With the new thriller Laws of Man, award-winning actor Dermot Mulroney goes gritty with an intense and intimidating performance. It’s something he’s proved more than capable of for years, but it’s still a far cry from the charming rom-com lead he became most famous for with titles like My Best Friend’s Wedding, The Wedding Date, The Family Stone, Friends, and New Girl. He’s set to make a return to the genre alongside another master of it, Malin Akerman (Heavy Petting, Couples Retreat, 27 Dresses, The Proposal) with Perfectly Imperfect, and that’s not his only upcoming project with Akerman.
Mulroney was recently promoting Laws of Man and took time to share about his pair of projects that co-star Akerman — and how their first one, a TV series called The Hunting Wives, led to their upcoming movie, Perfectly Imperfect. “We enjoyed working with each other so much [on The Hunting Wives],” Mulroney told us. “I got involved with trying to put [Perfectly Imperfect] together. I leaned over and said, ‘Hey, what do you think?’ And two days later, she’s in the movie.”
According to the synopsis (via Deadline), Perfectly Imperfect “follows Jake (Mulroney), a by-the-numbers single dad, who sets off on a cruise with his quirky family and his childhood friend Reuben (Brian Austin Green). Onboard, he unexpectedly crosses paths with Meg (Akerman), a woman he once had an awkward date with on the mainland. As they get a second chance to connect, Jake and Meg discover that while neither of them is perfect, they might actually be perfectly imperfect for each other.”
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Turns out, Mulroney and Akerman are a pretty perfect acting pair. Mulroney told MovieWeb:
“Malin Akerman, I mean, incredible — changed all of her summer plans. We were just finishing The Hunting Wives so, really, a double whammy there. They couldn’t be more, vastly different types of stories… So it’s a great combo, and we became fast friends. And again, I look forward to hopefully continuing that cycle as much as we can.”
Mulroney’s ‘Amazingly Disturbing’ Next Series
Of course, there would be no Mulroney-Akerman dynamic in Perfectly Imperfect without the series that started it off: The Hunting Wives, which is expected to be released on Starz in 2025. “It plays like a modern-age, you know, backstab-your-neighbor Dallas kind of show, with rich people. You know, you grow to love them — but you can tell they’re up to no good,” Mulroney told us, adding:
“There’s a murder in town and a whodunit, but a really, really, amazingly disturbing and funny series… It’s based off of May Cobb’s novel of the same name. And they really spin a yarn on this one… I’m running for governor of Texas on that one. So we hope people love that when it comes out. It’s amazing to work on that because it’s very devilish, you know what I mean, that type of… raunchy murder but funny… That was a terrific job to work on because of that sort of tone. It’s so wonderful.”
In the meantime, you can also catch Mulroney in Saban Films’ Laws of Man, which is now available in select theaters, on demand, and on digital.
