With writer-directorRobert Siegel’s (Big Fan) newest movieCruisenow playing in limited release, I recently got to sit down withSpencer Boldmanfor an extended video interview. If you haven’t yet heard ofCruise, it takes place in the summer of ’87 and it’s about an Italian kid from Queens (Boldman) that ends up falling for a Jewish girl from Long Island (Emily Ratajkowski).
While you’ve seen the story of the cool kid from the wrong side of the tracks falling for the just-out-of-reach girl countless times, that’s not the main reason to see Cruise. The reason is that Siegel nails what it was like to be a young adult in ’87, before the internet, when people with limited means stole car stereos to make money, when pagers was how you talked, and back when cruising the Boulevard was how you got the girl. Of course it helps that both Boldman and Ratajkowski have great chemistry, and you feel like you’re walking around with them as they fall in love.Cruisealso starsLucas Salvagno,Noah Robbins,Gino Cafarelli,Kathrine NarducciandSebastian Maniscalco.
During my wide-ranging interview with Spencer Boldman, he shared a great story about how he landed the role, his love of Disneyland and why he needs to book a big Walt Disney movie, not wanting his character in Cruise to be one-dimensional, what it’s really like filming a sex scene in a movie, memorable moments from filming, why he was so excited to work with Robert Siegel, the 80s outfits, why he lovesTom Bradyof the New England Patriots, and so much more.
In addition, towards the end of the interview, he played “Get to Know YourCruiseCast Member”, which includes questions like what TV show he’d like to guest spot on, what film scared him as a kid, what is the background photo on his phone, what TV show has he watched all the way through more than once, has he watched a movie more than 20 times, and a lot more.
Check out what he had to say in the player above and below is exactly what we talked about.
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