Matt Johnson tells beastobsessed why his cult comedy background and tech naïveté made him surprisingly well-suited to helm a movie about the seminal smartphone.
that we made, [where] we were watching the Wii Shop [Channel, the games marketplace on the Nintendo Wii console]—it would update every week, and me and Jay would really get into this. We loved it, so we made a video where we sang a song about all the new titles. And that, I think, sums up my feeling around technology. I like to be so naive about it.Howerton where he said that he approached Jim as a dramatic anti-hero, a tragic figure—but that, after each take, he’d hear you laughing.
Glenn is playing the movie like his character really does mean what he says and really wants what he wants. He’s not trying to get laughs, but because we as an audience are like, “I can't believe this guy is serious about this,” it becomes hilarious. [...] It’s just a movie where it’s trying to be real, and in my world, real is always gonna be funny.ou mentioned that you wanted to include personal touches within this movie, even though this is a biopic.
It’s true! One last question: Do you know if the real Mike, Jim, and Doug have seen the movie yet? Have you talked to them?
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