Thomas Haden Church Talks 'Acidman' and Working with Dianna Agron
Moviefone speaks with Thomas Haden Church about 'Acidman.' "Dianna Agron was lovely, professional, and prepared," Church said of working with his co-star.
Opening in theaters and On Demand March 31st is the new sci-fi drama ‘Acidman’ from writer and director Alex Lehmann.
What is the plot of ‘Acidman?’
‘Acidman’ follows Lloyd (Thomas Haden Church), a reclusive man who lives in a home in the middle of nowhere searching for UFOs. He is estranged from his daughter Maggie (Dianna Agron) and has been given the nickname "Acidman" by the locals. One day his daughter Maggie arrives, having painstakingly tracked him down in order to visit with him and pass along some important news. It's when Maggie travels with Lloyd to search for UFOs at night that she realizes how much his mental health has deteriorated.
Who is in the cast of ‘Acidman?’
‘Acidman’ stars Oscar nominee Thomas Haden Church ('Sideways,’ ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’) as Lloyd, Dianna Agron (‘As They Made Us’) as Maggie, and Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris (‘Mother’s Milk’).
Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Thomas Haden Church about his work on ‘Acidman,’ juggling rehearsal time with his ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ schedule, collaborating with director Alex Lehmann, and working with actress Dianna Agron.
Thomas Haden Church as Lloyd in director Alex Lehmann's 'Acidman.'
You can read the full interview below or click on the video player above to watch our interviews with Church and Dianna Agron.
Moviefone: To begin with, what was your experience like making this movie and did you have a lot of rehearsal time before you began shooting?
Thomas Haden Church: One of the crazy things about it is that I was sent the script in the summer of '20 when we were all taking a big bite out of the COVID sandwich. But Alex Lehmann really felt like, "This is so small, we can do it during the pandemic. We can do it. We'll all just get in a bubble and stay in our bubble." But then it just kept getting push backed. Then I had this other huge project that I was also having to work on in a very fragmentary way, which was ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home.’ So logistically, it was like, "Can we do it?" I couldn't take that much time away from working on ‘No Way Home,’ but as things kept getting pushed back on ‘Acidman,’ Dianna didn't have anything and Alex didn't have anything. So the beauty is that we spent nine months talking on the phone, getting on Zoom calls, seriously rehearsing, doing scene work, and doing script work.
(L to R) Thomas Haden Church as Lloyd and Dianna Agron as Maggie in director Alex Lehmann's 'Acidman.'
MF: Can you talk about collaborating with director Alex Lehmann on set?
THC: Alex would talk about how he wanted to shoot a sequence and we would give our input. But we had so much time to work on it, literally nine months of rehearsal. So by the time everything came together, Alex said, "I just want to get there and I want to capture the performances as fast as we can. We're there, we're ready. Both you and Dianna are absolutely peaking right at the exact time you need to be."
Dianna Agron as Maggie in director Alex Lehmann's 'Acidman.'
MF: Finally, what was your experience like acting opposite Dianna Agron?
THC: She was perfect. She brought me into it. Dianna was lovely, professional, prepared. And given her life story with her father, but then also listening to my story with mine, Alex, with his dad, the three of us, we could take from each other's real paternal stories, paternal child, adult stories and use it all and just weave it into the tapestry of Lloyd and Maggie's relationship.
(L to R) Dianna Agron as Maggie and Thomas Haden Church as Lloyd in director Alex Lehmann's 'Acidman.'
Other Movies Similar to ‘Acidman:’
- 'Sideways' (2004)
- 'Grace Is Gone' (2007)
- 'Maggie' (2015)
- 'Fathers and Daughters' (2016)
- 'Crash Pad' (2017)
- 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' (2021)
- 'The Whale' (2022)
- 'As They Made Us' (2022)
Buy Tickets: 'Acidman' Movie Showtimes
Where to Stream and Watch: 'Acidman'
Buy Thomas Haden Church Movies On Amazon
