Emily is a very strong and stimulating role; she’s very powerful in her way, and Spearritt was glad to get to play a girl with such strength and moxie. “When you first meet Emily, she’s basically a normal girl doing normal things,” she says. “Later on in the film, however, you discover there’s more to her than meets the eye.” Lucky for audiences, Spearritt insists on keeping the rest a secret.
Overall, Muniz sums up his feelings on the Cody sequel by saying, “I think every kid in the entire world dreams about being Cody Banks or James Bond, being a secret agent. They get to spy around and have the cool gadgets and save the world and drive the cool cars – all that kind of stuff. Cody Banks is just like the coolest kid – he beats up these adults and he gets to do all this crazy stuff kids dream about. I think that’s why a lot of kids enjoy watching the movie.
“I have actually met a few kids,” Muniz continues, “and their parents have said, ‘All they do is play Agent Cody Banks; they run around and pretend to be spies.’ That’s really cool. Hopefully even more people will go and see this one, because it’s definitely a lot bigger and funnier.”
Not only did the actors and filmmakers enjoy making Agent Cody Banks: Destination London; they also enjoyed exploring one of the most colorful and rich cities in the world. “We had a great time in London,” says Muniz. “It was very different for me, but it was wonderful seeing all the new places. We were filming in all the big touristy spots, so I got to see it all.”
Muniz made sure to soak up some British culture while he was there. “I saw a lot of theatre – mostly American plays where the British people have American accents,” he laughs. “Incredible actors, though. I didn’t hear their British accents at all.”
The fact that the film was shooting in London was one of the selling points for Anthony Anderson. “What made it exciting was that it was being shot entirely on location,” he says. “It’s rare for actors to get to travel abroad to make films like this, so I jumped at the opportunity.”
Producer Nicksay feels the London setting enhanced the flavor of the entire movie. “Cody gets to come out into an exciting, vibrant and unusual new world for him,” he says. “It opens his eyes. In doing a sequel you have to take the character and put him in a new environment – he faces new challenges and you can watch the character grow through those new adventures. We get to sit on Cody’s shoulder and look at the world through his eyes – and we can discover it anew as well.”
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