The big things are true, like, Im a comedy writer, Im gay, he tells EW.
I wanted it to feel as real as possible, he says.
I wanted it to feel matter-of-fact.
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I think thats brave and lovely that so many people have wanted to share their experiences.
Sometimes I feel not equipped enough.
But its sort of nice.
Because youre like, oh, okay.
Everyone goes through this.
At what point did you?It was constant throughout.
My mother was incredibly funny.
I was just trying to capture the accurate tone of what it felt like to go through that.
But in the movie, its the main characters friend who sees his late mother in birch trees.
And I remember thinking that was a sweet little thing for someone to say.
I wanted the main character in the movie to be searching for this meaning.
When do I learn something?
What am I supposed to get out of this fing sty experience?
I want my birch tree moment, come on, give it to me, world.
Its a good example of how the movie is fictionalized.
There isnt that much music in the movie, but Trains Drops of Jupiter plays a big role.
And I didnt hate it or love it, I just remembered it.
As the script was taking shape, I liked the song playing comedically throughout it as this haunting presence.
The main character is very dismissive of his hometown, rudely so.
I just thought it worked both ways.
I do actually think the song is beautiful.
Everyone is so great in this movie, especially Molly Shannon.
Molly is just… the best.
[Laughs] I really cant say enough good things about her performance.
How was I wrong?
What could I have done better?
[Laughs] But it is true.
I think its given me hopefully a little more empathy.
it just sort of kept happening accidentally.
I wrote this script with no intention that it was ever going to get made.
I just wrote it to see if I could.
But it really isnt.
It turned into its own thing.I dont 100 percent see my family up there.
Because it felt like it was in good hands.
