Laurence Fishburne and Billy Zane on MacGruber, Will Forte, and John Wick 4

With MacGruber blessing our timeline with eight new thirty-minute episodes on Peacock, I recently got to speak with Laurence Fishburne (General Barrett Fasoose) and Billy Zane (Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth) about making the series. They talked about why they loved the scripts, what it was like working with Will Forte when he’s so committed to the role, which of their friends and family were the most excited they were part of MacGruber, how much they were told about their characters before signing on, the way they prepare for a big scene, and more. In addition, with Fishburne having recently wrapped on John Wick 4, I asked him what fans can look forward to in the sequel. He said: “As a fan, not just as somebody who is in it, and this is based on reading the script, it’s going to be the best one yet.” Needless to say, this makes me very happy. If you haven’t seen the MacGruber trailer, the series picks up ten years after the events of the film, where MacGruber (Forte) has been locked