'Mickey and the Bear' Stars Camila Morrone and James Badge Dale and Writer-Director Annabelle Attanasio

Writer-director Annabelle Attanasio's debut feature film "Mickey and the Bear" stars Camila Morrone as an 18-year-old helping care for her father (James Badge Dale), a veteran coping with PTSD. In this episode, Attanasio talks about crafting an elegant, efficient script that skips exposition and lets the actors really act.Morrone and Dale also talk about the importance of persistence in being a professional actor, and Attanasio talks about her own acting on the CBS drama "Bull" helped shape her "Mickey and the Bear" script. If you like this episode, you'll probably also like the stories at MovieMaker.com.Here are some highlights of the episode, with timestamps:1:45: Interview begins2:30: Some nice words about Gen Z and a brutal attack on Generation X3:30: Annabelle Attanasio explains where the idea for "Mickey and the Bear" originated 4:39: Camila Morrone self-taped her audition in her kitchen6:05: James Badge Dale, Morrone and Attanasio discuss what it means to succeed as an actor8:30: Attanasio discusses why she wrote a "quite spare" script without needless exposition12: The most difficult scene in the film15:45: How the film addresses the treatment of veterans and the opioid crisis16:45: How their parents impacted them21: Respect to "The Young Girls of Rochefort" 22:15: Let's talk about a casting mystery Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.