Peter Farrelly talks ‘Ricky Stanicky,’ ‘Dumb and Dumber’ and surprise hit ‘Loudermilk’
For writer-director Peter Farrelly, it was love at first laugh when he read the screenplay for “Ricky Stanicky,” his new R-rated comedy starring John Cena and Zac Efron.
That it took more than a decade to get it made? Eh, that’s just Hollywood, the Oscar-winning filmmaker says.
“I’m used to it,” says Farrelly, who won Academy Awards for best picture and best original screenplay for “Green Book” in 2019. “Like, ‘Dumb and Dumber’ took five years. ‘Something About Mary’ took 10 years. ‘Kingpin’ was an old script.
“It takes a…