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Jason Schwartzman talks new film, 'The Overnight'
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Jason Schwartzman talks new film, 'The Overnight'
The new film, "The Overnight," is already getting massive praise from critics.
The film is all about young parents Alex and Emily, played by Taylor Schilling and Adam Scott, who have recently moved to Los Angeles from Seattle.
Alex and Emily don't really know anyone - then they meet Kurt, played by Jason Schwartzman, at the neighborhood park.
Host Alex Cohen spoke to Jason Schwartzman about the movie, and he began by talking about what attracted him to the part.
"He seemed very gregarious, very positive and yet there seemed to me a feeling to me in the script of someone trying to keep the whole evening afloat. Kind of like someone at a baseball game, trying to do the wave …"
Schwartzman also revealed what he is looking forward to work-wise, now that he is getting a bit older.
"It's a mysterious things how movies get made and how things come about and as much as you would like to be careerist about it or have a plan, the whole thing is strange. For instance how the Overnight came about, I went to bed - lets says it was a Tuesday night, I went to bed and on Wednesday morning there was a message about this movie, that it needed to be read by 1:00, so … in 24 hours I went from not knowing what I was going to do, to knowing what I was going to do."
Listen to the full interview by clicking the blue audio player above.