Creator Jim Gavin Interview: Lodge 49
Lodge 49 is a dramedy series centered on Wyatt Russell's Dud, a drifter ex-surfer struggling to bounce back in life after his father committed suicide and his family pool business went under. Upon discovering a ring for the Order of the Lynx, Dud finds a potential path to an idyllic life for him and those around him.
Alongside Russell, the cast for Lodge 49 included Brent Jennings, Sonya Cassidy, Linda Emond, David Pasquesi and Eric Allan Kramer.
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As the series gears up to make its UK TV premiere on July 31, Screen Rant spoke exclusively with creator Jim Gavin to discuss Lodge 49, how Paul Giamatti helped the show get made, his hopes for completing the series and more.
Screen Rant: I will happily admit that I have been a huge fan of Lodge 49 since it launched here in the States. When it first came on, I was actually in college going to Cal State Long Beach. So it has a little extra special place in my heart for its setting.
Jim Gavin: Yeah, you were a 49er.
Yeah, exactly! So the show has so many unique characters, unique concepts, how did it even really first come about for you?
Jim Gavin: I think two things. One, I think this is a very personal show, it very much comes out of my life and growing up in Southern California. And it's especially about a period in my adult life kind of post the crash of 2008 and things my family went through, as far as foreclosures and bankruptcies and losing, in some ways, a sense of the future and trying to figure out how to get through that period. It also features all the jobs I've had in my life, newspapers, plumbing, temping, restaurants, etc.
So there's that and then just a long-term interested in kind of weirdo,
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