Marlon Wayans is reprising his Shorty Meeks role in Scary Movie 6 and is opening up about the new comedy horror film.
In a new interview, Wayans calls the movie “multi-generational” and also weighs in on the jokes that they will tackle.
“What we’re trying to do is bring back laughter,” Wayans said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “This is about bringing back comedy the way it used to be. And I think the only way to do it is you have to cancel the cancel culture.”
The trailer gives a glimpse into what they will make fun of, and they will seemingly be equally offensive to everyone.
“We’re gonna do what we always do. We’re gonna make fun of everybody because we’re equal opportunity offenders,” he said. “We have a recipe, we have a formula that you can’t mimic or copy. You could try, but it’s very specific. It’s how we grew up, and it’s how we see the world. It’s the household we were raised in with the sense of humor that we all were governed with, that we inherited from our mother.”
Wayans says that they “like to be fearless” but “still do things with kid gloves to let people laugh at themselves.”
Scary Movie 6 opens in theaters on June 5. The film is directed by Michael Tiddes and written by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans, and Rick Alvarez.
Marlon Wayans will star alongside Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Damon Wayans Jr., Gregg Wayans, Kim Wayans, Benny Zielke, Cameron Scott, Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, Dave Sheridan, Heidi Gardner, Lochlyn Munro, Olivia Rose Keegan, Ruby Snowber, Savannah Lee Nassif, Sydney Park, and many more.