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“The Right Amount Of Weird”: Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd & Andrew DeYoung Talk Surreal TIFF Comedy ‘Friendship’ And The Paul Thomas Anderson Pic That Served As Inspiration


Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd and Andrew DeYoung told us about their surreal comedy 'Friendship' ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

Mysterious yet friendly, macho but vulnerable, Austin transforms everything for Craig, until his obsessive and childlike nature threatens to ruin the friendship, and possibly everything else in his life. At one point a writer and performer for Saturday Night Live, Robinson has since Friendship reteamed with DeYoung — a TV veteran making his feature directorial debut — on HBO pilot The Chair Company. DEADLINE: The state of the theatrical comedy has been in the public discourse lately, with Vince Vaughn, for one, lamenting that studios seem less willing to take big swings these days.

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