The actor premiered new Mike Flanagan film, 'The Life of Chuck' at South By Southwest London. The first movie he shot after becoming a dad in 2022. Report by Nelsonj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Tom, congratulations on the film name.
00:02We have something in common since last time we met.
00:04We both became dads.
00:06Ah, congratulations.
00:08Congratulations to you.
00:10One thing that happened to me is I became a lot more
00:12emotional, I think, and tuned in
00:14on the birth of my little one.
00:16And I believe this might be
00:18the first, if one of the films you've
00:20made after becoming a dad.
00:22I wonder if the
00:24film itself kind of resonated with you
00:26in a different way, do you think? Or the filmmaking process
00:28with different experiences being a dad
00:30compared to being a before?
00:32No, I'm sure it did. I mean, certainly.
00:34I feel like
00:36becoming a father is
00:38there was a before and there's an after
00:40and I'm living in that after
00:42and I don't know
00:44and I don't want to go back.
00:46And
00:48it's very, very hard to describe
00:50other than
00:52just to say
00:54it's without question
00:56the most important
00:58and meaningful thing
01:00that's ever happened to me.
01:02It's the most important thing I will ever do
01:04is being a father.
01:06And
01:08the film really is about
01:10how
01:12the joy that we carry
01:14in our hearts
01:16and the connection
01:18that we need really when
01:20times get tough and when it feels like the world
01:22is falling apart
01:24is the love that we shared with the people who raised us.
01:26And in the film
01:28that's a relationship actually between
01:30young Chuck with his grandparents
01:32played by Mark Hamill and Mia Sarah.
01:34And
01:36it fortifies and sustains him as an adult.
01:40Of course, I play adult Chuck.
01:42And so, of course,
01:44all of that
01:46resonated with me as a father.
01:48Absolutely.
01:50I like to think neither of us look as
01:52exhausted as we probably feel.
01:54Good luck with the years ahead.
01:57Good luck to us both.
01:58It's a long ride.