To me that's the heart of what 'Patti Cakes' is about." And culturally Jersey is so different form New York City, it's bizarre.
"That feeling of sitting at a lookout, looking at New York, listening to the radio and trying to visualize myself, how do I get there? It's so close but it might as well be the moon. "That stuff is 100% autobiographical," said Jasper.
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Some of the most tender, heartfelt moments in the movie are simply Patti and Jheri looking across the river to the lights of the New York City skyline and hoping for more out of life. (Also upping its New Jersey realness, the movie includes a rare Bruce Springsteen track.) Another movie that influenced Jasper was "Saturday Night Fever" for its restless bridge-and-tunnel longing, a sense that something better was out there. It was actually kind of therapeutic to play her, to revisit the bitterness that passes across my plate from time to time and get some perspective."įor inspiration, Jasper told Macdonald to watch "Rocky" for its underdog vibe and "The Sopranos" for its Jersey verisimilitude. She's very different from me, but in many ways the same. "I really related to that sort of bitterness, when you think the thing that you wanted to do so much has passed you by. I didn't think it was going to happen for me," said Everett. The idea of dreams set aside, reconciled with and even revived, spoke to Everett.īridget Everett in the film "Patti Cakes." (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Her character of Barb once had dreams of her own to be a singer, a hair-metal belter back in the days when Bon Jovi topped the charts. A longtime denizen of New York City's cabaret scene, Everett has seen her visibility soar after "Inside Amy Schumer" - it's where Jasper first saw her too. Likewise, Everett could not see herself playing the part of Patti's mother Barb at first. "Meeting Danielle as an actress opened up a whole new world for me as a writer," he said, "and we were able to develop it together and change some of the scenes." Once they began working together, Jasper was even further convinced, tailoring the part to Macdonald. If you had a sketch artist that could dip into my imagination in this Michel Gondry way and draw what I was thinking for Patti as I was writing it, it's her." "And that's a one in a trillion thing," he said. Jasper was undeterred, as from the first time he saw Macdonald in a photo he was struck by how much she looked like the character he imagined in his head. It scared me, but that was also part of why I wanted to do it." It'll be fine.' And he seemed so chill, I figured it would be fine. I don't rap, I can't do a Jersey accent and it's so cool and I want to, but there is all this stuff that's not me.' And Geremy was just like, 'I have a good feeling. "After I read the script, Geremy and I had a conversation and I said, 'I need to be very straight with you. And as I kept reading I felt I was so not right for this but loved it.
"When I first read the script I was like "Me? Noooo," Macdonald said, sitting alongside Jasper for a recent interview in L.A. I'm a musician who's done some music video directing but now I'm really trying to direct this thing and we're all kind of in it together."įor Macdonald, the project presented the challenge not only of learning to talk with a thick New Jersey, but also learning to rap with that accent too. There was a quality of getting people out of their comfort zone. "I didn't feel like I had the background in really working with actors. "I'm a nonprofessional director, this is my first time," said Jasper. Athie is a Yale School of Drama graduate who also appeared in Baz Luhrmann's "The Get Down." And Moriarty is an Oscar-nominated actress known for her performances in "Raging Bull" and "Soapdish." Veteran rapper MC Lyte also has a small role. Dhananjay was discovered from videos he posted to the WorldStarHipHop website. Everett is a singer and performer, best known for her regular appearances on "Inside Amy Schumer," who had never taken on such a dramatic role before.
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