Jason Mewes Talks Playing a Serial Killer in Directorial Debut The Madness in the Method
Steve Barton
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What if an actor went so “method” that it drove him psycho? That seems to be the case in the directorial debut of Clerks star Jason Mewes, who recently sat down with THR to talk about The Madness in the Method.
“The film is set in an alternate universe where Kevin Smith gives me some advice to try taking on ‘method’ acting in order to help me to be taken seriously as an actor with real range in Hollywood,” Mewes tells the site. “Problem is that the process slowly begins to send me mad as I take to method acting a little too well!”
“I was working on a film in the U.K., and the producer of the film, Dominic Burns, and I hung out a lot,” Mewes continues, speaking about the genesis of the project. “He asked me if there was any role that I wanted to take on that I’d never done before, something that would really excite and challenge me, and I told him I’d love to play a serial killer. Dominic said he’d write something and pitch it to me, and sure enough, a few months later he sent over a script. I liked it, but I also had a lot of ideas and thoughts, so we began developing the script together along with another writer, Chris, and the idea built and built from there.”
The film co-stars Danny Trejo, Matt Willis, and Kevin Smith, who will have dialogue in the film!
“Kevin does speak; in fact, he really has delivered a breathtaking performance. There was one scene in particular between Kevin and I that really goes into our past, and it all gets very deep. It was genuinely emotional, and we even had crew members in tears. I wasn’t sure what directing Kevin would be like because of course it’s been the other way around for so many years. But Kevin was wonderful, extremely responsive, and as always, he brought his incredible sense of humor. He threw in some genius lines that I loved and will definitely make the movie.”
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