Nicole DuBois of "Magic Carpet Ride" on Teaming with Tubi for a Real Rom-Com

For selfconfessed romcom aficionado Dubois whose array of online comedy characters like Hallmark Girl has already gone viral making the leap to a mainstream movie in the genre marked a natural career progression quotI love when someone says they39re a romcom fan because I feel like there39s not enough of usquot she shared in an exclusive interview with MediaVillage quotMy first video to ever go viral on TikTok was actually a Hallmark parody So I39ve been doing parodies of this stuff which is funny because it39s also when I realized 39Oh people really love watching me do romcoms for some reason39 So it39s fun to have started out making fun of romcoms and then turn around and make a real onequotBut with this movie I don39t know if we39re necessarily poking fun at the genrequot she added quotWe do bring it into more of a more real space so it39s not really like a classic romcom where everything happens super easily and super by chance and it39s all beautiful and magical It definitely exists in the real world and there39s a lot of comedy but it39s a little bit crunchier than your typical romcomquotWith over one million followers already enjoying her content on a variety of social platforms elements of the filmmaking process came easily to Dubois and taking things to the next level was a welcomed challenge quotThis is definitely the longestform project I39ve gotten off of the ground successfullyquot she admitted quotIt39s not the first one I39ve written but it39s the first one that anyone has said 39yes39 to I39ve been writing for years and before I was on TikTok and Instagram I used to do a web series on YouTube Those have all been taken down because they were horribly terrible and no one can ever see them But I started the process years ago so this is like the culminationquotI think a lot of the characters in the film I probably wrote to be like characters I39ve done in the pastquot she continued quotBut when the actors auditioned they came in and brought to the table what they were doing and it completely changed things So while I wrote all the hilarious characters in the film I don39t feel like I have ownership over them anymore We hired brilliant actors and comedians that completely made them their own Coming from sketch comedy and working with other people I realized that gold comes from collaborationquotWhile Dubois certainly shares some character traits with Callie she insists she is just a character quotI think a lot of the insecurities and anxieties that the character has around her like her feeling like she39s being watched all these things were very real for me when I started getting a social media followingquot she shared quotI refuse to say that this character is like me because then people are going to watch it and be like 39Oh my God Nikki this is a nightmare39 But yes a lot is based 100 on my own experiences Like the ridiculous things that are just really true in this social media influencer worldquotBut no she39s not based on me as I am perfect in every way and nothing like this characterquot she added with a laughAs Tubi expands its existing original content library Dubois believes the streamer was the perfect partner for her as a content creator Having had a previous relationship with them after working on some of their original online commercials it was a familiar space quotI think we hit really good timing with Tubi because as they were ramping up we had this project ready to goquot she explained quotThe producers that we worked with had signed a huge deal with Tubi to make a crazy amount of films They were looking for romcoms and influencers for everything we were bringing to the table They were amazing to work with and continue to be amazing to work withquotAs far as original content goes it39s all a smart move for Tubi Bringing in new talent with an existing audience in the millions only means more eager eyeballs along with a builtin marketing campaign provided by its talent quotI39ve been posting about itquot said Dubois quotWith the movie out I can take some of the funniest clips and post them directly to my social media I don39t want to give everything away just little teasers And a lot of people in the film have a large social media presence so we have a lot of places to pull people to watch fromquotWhat39s funny is I feel like I39m actually giving my audience something that they wanted from mequot she added in closing quotSo many comments were like 39Put this girl in a Hallmark movie39 That39s fun as it feels like everyone is in on the joke Now they39re like 39Holy shit she actually did it this time39quotMagic Carpet Ride is now streaming on TubiPhoto Credit Sela ShiloniClick the social buttons to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writers

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