Ben Stiller, Robert de Niro reveals why the time came for the 4th film in the 4th “ meet the parents’ film
Ben Stiller and Robert de Niro are ready to resume their roles in the Meet parents French films 25 years after the release of the original film. The actors appeared together in Meet parents (2000), Meet focus (2004), and Little Fockers (2010). A fourth film is ready for production 15 years after the last episode – and the stars think that the timing is right.
During a 25th Birthday projection and original meeting Meet parents The cast, from Niro, who plays the retirement agent of the CIA / Père Protector Jack byrnes, in the films, admitted that he was ready to jump in a fourth film 15 years ago.
“In fact, when we filmed the last one, I was with Ben and [director] John Hamburg, and we sat in my campsite Deadline. “And they said:” Yeah, yes, of course, of course. “They hummed me.
Stiller, 59, explained why the time had come for the franchise to complete the loop. “I think what stimulated the idea was that in this stage. I am the age that Bob was when we made the first film,” he said. “And there was this mirror so that the first film in terms of my children grew up. And my child, one of my children, think of introducing his person to the family. … I think life informs everything that has happened in the last one, you know, 25 years old. “
In the original film, by Niro, then 57, challenged the fiancé of his daughter Pam (Teri Polo), Greg Focker (Stiller). In the film to come still without intention, the character of Stiller is in a similar situation when his son present the family to his fiancée, played by Ariana Grande.
There was a buzz on a fourth Meet parents Film for a while now. In an interview in 2022 with The Hollywood ReporterHamburg was asked about a potential suite, and he noted that he was still in contact with the original distribution. “I will refrain from discussing this question, but I like all the people involved, and we are all always in contact, and I think that is all I will say about it,” teased the director at the time.
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Ben Stiller, Robert de Niro reveals why the time came for the 4th `film of the parents’ meeting appeared for the first time on the male newspaper on June 8, 2025
