Exclusive: Catching Up With Utkarsh Ambudkar From Disney+ Fantasy Film ‘Godmothered’

Now playing on Disney+ is their newest holiday fantasy comedy film titled Godmothered, starring Jillian Bell as she tries to be a fairy godmother to Isla Fisher’s character Mackenzie.

Set at Christmas time, Godmothered is a comedy about Eleanor, a young, inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training who upon hearing that her chosen profession is facing extinction, decides to show the world that people still need fairy godmothers. Finding a mislaid letter from a 10-year-old girl in distress, Eleanor tracks her down and discovers that the girl, Mackenzie, is now a 40-year-old single mom working at a news station in Boston. Having lost her husband several years earlier, Mackenzie has all but given up on the idea of “Happily Ever After,” but Eleanor is bound and determined to give Mackenzie a happiness makeover, whether she likes it or not.

Directed by Sharon McGuire (Bridget Jones’s Diary) from a screenplay co-written by Kari Granlund and Melissa Stack, the film stars Jillian Bell (Brittany Runs a Marathon) and Isla Fisher (Confessions of a Shopaholic). It will also feature Santiago Cabrera, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Jane Curtin, June Squibb, Jillian Shea Spaeder, Willa Skye, Artemis Pebdani, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Stephnie Weir.

For Ambudkar, who plays Mackenzie’s boss at the TV station, he’s best known for his role in the hit film Pitch Perfect, as well as his roles on the TV series The Mindy Project, White Famous, and Harvey Street Kids. He also worked with Jillian Bell in Brittany Runs a Marathon. Upcoming projects include Free Guy with Ryan Reynolds and Marry Me with Jennifer Lopez. BlackFilmandTV.com’s Wilson Morales caught up with Ambudkar as he spoke his role in this film and his view on media.