Before gaining notoriety as an MTV VJ and actor (“Scary Movie”), Rex appeared in a solo male pornographic film, giving a meta-layer quality to his work in “Red Rocket.”Īs the crowd in France clapped for Rex, he smiled and nervously played with his bowtie. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times) By Akiva Gottlieb. It would be hard to imagine A24 not launching a best actor campaign for Rex, who delivers a real, charismatic, gritty performance - which includes a scene where he runs, a la Forrest Gump, through the street, only he’s completely nude. Simon Rex portrays a former adult film actor that returns home in Red Rocket. The Red Rocket actor, 47, told PEOPLE he 'wasnt allowed' to keep the prosthetic penis he wore in the Sean Baker-helmed film as he. Picture: PA Photo/Universal Studios/Drew Daniel. Baker also edited “Red Rocket,” in addition to directing the film. is opening up about one of his most memorable props. The Indie Spirits Awards should already reserve a table for Baker and his cast, including newcomer Son - who received the loudest applause in Cannes.Įven this far out before the 2022 Oscars, the movie looks like it could be a contender in the best original screenplay category, as Baker is overdue for his first Oscar nomination (he co-wrote the script with Chris Bergoch). Simon Rex plays an adult entertainer trying to get back on his feet in this latest lower-depths odyssey from the writer-director of ‘Tangerine’ and ‘The Florida Project.’ Dec. With the right release strategy from A24, “Red Rocket” seems like it could be Baker’s most mainstream movie yet, with its setting in Trump’s America and winks at ’00s culture (the film opens with the *NSYNC hit “Bye Bye Bye”). So far, the reviews for “Red Rocket” have called it one of the best films at Cannes.īaker’s last movie, 2018’s “The Florida Project,” nabbed a best supporting actor Oscar nomination for Willem Dafoe and earned a spot on many critics’ top 10 lists, and “Tangerine” was a darling out of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. More recently, Mungle was contacted by the Red Rocket production team for actor Simon Rex (who had a brief OnlyFans-style stint in the adult-film industry when he was 18), who plays a washed-up.
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