Jason Schwartzman Says His 'Listen Up Philip' Character Has to Be a Jerk Throughout the Movie — hollywoodreporter.com

The dark comedy Listen Up Philip, which Alex Ross Perry wrote and directed, has been well received at festival screenings over the past year but features an egotistical, insulting, isolated young author, who pushes away anyone who tries to get close to him. In fact, Philip was such an offensive character that the actor playing him, Jason Schwartzman, found himself repulsed when he first read the script, likening it to the shocked experience that people have the first time they see the film.

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