Lake George
Summary
Shea Whigham and Carrie Coon embark on an maverick road trip-up where nothing is as it seems inLake George , a standout first appearance from 2024’sTribeca Film Festival . Whigham stars as Don , a man bracing out of prison house and completely out of choice . In despair , he turns to the mob honcho who dumbfound him in fuss in the first place ( Glenn Flesher ) , who offers him a job : vote out his runaway mistress , Phyllis , ( Carrie Coon ) and get a bunch of money . However , when Don and Phyllis finally meet , they wind up going on an even grander adventure .
Inspired by the likes ofThe former Showwith Art Carney and Lily Tomlin , with a tactile sensation ofSomething Wildwith Jeff Danielsand Melanie Griffith , Lake Georgeis funnier than it seem , thanks to the deadpan carrying into action of Whigham contrast against the magnetised Carrie Coon , for whom the rules of law and nature simply pluck off her back . The hand brings a mix of deep characterization , intimate ruth , mellow - stakes action , and even some delicious strong-arm drollery , lead in a celluloid noir cross that eludes reductive classification .
Carrie Coon has star in several prominent movies & TV series , excelling specifically in the psychological play music genre over her illustrious career .
While boost the Tribeca Film Festival introduction ofLake George , Screen Rantinterviewed several of the leading cast member , as well as author and music director Jeffrey Reiner . They talked about the unique leading man quality of Shea Whigham , the exposure built-in in all of Max Casella ’s characters , and there ’s even a story in there about Lily Tomlin ’s shoes in the 1980s .
Tales From The Lake George Red Carpet
Director Jeffrey Reiner Explains Lake George’s Cross Between Noir & Western
Screen Rant : It ’s a West Coast affair , but you ’re an East Coast cat .
Jeffrey Reiner : Well , I was pay in New York , went to college in New York , but I really consider myself a Los Angelean , ya know ?
It ’s a good place for that great hybridization - section of Noir and Western . When I think of that hybridization - surgical incision , the first expression that comes to thinker is Shea ’s . Can you order me a niggling bit about his vibe and conduct him ?
Jeffrey Reiner : When you call up of these motion picture , you think of Lee Marvin , you cogitate of Richard Widmark , Warren Oates , you think of these characters who have age and life account . And I wanted an doer … I could have made the movie for more money with a different actor , but I always wanted Shea , he was my first choice . We ’d done a little TV show called Dirty John together , he act a lowly use for me . And I just have a go at it him in Boardwalk Empire . He was just , like … I thought , this is the guy wire I want to be in my movie .
I send off him the script , and I reckon he embodies the moving picture noir . A guy who … Not everybody knows him . He ’s not a type - A champion . He should be ! He should be Warren Oates , or Harry Dean Stanton , and he is that guy rope ! But just like Harry Dean Got Paris , Texas , and Warren Oates get Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia , that Peckinpah movie , I remember that this is his chance . I think this is Shea ’s hazard to be the tip and a star .
And he ’s a little against type , we could say . He ’s kind of a whitened - neckband guy wire , thrown into … The type is a livid - collar cat , throw into this unusual position .
Jeffrey Reiner : But you kind of trust him . You believe that he is a … That he can get his handwriting unclean if he ’s desperate enough .
And if I get it on anything about film noir , he ’s gon na get veridical despairing .
Jeffrey Reiner : He ’s gon na get really dire .
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Max Casella Looks Back On His Work In The Sopranos
Screen Rant : I ’ve been a heavy lover of yours for a longsighted fourth dimension andwatched you onThe Sopranosand find out you onTulsa King . Have you ever feel like you ask to take a geological fault and rise up on your own , away from Hollywood , or is this your love ?
Max Casella : No ! No . I mean , I would never go away from Hollywood , unless Hollywood narrate me to go off and I could n’t sour any longer . I always want to work . I be intimate my job . I love acting . I love show business . I ’ve been lucky enough to do the thing I love to do for my entire life-time ! There were periods of clock time where I had to transition from being a so - called " child actor , " playing child theatrical role , to being a grown - up , so there was a flake of a bump while I went through the change from puerility to manhood .
You get to play a set baffling guy cable than you did . You were very vulnerable inThe Sopranos . You get to be a lot tough these day .
Max Casella : No , I imagine I ’m vulnerable in Tulsa King ! I never feel like I play " toughened . " Sometimes , characters do tough thing . But at their effect , they ’re vulnerable because they ’re human . We ’re all vulnerable , so that ’s always a part of it .
If you ever got the call , would you be game to be Daxter again , or are you over that ?
Max Casella : I ca n’t ! I would do it , but my voice does n’t go that high anymore . I ca n’t do the voice anymore . I would make love to , but I do n’t think I can do it .
Would you be okay see someone else do it , or would it break your marrow ?
Max Caseslla : Absolutely , not at all !
Shea Whigham Keeps Tight-Lipped About Lake George & Mission Impossible
Screen Rant : Agent Carter : you call out of a window and explode .
Shea Whigham : Yeah .
What are the odds that this moving-picture show ends with you return down the Grand Canyon and exploding ?
Shea Whigham : … I ca n’t tell you that ! I ca n’t assure you that , adult male . I could say they ’re fairly good ( betting odds ) not doing that in this film .
Your guy , he ’s a clean - shoe collar bozo , but he gets thrown into this situation . On a musical scale of " Nerd " to " Cowboy , " where does he devolve ?
Shea Whigham : Don is … I ’d say he ’s about the middle . I do n’t think he ’s a dweeb in any deference . But he ’s not quite a cowhand . perchance by the remainder … Maybe by the end .
The nextMission Impossible , have you shoot it , are you done ?
I ca n’t tell you that , serviceman ! I ca n’t !
Lake George Star Carrie Coon Relishes A Lily Tomlin Comparison
Screen Rant : So , assure me a slight second about Shea Whigham .
Carrie Coon : Okay , listen . Shea Whigham . He ’s that guy rope . He ’s that guy cable who ’s in everything , and then you see him and you ’re like , " That guy rope ’s always so good ! I see that guy in everything , he ’s so good and coolheaded ! He ’s a great character reference actor ! " But really , surreptitiously , in this movie , he ’s the leading man , and he ’s great .
Screen Rant : You ’ve got that film noir vibe . Do you accommodate into one of those archetypes ? Are you a femme fatale , or has someone done you wrong ?
Carrie Coon : I ’m like a femme fatale , but with a picayune Lily Tomlin sparge in .
Screen Rant : That is … Wow , as soon as you said that , I was like , I can see that Lily Tomlin glint in your eye .
Carrie Coon : That is the most flattering affair anyone ’s ever said to me .
Screen Rant : Would you say she ’s one of your acting heroes , originate up ?
Carrie Coon : Certainly . Her piece of work in the LXX is so astonishing . I mean , her piece of work now is , too ! But she was such a unequalled presence when she came onto the scene . And , again , not a traditional lead lady , which , of course of study , I embrace .
Screen Rant : I have a friend , weirdly , who stretched out her shoes for her , once .
Claire Connors : It ’s rightful ! Back in 1986 , I was working at a Broadway costuming house , and we had a Tony Awards parking brake . Lily Tomlin was one of the hosts , and her place were too tight . My genus Bos yells out , " Who wears a size 9 shoe ? " I raised my handwriting . And that daytime , my job was to walk around in Lily Tomlin ’s shoes to burst them in for the Tonys . Good time !
Screen Rant : Weird . That ’s a footling piece of info for you !
Carrie Coon : That ’s something I ’ll take home with me tonight !
Lake Georgepremiered at Tribeca Film Festival on June 9 and is currently awaiting dispersion .
