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For its darkly comedic swings, the A24 thriller A Different Man played to audiences at this year's Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. While there, Collider's Perri Nemiroff sat down with writer and director Aaron Schimberg and the film's co-stars, Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson, to discuss telling this story through genre filmmaking and prioritizing the creative through their partnership with A24, and doing it all in a tight turnaround. A Different Man tells the story of Edward (Stan), an aspiring actor with neurofibromatosis (NF1). Edward's facial disfigurement causes him day-to-day anxieties, and when he's offered reconstructive treatment, it seems like the opportunity he's been waiting for. After the procedure, Edward finds new confidence in himself and goes out for a play that just so happens to have been written about him prior to the surgery by his neighbor, Ingrid (Renate Reinsve). Just when he's settling into this new life, however, Oswald (Pearson), a man with the same condition, begins to upstage him with his outstanding personality. Suddenly, Edward finds himself in a new nightmare. During their conversation with Nemiroff, Schimberg, Stan, and Pearson discuss challenging scenes, how the crew reacted to that surprise cameo, and the visual language of a particularly sinister oner. They talk about teaming up with A24, channeling Buster Keaton, and Pearson weighs in on nailing Oswald's too-good-to-be-true charms. #sebastianstan #interview #a24 #acting #film For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL
