Patton Oswalt & Claudia Sulewski Interview: I Love My Dad
Family comedies are getting a bizarre twist with I Love My Dad. Patton Oswalt stars in the film as a single father desperate to reconnect with his son by catfishing him as a beautiful young waitress, only for his secret to be put at risk when his son wants to take a road trip with his dad to meet the woman.
James Morosini, who wrote and directed the comedy film, leads the cast of I Love My Dad alongside Oswalt, Claudia Sulewski, Rachel Dratch, Lil Rel Howery, Ricky Velez and Amy Landecker.
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Ahead of the film's theatrical premiere, Screen Rant spoke exclusively with star Patton Oswalt (who also produced the project) and star Claudia Sulewski to discuss I Love My Dad, their first reactions to the film's wild script and more.
Screen Rant: I Love My Dad is a wild film, to say the least. When a script like this comes along your way, what is your initial reaction reading through it?
Claudia Sulewski: For starters, it was the fastest read of my life, because I think you're just watching this snowball just build larger and larger. I think once I reached the point in the script where the sexting started, that's when I was in. I was like, «I need to see how this is gonna get done.» [Laughs] «I need to see how this is going to be shot and edited and executed.» Because James just plays such a fine line; finding where that line is and not crossing it, and I think that's what makes a script so interesting. I was just so happy to be a part of it.
Patton Oswalt: Exactly what Claudia said. There are those scripts that you read where you go, «As a audience member, I would want to watch this. How are they going to do this?» So, if me being in it helps it get made?
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