Joseph Gordon-Levitt idolized the Sundance Film Festival as a teenager, but little did he know how crucial the festival would become for him and his career.
This film about a Jersey guy brimming with toxic masculinity was Gordon-Levitt’s feature writing and directing debut. He starred as the title character, withas the woman of his dreams, who still can’t match his distorted, X-rated expectations.
“The movie is playing at Sundance, where I wanted it to play, and it played well in front of a big audience, and all that external validation was there. But actually, the first thing that comes to mind when I think of that night is a conversation I had just with my own mom,” he says.
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