RedRocket director Sean Baker and star Simon Rex unpack the queasy charms of fast-talking narcissists and why they bet big on ’N Sync
Photo: Bobby Doherty Red Rocket star Simon Rex prefers to steer clear of discussions of his own longtime brush with the adult-film world if he can help it. But his character, Mikey Saber, is only too happy to talk about his tenure in the porn industry.
SB: There are lots of Mikey Saber monologues in this film, rants. And he came three days later with all of these memorized. I was like, “Who drove?” But also, we waited until the last minute to reach out to Simon because we just wanted to know that the production was real. It was a scary time shooting during the pandemic; we didn’t even know if I had a false positive at first that delayed us a month.
SR: I feel that I prefer it, to be honest with you. I think that’s when reacting happens, so the other actor doesn’t know what you’re going to say, and therefore it’s not robotically overrehearsed, which I find gets tricky. In the comedic stuff, I feel the more you rehearse, the more it gets flat. We were shooting this on 16-mm. film, so that was an added sort of pressure that I felt, even though [Sean] didn’t make me feel that way.
Mikey is in some ways a very dark character, but he’s also this very likable character. He’s really charismatic; he’s funny and charming. How much did he remind you of maybe people you’ve met in your travels in Hollywood? Photo: A24 Sean, sex work has been kind of an element in all your films: Tangerine, Starlet, and in this you have Mikey, and then his wife, who left the industry earlier and clearly in a sadder way. Can you speak a little bit to your interest in portraying people who are involved in sex work onscreen?
SB: We had to shoot a lot of those scenes first, for whatever reason. Films are scheduled, you never know why, just logistics. SB: Again, it was about themes that we were dealing with. I’m not trying to make any kind of statement. It’s up to the audience whether they want to liken Mikey Saber to a certain political figure. But for me, that election really politicized everything, and yet it was a reality-television show. That’s the way it was absorbed by the public. And I just wanted to show that in the film.
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