Romany Malco Plays “BFF” To SNL Stars Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in Baby Mama
(April 17, 2008) In a hilarious comedy that brings together some of to day’s sharpest talent, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler team to tell the story of two women, one apartment and the nine months that will change their lives: Baby Mama.
All the craziness unfolds under the watchful eyes of Oscar the doorman/confidant, played by Romany Malco, best known for his starring role in The 40 Year Old Virgin and the critically acclaimed Showtime original series Weeds, which has garnered him an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
“I like that Oscar was a guy with good since of humor and has a lot of integrity,” says Malco.
“I loved the relationship between Kate and Oscar, this doorman who’s like her best friend, and her confidante in a way.”
But Oscar also ends up serving as Angie’s conscience as well “He’s a ‘pillar amidst the wreckage’ as he recognizes that he and Angie are very similar. Coming from blue-collar families they understand the idea of not fulfilling their true potential and they both have been hurt and cheated by the system. You believe they are friends.”
Baby Mama not only brings together the comedic talents of Poehler, Fey and Malco, the film boasts an array of talent which includes funnyman Steve Martin, Dax Sheppard, Sigourney Weaver, Greg Kinnear, Maura Tierney and Holland Taylor.
Baby Mama is the story of a successful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook (Fey), who has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she’s finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her plan is thrown a curve ball after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski (Poehler) to become her unlikely surrogate. After learning from the steely head of the surrogacy center (Weaver) that Angie is pregnant, Kate goes into precision nesting mode: reading childcare books, baby-proofing the apartment and researching top pre-schools. But the executive’s well-organized strategy is turned upside down when her Baby Mama shows up at her doorstep with no place to live. That’s when the fun and games began as unstoppable force meets an immovable object as structured Kate tries to turn vibrant Angie into the perfect expectant mom. In a comic battle of wills, they will struggle their way through preparation for the baby’s arrival. And in the middle of this tug-of-war, they’ll discover two kinds of family: the one you’re born into and the one you make.
Malco first came to national prominence as MC Hammer in the VH-I TV movie Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story. Most recently, he co-starred alongside Will Ferrell and Jon Heder in the DreamWorks feature Blades of Glory, which grossed over $100 million worldwide. He will next be in The Love Guru, opposite Mike Myers and Jessica Alba. His other feature film credits include the comedy The Tuxedo, with Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Jesse Peretz’s comedy The Chateau, opposite his Virgin castmate Paul Rudd. Malco will also re-team with Virgin director Judd Apatow on an untitled marine recruiter project at Universal. The project, currently in development, is based on an original idea of Malco’s and will have Apatow on board as a producer.
The first American born into his West Indian family, Brooklyn-bred Malco began his career at the age of seven when he picked up a microphone and started rapping. As a teen, he moved to Texas and formed the rap group R.M.G. and upon relocating to Los Angeles, the crew signed a deal with Virgin Records. The group’s name was changed to College Boyz and their first big hit, “Victim of the Ghetto,” went to No. # 1 on the rap charts. Malco currently resides in Los Angeles.
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