Sean Baker, Simon Rex and Bree Elrod (Red Rocket)

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In Red Rocket, the latest from Sean Baker, a washed-up porn star named Mickey Saber (Simon Rex) returns to his Texas town and begs his wife (Bree Elrod) and her mother (first-time actor Brenda Deiss) to let him move in.They're skeptical, with good reason. He soon devises a secret plan to weasel his way back into the porn industry with help from a 17-year-old donut shop employee named Strawberry (Suzanna Son).Your host hasn't seen every movie released in 2021, but of the ones he has seen, Red Rocket is his favorite.We talk this episode with Sean Baker, Simon Rex and Bree Elrod about working with first-time actors, how COVID fears fueled the frenetic energy of Red Rocket, shooting non-explosive sex scenes and how not to look like a suitcase pimp. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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