I thought one of the funniest
lines in the film was “next time
you write lyrics stop watching
the Disney Channel.”
You know it’s funny, I cut that out
and Alex was like, “Put that back
in” and people seem to like it!
The film includes several nightmare
scenarios for musicians,
including kicking off a show by
playing the wrong song. Were
these actual things your musician
friends went through or
were they mostly imagined?
Most were imagined, but Alex
was our authenticity police. The
entire time spent in pre-production
he was very adamant that this
be as true to the lifestyle as possible.
So when he showed it to fellow
musicians they would believe
it. They were his most important
audience. Whenever there was
anything in the script that went out
of the bounds of what he thought
was possible in that rock and roll
world, we got rid of it. Most of our
scenarios were imagined, but they
were informed by experiences I
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