Cha Cha Real Smooth’s Cooper Raiff Is About to Become the Next Big Thing
17.06.2022 - 19:17
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Cha Cha Real Smooth). (On that last part, “In the ‘Cha Cha Slide,’ there's one part where you cha-cha real smooth and that's the part of the song where you get to do your own little boogie and that's what this movie is about,” producer and costar Dakota Johnson .
“It's the part of your life where you figure out who you are and you do your own thing.”) When you watch, you'll want to know just what Raiff's story is and how he managed to direct, write, and star in two films (his first being the SXSW darling Shithouse) before the age of 25. And how he's also gotten superstar talent like , Leslie Mann, Jay Duplass, and David Harbour on board for his films. When we Zoom, I tell Raiff he reminds me of Sylvester Stallone, who wrote and starred in the Oscar-winning 1976 film Rocky, and then wrote, starred, and directed Rocky II.
“That's the biggest compliment in the world,” the Texas native says. “Rocky is one of my favorite movies ever, plus, like, the best romance of all time.
It's not about the fighting—it's the best romance.” Raiff, who wasn't even alive when the first five Rocky movies came out, knows a thing or two about romance—or rather, the long, awkward, twisty road it often is. It's why there's so much heart in Cha Cha, a character-driven film about a somewhat lost 20-something party starter (primarily for bar and bat mitzvahs) who finds his purpose thanks to the help of a mother named Domino (Dakota Johnson) and her special needs daughter, Lola (Vanessa Burghardt).
Domino and Lola attend many of the same events that Andrew (Raiff) works and without spoiling anything, let's just say it makes for one very interesting friendship. This content can also be viewed on the site it from.The film was such a hit at the 2022
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