THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE - ONE ON TWO WITH PAUL REISER and COLM MEANEY

Paul Resier and Colm Meaney playing long lost cousins in a new comedy you say? Yes please!

It’s the bubddy comedy you didn’t know you needed! Paul Reiser and legendary veteran Irish actor Colm Meaney team up in the new dramady, The Problem With People.

In the film, Reiser and Meaney play two distant cousins who’ve never met - one in NYC, the other in the smallest town there is in Ireland who come together to finally put an end to a generations-long family feud. It might start off well, but nothing ever goes smoothly when it comes to family.

The Problem With People, set in beautifully lush Irish countryside, is a heartwarming comedy about family, world peace ... and sheep.

The Problem with People was co written by Paul Reiser. The comedian, actor, television writer, author, and musician is one of Hollywood’s most prolific creatives—and he shows no signs of slowing down. 2023 was a busy year for Reiser.  In Hulu’s new critically-acclaimed comedy series “Reboot” from Modern Family creator Steve Levitan, Reiser plays Gordon, the original creator of the old sitcom being rebooted. He also took his first step into bloody, superhero glory, joining Season 3 of Amazon Prime’s Emmy-nominated The Boys, playing “The Legend.” 

Reiser currently stars in two hit shows for Netflix: Stranger Things—the company’s biggest series of all time—where he plays Dr. Sam Owens, a role created by the Duffer Brothers specifically for him; and Chuck Lorre’s The Kominsky Method, for which he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in and Golden Globe-winning comedy ended in May 1999 and premiered 20 years later as a limited series on Spectrum Originals. All seven seasons of the original Mad About You and the re-visit are available for streaming on Amazon Prime.

The multi-faceted actor also revived one of his most iconic roles in the highly anticipated return of Mad About You, the long-running hit 90s comedy Reiser co-created and starred in with Helen Hunt. The Emmy, Peabody and Golden Globe-winning comedy ended in May 1999 and premiered 20 years later as a limited series on Spectrum Originals. All seven seasons of the original Mad About You and the re-visit are available for streaming on Amazon Prime.

Throughout his prolific career, Reiser has worked with both independent and mainstream filmmakers. Having earned acclaim for his supporting role in the Academy Award-winning film Whiplash, Reiser was also recently seen alongside Kevin Hart in the Netflix feature Fatherhood, John McDonagh’s War on Everyone and in frequent collaborator Jeff Baena’s “The Little Hours” and “Horse Girl,” which premiered at Sundance 2020, the fourth film the pair has worked on together. The veteran actor has garnered praise for notable performances in films such as Diner, Bye Bye Love, Aliens, One Night At McCool’s, Beverly Hills Cop I/II and The Thing About My Folks, which Reiser wrote for his co-star Peter Falk.

Reiser is a fixture behind the camera as well. He co-created and co-produced There’s Johnny!, a seven-episode series which originally streamed on Hulu and now streams on Peacock. The show, a fictional story set behind-the-scenes of Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show circa 1972, co-created with filmmaker David Steven Simon and co-produced with director David Gordon Green.

As an author, Reiser’s first book, Couplehood, sold over two million copies and reached the number one spot on The New York Times bestsellers list. His subsequent books, Babyhood and Familyhood, were best sellers as well. Voted by Comedy Central as one of the Top 100 Comedians of All Time, Reiser regularly performs sold-out standup at venues nationwide with dates currently booked throughout 2022 and beyond.

A SUNY Binghamton graduate of its prestigious music program, Reiser co-wrote the theme song for Mad About You, “The Final Frontier,” with Grammy-winning producer Don Was, and released an album of original songs with British singer-songwriter Julia Fordham called Unusual Suspects. Over the course of his career, Reiser has received multiple Emmys, Golden Globes, American Comedy Awards and Screen Actors Guild nominations.

With a career spanning over thirty years, Colm Meaney has appeared in a wide variety of acclaimed films, ranging from CON AIR, KINGS, LAYER CAKE and GET HIM TO THE GREEK. More recently, he played Martin McGuinness in THE JOURNEY opposite Timothy Spall’s Ian Paisley. He appears opposite Nicholas Hoult in biopic TOLKIEN and in SEBERG opposite Kristen Stewart. Recent theatre credits include Big Daddy in Benedict Andrews’ critically acclaimed CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF in the West End, and the Tony nominated Broadway production of THE ICEMAN COMETH opposite Denzel Washington. Television includes GANGS OF LONDON (Sky), THE BANKER (Apple) and THE SINGAPORE GRIP (ITV). He recently worked with Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger on Neil Jordan’s MARLOWE and will shortly be seen in BRING THEM DOWN alongside Barry Keoghan and IN THE LAND OF SAINTS AND SINNERS with Liam Neeson and Kerry Condon.

 I caught up woit Paul Reiser and Colm Meaney to discuss the film and their new found friendship.