When last we saw our best buds Harold & Kumar, life was looking good. They had successfully escaped from Guantanamo Bay, reunited with the women they love, and were happily smoking and joking their way around Amsterdam. It seemed like a much more complete ending than in their first adventure - and you couldn't help but feel as if this generation's Cheech and Chong had made their last movie.
But then, "Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay" made even more money than the first film. Which keeps us wondering: Will we ever see the uptight Asian and underachieving Indian in a third adventure?
"Yeah, I don’t know," admitted Kal Penn when we spoke to him recently, insisting that White Castle is closed for the forseeable future. "We get calls from our friends, John Cho and I, going 'I read on the internet, blah blah blah.'"
"But any time a sentence starts with 'I read on the Internet...' we know that it may not necessarily be true," he laughed. "Really, we haven’t heard anything about there being a third film."
Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, since both the boys are doing so well - Cho with a high-profile role in the upcoming "Star Trek" and Penn continuing with a recurring role on the TV juggernaut "House." And let's not even get started on Neil Patrick Harris' career renaissance.
Still, Penn gave us hope, adding: "I wouldn’t be opposed to doing it if there were [a third Harold and Kumar film]. It’s a fun movie, and the guys who wrote it are great and hilarious writers."
And so, wherever there are girls hanging out with no pants on, or unicorns looking to be ridden, you can bet that the H and K filmmakers are there, pondering future possibilities.
"So long as they push the boundaries of what’s funny and what’s tasteful or not," Penn added. "I guess I'm in."
Would you like to see a third Harold & Kumar film? Where would you like to see the plot take them?
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