Manny The Movie Guy /

It was very interesting meeting John Cho and Kal Penn together, the actors behind the hit franchise, "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas." I've interviewed Cho before for "Star Trek" but he was much more ebullient for the bromantic/stoner film. And of course, Penn has made news lately for famously ditching showbiz for 2 years so he could work for the White House. More power to him! ("A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas" Movie Review)

In this interview, we talked about:

• What interested them to reunite for the third installment?
• The film is naughty and nice!
• It's interesting that the "Harold & Kumar" is the first franchise to feature non-Caucasian or non-African-American actors
• The Wafflebot!
• Was it shot in sequence? The actors did not reunite until weeks after the shoot!
• Cho revealed that the first week of rehearsal did not gel for him
• Since "Guantanamo Bay," Cho moved on to star in "Star Trek" and Penn moved to the White House. How did these experience inform their career choices?

HAVE FUN!

After years of growing apart, Harold Lee and Kumar Patel have replaced each other with new friends and are preparing for their respective Yuletide celebrations. But when a mysterious package mistakenly arrives at Kumar's door on Christmas Eve, his attempt to redirect it to Harold's house ends with the "high grade" contents -- and Harold's father-in-law's prize Christmas tree -- going up in smoke.

Genres: Comedy, Holiday and Sequel

Release Date: November 4th, 2011 (wide)

MPAA Rating: R for strong crude and sexual content, graphic nudity, pervasive language, drug use and some violence.

Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast and Credits

Starring: John Cho, Kal Penn, Paula Garces, Eddie Kaye Thomas, David Krumholtz, Neil Patrick Harris, Tom Lennon
Directed by: Todd Strauss-Schulson

Produced by: Greg Shapiro, Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg