All
the craziness unfolds under the watchful eyes of Oscar the
doorman/confidant, played by Romany Malco, best known for his
starring role in The 40 Year Old Virgin and the
critically acclaimed Showtime original series Weeds,
which has garnered him an NAACP Image Award nomination for
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
“I
like that Oscar was a guy with good since of humor and has a lot
of integrity,” says Malco.
“I
loved the relationship between Kate and Oscar, this doorman
who’s like her best friend, and her confidante in a way.”
But
Oscar also ends up serving as Angie’s conscience as well “He’s a
‘pillar amidst the wreckage’ as he recognizes that he and Angie
are very similar. Coming from blue-collar families they
understand the idea of not fulfilling their true potential and
they both have been hurt and cheated by the system. You believe
they are friends.”
Baby Mama
not
only brings together the comedic talents of Poehler, Fey and
Malco, the film boasts an array of talent which includes
funnyman Steve Martin, Dax Sheppard, Sigourney Weaver, Greg
Kinnear, Maura Tierney and Holland Taylor.
Baby Mama
is the
story of a successful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook
(Fey), who has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now
37, she’s finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her
plan is thrown a curve ball after she discovers she has only a
million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven
Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski (Poehler)
to become her unlikely surrogate. After learning from the steely
head of the surrogacy center (Weaver) that Angie is pregnant,
Kate goes into precision nesting mode: reading childcare books,
baby-proofing the apartment and researching top pre-schools. But
the executive’s well-organized strategy is turned upside down
when her Baby Mama shows up at her doorstep with no place to
live. That’s when the fun and games began as unstoppable force
meets an immovable object as structured Kate tries to turn
vibrant Angie into the perfect expectant mom. In a comic battle
of wills, they will struggle their way through preparation for
the baby’s arrival. And in the middle of this tug-of-war,
they’ll discover two kinds of family: the one you’re born into
and the one you make.
Malco first came to national prominence as MC Hammer in the VH-I
TV movie Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story. Most recently,
he co-starred alongside Will Ferrell and Jon Heder in the
DreamWorks feature Blades of Glory, which grossed over
$100 million worldwide. He will next be in The Love Guru,
opposite Mike Myers and Jessica Alba. His other feature film
credits include the comedy The Tuxedo, with Jackie Chan
and Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Jesse Peretz’s comedy The Chateau,
opposite his Virgin castmate Paul Rudd. Malco will also re-team
with Virgin director Judd Apatow on an untitled marine recruiter
project at Universal. The project, currently in development, is
based on an original idea of Malco’s and will have Apatow on
board as a producer.
The
first American born into his West Indian family, Brooklyn-bred
Malco began his career at the age of seven when he picked up a
microphone and started rapping. As a teen, he moved to Texas and
formed the rap group R.M.G. and upon relocating to Los Angeles,
the crew signed a deal with Virgin Records. The group’s name was
changed to College Boyz and their first big hit, “Victim of the
Ghetto,” went to No. # 1 on the rap charts. Malco currently
resides in Los Angeles.