,â Ginger admitted. âThe tour has absolutely mimicked the making of the movie.â âWe have to schedule our sleep,â Jujubee added as she slowly began to peel off some cumbersome press-on nails.
âBut Iâm so high on life and all of us have been able to stay in the moment, and live in this stormaganza of press.â They immediately started cackling again. Continue reading...
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