The cast members in attendance were effusive in their praise of the highly original script.
“It’s really a movie about passionate, nerdy people doing passionate, nerdy things.”
In a brilliant piece of casting, Mark Hamill plays the overprotective father who raises James onBrigsbyin isolation.

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“I like scripts that you might’t categorize easily,” the Star Wars icon said at the premiere.
It’s always compared to something else.
I read this thing, and I thought, ‘this is really original.'"
“I love comedy and I love satire,” he said.
And the last appealing factor that convinced HamillBrigsbywas worth his time?
“I had lines,” the actor said.
“No hood removal.”
Brigsby Bearhas not yet been acquired by a distributor.