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Owen Wilson speaks to PEOPLE at the premiere of his new project Rolling Loud: The Movie
He reunites with Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro, his costars in 2000’s Meet the Parents, in the franchise’s upcoming fourth installment
“I think everybody slipped right back in pretty easily,” he says of the on-screen reunion
Owen Wilson had a fun family reunion on Focker-in-Law.
“I think everybody was kind of excited to be reunited and to tell this latest installment of Meet the Parents,” Wilson, 57, tells PEOPLE at the Wednesday, Sept. 30 Los Angeles premiere of his new movie Rolling Loud: The Movie.
In the Fockers franchise’s fourth film (in theaters Nov. 25), the actor reunites with Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo and Blythe Danner, all costars in 2000’s Meet the Parents. Wilson reprises his role as Kevin Rawley, former fiancé of Polo’s Pam Byrnes Focker — an ongoing annoyance for her husband, Stiller’s Greg Focker.
Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro in ‘Focker-in-Law’Credit: Universal Studios and Paramount
“The script that John Hamburg wrote was really funny,” says Wilson of the new film, which costars Ariana Grande as a potential new addition to the Focker clan.
“It didn’t take a beat,” the father of three adds, to get back into the groove alongside the franchise’s returning cast. “I think everybody slipped right back in pretty easily.”
Plus, “seeing De Niro and Ben’s relationship, it’s always funny watching that dynamic,” says the star.
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Focker-in-Law brings back the infamous lie detector test made famous by De Niro’s gruff Jack Byrnes in the original Meet the Parents. This time it’s Grande’s character Olivia Jones, a potential bride-to-be of Greg’s son Henry (Skyler Gisondo), who must endure the hurdles required to join the family.
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in 2004Credit: Fred Duval/FilmMagic
Wilson and Stiller, 60, have been close since working together on 1996’s The Cable Guy. The two actors went on to costar in Zoolander, The Royal Tenenbaums, Night at the Museum and more.
In Jeremy Garelick’s Rolling Loud: The Movie, Wilson stars as a father sneaking his son into the titular hip-hop music festival. The comedy costars Matt Rife, Christine Ko and Travis Scott.
“My first concert, I saw the Rolling Stones in Dallas,” Wilson recalls to PEOPLE. “And that was where Jagger was wearing those yellow football pants, shirtless… It made a big impression on me.”
Owen Wilson in ‘Focker-in-Law’Credit: Universal Pictures/Youtube
Rolling Loud: The Movie is in theaters tomorrow, Oct. 2. Focker-in-Law is in theaters Nov. 25. Also among Wilson’s upcoming projects is season 2 of Apple TV’s golf comedy Stick (premiering Nov. 4) and a new comedy from Nancy Meyers.
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