Téa Leoni Recaps the Most 'Epic' Adventure Off-Road Biking with Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

(Left-right:) Tea Leoni, Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd at ‘Death of a Unicorn’ SXSW premiere on March 8.Photo:Marcus Ingram/Getty; Michael Buckner/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty; Andy Wenstrand/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty

Marcus Ingram/Getty; Michael Buckner/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty; Andy Wenstrand/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty

Téa Leoniknows how to have an “epic” time with her costars.

The actress, 59, joinedPaul RuddandJenna Ortegaon quite the adventure while filming their A24 horror-comedyDeath of a Unicorn, she tells PEOPLE.

Biking through a field, she continues, “Jenna and I went one way and looked just in time to see Paul Rudd jump a ravine — like E.T., like Free Willy, an epic leap.”

Rudd, 55, “made it to the other side, and I’ve never laughed so hard,” says Leoni. “That was fun.”

(Left-right:) Jessica Hynes, Téa Leoni, Will Poulter, Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega and Anthony Carrigan in ‘Death of a Unicorn’.Murray Close

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Scharfman “set the tone” for fun adventures on and off the set, Poulter, 32, told PEOPLE at the premiere. “Everyone was a clown, which, I say it was a problem but it was actually the best. No one took it seriously in the sense that — we all worked hard, right? … But we all had so much fun and really leaned into the fun of it and the play.”

“We were in Budapest, so there was no sort of moral police patrolling what we were doing,” recalls Grant, 67. “So it was very, very good.”

Who was the biggestDeath of a Unicornclass clown? “Paul Rudd is an innately funny person,” says Grant. “And Jenna Ortega can say things with a completely deadpan expression, and then you realize that she’s absolutely just detonated a funny-bomb right under your nose.”

(Left-right:) Will Poulter, Richard E. Grant, Téa Leoni, Steve Park, Jenna Ortega, Alex Scharfman, Paul Rudd, Sunita Mani and Anthony Carrigan at ‘Death of a Unicorn’ SXSW premiere.Michael Buckner/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty

Michael Buckner/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty

Also speaking to PEOPLE, Rudd returns the favor to Grant. “There’s a lot of funny people” in the cast, he says. “Will Poulter is really funny and, of course, Richard E. Grant is rarefied air in the funny-incredible-person category.”

Death of a Unicornis in theaters March 28.

source: people.com