Hef: "sharp as a tack"

Trevor Moore and Zach Cregger – stars of IFC’s “The Whitest Kids U’ Know” and the writers and stars of the upcoming comedy “Miss March” – were in Boston recently to flog their film and perform at Great Scott. The flick, which follows a kid who awakes from a four-year coma (Cregger) to find his girlfriend has become a Playmate, also stars Hugh Hefner. “Originally we shot this whole movie without Hugh Hefner,” Moore said; they didn’t want the drama of dealing with the Playboy folks. But test audiences were disappointed with Robert Wagner’s portrayal of the pajama-wearing porn king. “You could hear everyone in the audience going, what?” Moore said. “So we took it to Playboy, kind of with our tail between our legs, and we showed it to them. And we lucked out because Hefner saw the movie, he liked it and he wanted to play himself.” Hef’s only query? “At one point we call a girl busted…he was like, ‘what’s that mean?’” Moore said. When the actor explained “not pretty,” Hef asked: “‘Kids will know that?’ He just didn’t understand what it meant. He’d never come in contact with a busted girl,” Moore said, laughing.

Cregger said dealing with Hef was awesome. “He was sharp as a tack,” he said. “That phone conversation was like ‘Hi, hi. How’s it going? Read the script, liked it very much. One question…OK, OK, that’s fine. See you guys later. Bye.’ That’s how you build an empire. Just taking charge, handling your business, being pleasant, and getting out of there.”

Above: Trevor Moore (left) and Zach Cregger. "Miss March" opens next Friday, March 13.