LaMonica Garrett admits he played his character Adonis a little over the top in "The Hotwives of Las Vegas," but his role actually may skew closer to the "reality" shown on "The Real Housewives" that the Hulu series parodies.
Garrett joins the "Hotwives" cast in its second season when the hilarious housewives move their drama from Orlando to Sin City. Adonis is a "reformed criminal" who tends to talk himself into trouble, but his lady Phe Phe Reed (Tymberlee Hill) is willing to look past all that.
"She sees the world in him but he really doesn't live up to what she sees in him," Garrett told Headlines & Global News in an exclusive interview. "He's a fast talker and it catches up to him at some point."
Comedian Paul Scheer, executive producer of "Hotwives," offered Garrett the role after the two worked together on the upcoming comedy movie, "Daddy's Home." He only needed to see the cast list, which includes Angela Kinsey ("The Office) and Casey Wilson ("Happy Endings"), to immediately sign on.
"I was like, 'I don't even need to read the script. Just tell me what time to be there. We're going to have some fun,'" the San Francisco native said.
Garrett will also star in the upcoming Netflix movie "XOXO" as Chopper, the manager and right hand man to superstar DJ Avilo, played by Ryan Hansen ("Party Down," "Veronica Mars"). The film takes place over one night at the eponymous Portland, Ore. media festival as six strangers lives become intertwined in a series of hopeless romantic entanglements.
Garrett warns though, audiences may not like his and Hansen's characters too much.
"We're not going to be the likable people in this film, me and Ryan. We're not going to be the people you root for but we have good intentions... I've been seen in a better light, let's put it that way," he laughs.
In a project that hits closer to home, Garrett will star in an AFI short film that shines a spotlight on the ever increasing problems of concussions in football. "The Duke" tells the story of J.P. Duke (Garrett) who has suffered multiple concussions but still believes he can make it back to the NFL.
"It's very relevant to all that's going on right now with all the sudden retirees in football. Quitting at 25 just for their health," he said. "I played football with concussions before and it's dangerous... We didn't know it back then and there's more technology and medicine now that can figure out what's a concussion and what's not."
"The Duke" will hit the film festival circuit this fall.
Be sure to catch Garrett on "The Hotwives of Las Vegas" now streaming the first two episodes on Hulu with new episodes premiering on Tuesdays through September. He also returns to "Mr. Robinson" on Wednesday, Aug. 19 at 9 p.m.
