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(To call it a dark comedy is an understatement.)
Last week, we called Carmichael to talk about it.
It was fun to watch, and it also harshed me out.
That was our No.
1 hope: Lets make something thats not fucking boring.
Something that feels true, that can keep peoples attention and keep them engaged.
That balancing act is inherent in everything I do.
We tend to want to distract ourselves, and I get it people want, like, uplifting poems.
But my instinct is always to go to a layer of complication.
The art feels more alive that way.
I met Ryan Welch through Ari.
They grew up together in Alaska.
He helped me and Ari out when we were writing theDjangoscript for Tarantino.
Ari and Ryan wrote this funny and thoughtful script, and we said, Lets take this out.
Was it hard to sell backers on a script this bleak?It was turned down by everybody.
That response actually made us that much more excited about the script.
Eventually we found good financial partners, myself included.
I wound up putting my own money in.
But I worked with them and Ronald Bronstein on the48 Hoursscript, and I love them so much.
What I love is that theyre specific.
They maketheirshit; its their obsessions, their loves, their repulsions, all projected into their work.
Thats the same way I feel about my work: You have to pour yourself into it completely.
Iwillcare what they think, eventually, but when Im making it, I dont need a million opinions.
You cant crowdsource art.
But youre trying to make something personal.
I personally loved it.
I think all sets should keep COVID protocol far beyond the pandemic.
Like, the amount of quiet and focus on set?
It was what I hear Coen brothers sets are like.
Also, I think every set should be required to play theTom Cruise rantat the start of every production.
That would be very inspiring.
Youre in New York right now.
Whats life like there for you?Im on a full vampire schedule.
Its a good time to be up and think about shit and not be bothered.
Ive heard you talk onstage and in interviews about your suspicion that NASA faked the moon landing.
Have you heard any compelling coronavirus conspiracy theories?Hahaha!
You know, this is a thought I had the other day:I think everybodys right.
However you view this, youre 100 percent right.
If you think its a deadly virus that could hurt your family, youre correct.
If you think its a hoax and everyones fine, youre probably right, too.
No matter how you think about it, youre right.
I find myself agreeing with everyone, for the first time since Beyonce.
Thats the last thing I agreed on with everyone: Beyonces great, and everyones correct about COVID.
