Pete Davidson hopes to 'put something positive into the world' with 'King of Staten Island'.
breakout as Scott, a twentysomething burnout still living at home. Scott has never quite been able to cope with the loss of his firefighter father as a child, and those issues bubble to the surface in new ways when his mom starts dating Ray , who also happens to be a member of the FDNY. The story is inspired by the life of Davidson, whose own father, Scott Davidson, was a firefighter and died on 9/11.Davidson in a small role for.
Adds Davidson: "Originally, Dave and I wrote like 90 pages of fart jokes and you were like, 'This is good.' [s] And then we gave it to Judd and Judd spinned it into this amazing 127 pages of emotion and feeling and made it into a real movie." "I kept eight of those fart jokes," Apatow says, to which Davidson joyfully responds, "Yes, you did! Thank you very much.", Universal and Apatow decided thatwould stick with its original launch date of June 12 and be rolled out via video on demand instead of waiting for theaters to reopen.
"It's an odd time for anything, but I'm really proud of it, and I think it's nice to put something positive into the world," Davidson says. "And also it will be another thing that you can watch. I don't know about you guys, but I ran out of stuff, so I'm thrilled." Speaking of watching, Apatow says that before his films come out, he often likes to think about prospective viewers. "Who would it be weird if they see it?" he asks, with the first name to pop into his head being former MLB star and currentFor his part, Davidson knows they hit a home run: "A-Rod is going to love it."Related content:
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