Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas Talk About Making John Carney’s ‘Power Ballad’ - Asian Journal News

Paul Rudd gets a chance to realize his musical dreams in ‘Power Ballad’

When Paul Rudd signed on for "Power Ballad,” the film’s key song hadn’t been written. “It kind of has to work,” he remembers saying. “We’re hinging this thing on it.”

Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas talk about making John Carney’s ‘Power Ballad’ - Asian Journal News

It is a very common story in Hollywood or in the music world. You create or compose a song, and before you know it, somebody hears it, steals it, and claims it as their own. Such is the story in the musical comedy film written-directed-and-produced by John Carney, “Power Ballad” starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas. Rudd, 57, portrays Rick…

Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd feud over a hit song in Power Ballad

Writer/director John Carney is one of the great purveyors of movies featuring music (as opposed to musicals) in the 21st century. Starting with Once in 2007 (which was turned into a Broadway musical several years later), he has made music-themed stories like Begin Again, Sing Street, Flora and Son, and now Power Ballad.