Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone on Moving Their Family to Australia

Now available digitally through HBO Max, Superintelligence is the latest Melissa McCarthy film that’s set to give you a good laugh. It also marks the fourth time McCarthy collaborated with director Ben Falcone, who just happens to be her husband. For the couple, comedy is a family affair, one that includes their daughters Vivian, 13, and Georgette, 10. Recently interviewed for the New York Times to promote their new film, the couple was asked about a recent family move to Australia, here’s an excerpt:

How much does family figure into your career choices?

MELISSA McCARTHY The carnival moves as one. Where we can do that, we pack up the tent and we all go together, and that’s usually what presents itself as the winning solution.

Australia, for instance?

BEN FALCONE We had just finished a superhero movie called “Thunder Force.” We had just come home and we promised our kids, “That’s it.” And then Covid hit.

McCARTHY: Then I got a call saying, “Would you consider going to Australia to shoot ‘Nine Perfect Strangers?’” [That series is based on the novel by Liane Moriarty and also stars Nicole Kidman.] And I said, “I can’t move my family across the globe.” We were both like: “This is madness. This is impossible to do.” And our oldest daughter came out for lunch from her Zoom class, and without a second’s hesitation she said, “We should leave today.”

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