Paul Rudd Shares Insights on His Easy Chemistry with Nick Jonas in ‘Power Ballad’

Ahead of his upcoming musical comedy Power Ballad, Paul Rudd opened up to E! News about what it was really like working with Jonas Brothers heartthrob Nick Jonas. It turns out, connecting on the set of Power Ballad was “really easy” for our new favorite duo.

“You know, it’s funny,” Rudd said at the premiere of Power Ballad in New York City. “There’s a scene in the movie where [our characters] kind of first meet and hang out and start, you know, kind of jamming and writing together, and that was the first thing that Nick and I shot together. And so we were kind of getting to know each other as people, while we’re getting to know each other as characters. And it really was, it just, it felt really easy. We kind of clicked right away.”

Power Ballad follows two musicians who meet at a wedding at an Irish castle, Variety reported. Rudd’s character, Rick Power, fronts a band called the Bridge and Groove, playing wedding gigs now and then. Nick Jonas’ character, Danny Wilson, was once a boy-band star, but missed his chance to start a solo career. Together, the two develop a friendship.

Rudd said that filming Power Ballad was his first time meeting Jonas, and he “didn’t know him at all.”

“He put me at ease, certainly,” Rudd said. “I mean, he’s the real deal. That’s a little nerve-racking to kind of do that with somebody who does [music] for a living. But he was great, and it was really fun.”

Power Ballad will have a limited release on May 29, then expand to theaters everywhere on June 5. The film comes after the release of Jonas’ fifth solo album, Sunday Best. Jonas told TODAY.com that the new album was all about transparency.

“I worked with some incredible co-writers who really helped me articulate some things that I’ve been thinking and feeling for a long time,” Jonas said. “The fact that the music is some of my most transparent and vulnerable that I’ve ever written, I wanted the album cover to symbolize, first of all, this idea of looking at yourself in the mirror.”

Before the release of Power Ballad, check out Jonas’ creative “Gut Punch” music video here:

This story was originally published by Parade on May 20, 2026, where it first appeared in the Entertainment section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.