2024-09-27
29 分钟And the trickiest character to cast, and the last character we cast was older Elliot.
We were getting down to the wire, like, needing to cast somebody, and there was a list of people that somebody put together.
And I saw Aubrey's name.
I was like, when that camera pans over on the log and you see Aubrey sitting there, like, it just made sense to me and was so much funnier.
And also, their energies are oddly similar.
I just knew they'd have good chemistry.
Hello, and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the director's Guild of America.
In this episode, a teenage girl comes face to face with her older self and director Megan Park's coming of age comedy, my old ass.
The film tells the story of teenager Elliot, who, after her first time taking mushrooms on a summer vacation, is visited by a 39 year old version of herself.
Through this apparition of her older self, she learns valuable lessons about family, friends, love, and coming to terms with her sexual orientation.
In addition to my old ass, parks other directorial credit includes the feature film the Fallout.
Following a screening of the film at the DGA theater in Los Angeles, park spoke with director Sean Hader about filming my old ass.
Listen on for their spoiler filled conversation.
I am so excited to be here talking to you, Megan.
I love this movie.
Thank you.
I have to tell you this little story because I live right by vitiates, and I was driving by the other day, my eight year old was in the backseat, and he goes, my old ass.
Cause he saw it up on the marquee.
Yeah, no, it was awesome.
And he was like, what's that movie about?