Keke Palmer Is Rolling With the Punches and Leaning Into Comedy
Keke Palmer on 'One of The Days' with SZA, being a producer and the kinds of movies she still wants to make.
January is notoriously not a great time for movie releases, but not every movie is a female buddy comedy starring Keke Palmer and SZA. Since releasing in theaters on Jan. 17, âOne of Them Daysâ has been a hit both critically and at the box office. Palmer, who both stars in the film and is an executive producer, reasons that people are in the mood to laugh.
âI know for me as an artist, I want to make stuff that makes me laugh and hopefully makes other people laugh because I feel like we already know weâre in hell. I feel like life is already difficult enough, and obviously life is always difficult no matter whatâs happening, but I think right now especially, thatâs kind of the common thing you hear, and it obviously informs your art,â Palmer says. âFor me, not even just this year, but the last 10 years or so, leaning into my comedy is really an evolution of my response to life and whatâs happening around me. I want to lean into satire in all the ways that I used to love growing up, that have a poignance to it but also have this casualty thatâs kind of like, âHey, Iâm rolling with the punchesâ type of vibe.â
Related ArticlesPalmer, 31, has been acting since she was a child, but in recent years has stepped into a whole new chapter of her life. In November, she released her second book âMaster of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative,â and says that ever since welcoming her son in 2023, her career choices have been motivated by him.
You May Also LikeâWhatâs going to give me consistency, make me comfortable, also inspired, and make it easy for him. I think my inspiration a lot of times does come from him and his comfortability or just knowing that heâs OK. So heâs a big part of what drives that,â she says. âAnd then itâs things that are going to stretch me and challenge me, as always. Thatâs pretty cliche, but Iâve been doing it for so many years and I did a lot of drama growing up, did some comedy as a teenager with âTrue Jackson, VP,â but that is childrenâs comedy. Growing out of that era, I started to really find myself in comedy and what my comedic voice was. And I feel like Iâm still in the beginning of all that.â
Keke Palmer Lexie Moreland/WWDâOne of Them Daysâ follows Dreux, played by Palmer, and Alyssa, played by SZA in her feature film debut, as they try to prevent being evicted after discovering Alyssaâs boyfriend took their rent money. Issa Rae, who is a producer on the film, originally pitched it to Palmer pre-pandemic to both star in and produce.Â
âIâve always wanted to do something like that. Itâs my personality. I really love playing with masculine and feminine. The reason why I say masculine and feminine is because a lot of times being funny ends up being something that is based on gender, even though itâs really not. But Iâve always been crass and I have fun,â Palmer says. âI always wanted an opportunity to do a buddy comedy because thatâs just my vibe and I like buddy comedies. But these kind [of movies] donât come around often.â
Palmer saw parts of herself in her character Dreux, and also in Dreuxâs friendship with Alyssa.
âI care about making it and making it in terms of the system. It is this overwhelming system that we have that weâre all trying to figure out how to just live. Dreux takes responsibility for that and for her ability to have the kind of life she wants,â Palmer says. âAnd her friendship with AlyssaâŠeven the argument that they get in, they really kind of showcase the importance of friendship as it pertains to personal growth. Sometimes the really good friends, theyâre the ones who are going to get you there and itâs going to help you realize yourself. And so I relate to all of that â my friendships being kind of the most human aspect to me outside of my extreme focus and type A personality.â
Keke Palmer Lexie Moreland/WWDAs she looks ahead, Palmer is eager to continue producing films that mean something to her.
âIt is an evolution of my joy and love for the entertainment industry,â she says of producing. âNow it doesnât mean you canât be a mom and also a talent, but as your desires grow in life, you need different places in different ways. I think producing allows me to still stay in it, but also be an observer a little bit more. Being able to create something that doesnât stand solely on my shoulders, but [where I] can support other peopleâs dreams and other peopleâs desires.â
Palmer would love to keep doing comedy, and is especially interested in doing an action comedy.Â
âI want my son to see me as strong,â she says. âIt excites me to be able to just lean more into the action type of thing, but then adding comedy to it. I grew up loving Will Smith, so seeing his transition to also being these characters that have all these nuanced stories, but bringing the levity and then the cool fun action to it â I think it would be just so fun to do.â
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