SXSW '10 PODCAST: Jonah Hill

Superbad and Knocked Up star Jonah Hill has primarily been known for stealing laughs, but in the charming new dramedy Cyrus—making a regional premiere at SXSW—Hill shows surprising depth in an idiosyncratic role that allows him room to stretch:

With John's (John C. Reilly) social life at a standstill and his ex-wife (Catherine Keener) about to get remarried, a down-on-his-luck divorcee finally meets the woman of his dreams (Marisa Tomei), only to discover she has another man in her life—her son. Written and directed by Jay & Mark Duplass, the iconoclastic filmmaking team behind Sundance Film Festival favorite The Puffy Chair, Cyrus takes an insightful, funny and sometimes heartbreaking look at love and family in contemporary Los Angeles.

On a day too gorgeous to be sitting inside the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Hill and I discussed Cyrus, why outsiders might perceive his own family dynamic as strange, the L.A. Lakers movie he would love to direct, and whether he would join me for a taco.

To listen to the podcast, click here. (18:54)

Podcast Music
INTRO: Louis Armstrong: "Jonah and the Whale"
OUTRO: James Brown: "Super Bad"

Posted by ahillis at March 16, 2010 2:16 PM