Patton Oswalt Follows Up His Boba Fett Prediction With One for the MCU

A father catfishes his own son. That isn’t just the one-line synopsis of writer-director-star James Morosini’s SXSW entry, I Love My Dad. It’s also something he actually went through in real life. I Love My Dad is based on Morosini’s personal experience. He stars in the film as Franklin, a young adult who’s going through a tough time. His father Chuck (Patton Oswalt) is eager to help, but due to their turbulent relationship, Franklin opts to cut his dad out of his life entirely. Desperate to find a way to reconnect with his son, Chuck decides to impersonate a young woman (Claudia Sulewski) on social media. Things spiral when Franklin falls hard for her and then Chuck finds himself forced to keep up the pretense, pushing it further and further. With I Love My Dad celebrating its SXSW world premiere, we got the opportunity to chat with Morosini and Oswalt about their experience bringing the story to screen. You can hear all about it in this SXSW 2022 interview! And on top of that, Oswalt also