Review Round-up: Cinema Verite
The Advocate: Living Out Loud
How did you decide to cast Thomas Dekker as Lance?
Pulcini: It was actually quite difficult because Lance is so idiosyncratic. That was the hardest role to cast, and he’s also someone who lends himself to imitation. He has a very specific way of talking and acting, and we saw a lot of people who could imitate him, but there just wasn’t that energy that Thomas brought to it. Thomas is kind of bursting with creative energy the way Lance was. He’s a Renaissance guy. He is directing his own movie now, and he writes music, and you know, he is this really talented young actor, and he just had that kind of same energy that Lance had.
Zap2It: 'Cinema Verite's' Tim Robbins, Thomas Dekker on Lance Loud being openly gay in 1973
Thomas Dekker ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," "Nightmare on Elm Street" 2010) stars as Lance, a role he says turned out to have many more layers than he originally thought.
"When I read the script I thought he was just this kind of flamboyant guy. But when I watched his interview, I saw that he was such a myriad of things," says Dekker. "He was famous for being the first openly gay young guy on television and in the public, and that was a brave thing to do in that time. He had this confidence to go completely in his own direction and no matter how eccentric or daring it was, to him, it was very honest and truthful.
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How did you decide to cast Thomas Dekker as Lance?
Pulcini: It was actually quite difficult because Lance is so idiosyncratic. That was the hardest role to cast, and he’s also someone who lends himself to imitation. He has a very specific way of talking and acting, and we saw a lot of people who could imitate him, but there just wasn’t that energy that Thomas brought to it. Thomas is kind of bursting with creative energy the way Lance was. He’s a Renaissance guy. He is directing his own movie now, and he writes music, and you know, he is this really talented young actor, and he just had that kind of same energy that Lance had.
Zap2It: 'Cinema Verite's' Tim Robbins, Thomas Dekker on Lance Loud being openly gay in 1973
Thomas Dekker ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," "Nightmare on Elm Street" 2010) stars as Lance, a role he says turned out to have many more layers than he originally thought.
"When I read the script I thought he was just this kind of flamboyant guy. But when I watched his interview, I saw that he was such a myriad of things," says Dekker. "He was famous for being the first openly gay young guy on television and in the public, and that was a brave thing to do in that time. He had this confidence to go completely in his own direction and no matter how eccentric or daring it was, to him, it was very honest and truthful.
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