With the release of Let's Be Cops in the next few weeks, star Damon Wayans Jr. sat down to talk expectations, humor, and how he gets along with co-star Jake Johnson both in this film and in their television show, New Girl.

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Speaking with Collider, Wayans said the cast was great and the experience making the film was incredible fun.

"t was a lot of fun. It was a place that I had never really shot anything in. Nina [Dobrev] lives out there, so she showed us around. She really gave us the mom treatment, but it was great. Everybody was funny," Wayans said.

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"Everybody brought their A-game, and I really appreciated that. Anytime that Jake [Johnson] and I did a scene with Nina or [Rob] Riggle or Keegan [Michael Key], we got to relax. We didn't have to be like, 'Oh, my god, we have to make this funny.' We just knew it would be."

As for co-star Johnson, Wayans said that their characters differ from their New Girl personalities, but that doesn't mean it lacks any of the comedic punch.

"It almost flip-flops. My character in this movie is a little more reserved. I consider myself a realist, but I'm more of a coward. And he's gung-ho and wants to "get in the shit." He doesn't really think things through," Wayans said.

"My character in New Girl is a little bit aggro and edgy. He likes to yell. And Jake's character in New Girl is more reserved. It's really cool to see Jake jump off the cliff like that. He's been doing New Girl for a long time, playing that character, so it's cool to see him step away from that character for a bit."

Buddy cop comedies have had a revival recently with the hit films, 21 Jump Street and its sequel, but Wayans promised that Let's Be Cops is a completely different brand than the Jump Street films.

"They're not similar. They're actual cops. And tonally, ours is slightly more grounded. Our bad guy isn't funny, at all," Wayans said.

"Their bad guy was hilarious, and our bad guy is a bad guy. Ours is more of a throwback to those '80s movies where the danger is real danger. The jokes are funny, but there's definitely that feeling of, 'Are they going to survive this?'"

Let's Be Cops opens in theaters on August 13.

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