Writer and filmmaker Hannah Fidell and actors Tony Revolori and Jason Mantzoukas talk about their upcoming buddy comedy ‘The Long Dumb Road’
Starring Tony Revolori and Jason Mantzoukas, Hannah Fidell’s ‘The Long Dumb Road’ is about two strangers who end up on a crazy road trip that changes both of their lives forever. The film dives deep into an unexpected friendship that isn’t just between two strangers but between two men. While men have been writing female characters for years, it doesn’t often happen that a woman is at the helm of a male-centric buddy comedy. Fidell expanded on this sentiment and spoke to Meaww on what drove her to create the film.
“I had a friend who picked up a drifter on a road trip from Boston to California and I thought that was such a great starting point for a film, so I took that and ran with it. For me, as a woman, there is no way I would ever pick up a drifter, so it was fun to step into someone else’s shoes and get to experience something that I certainly never would have done myself. It was great to write for someone who wasn’t myself. As a creator, I think it's important to not do the same thing over and over again. Forever, guys have been writing female parts and I don’t understand why it is a big deal for a woman to write guy’s parts!”