50/50 Premiere | Will Reiser in NY
Will has been a close friend since we met at Hampshire College. Years later, we roomed together in LA, and worked on an HBO comedy special. While we lived together, he started writing the script a film that will be released this Friday. We spent countless nights after work walking around our neighborhood, sitting in our apartment, talking about the characters, the plot, the themes of the film. It’s really inspiring to see something that was an idea for a movie turn into a major motion picture. After reading countless iterations of the script, I finally saw the finished film at the US premiere this past Monday in NY. I laughed, I cried, and then I laughed some more. There is something very surreal about having seen Will’s vision for the characters, including his own, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, brought to life. The film is a deeply personal work for Will that recounts his experience with Cancer. It was inspiring, and I could not be more proud.
We hung our for a bit in his hotel room the next day between press engagements. Here’s a portrait.
50/50 Opens Friday. Go see it.
Saw the film at a screening back in late July – It was fantastic. Everyone should see it.