I think I’m a pretty good writer, but I don’t think I’m necessarily a great writer. I’m going to read this script.” It was the perfect head space to read a script because I can visualize it. And so when I went back; I wanted to care about school, but I didn’t know what I cared about. It was right in the middle of the pandemic, and I had just finished a show, so I didn’t really want to do another. The way these people would talk to me would be so fast and weird, where they’d go, “I don’t know what you’re not seeing here, boss.
Jake Johnson missed acting. During the pandemic, the actor wasn’t sure if he’d work again. Instead of waiting, Johnson co-wrote a script with a collaborator from New Girl, director Trent O’Donnell, and went out into the wilderness to shoot a movie about a mother and a son. The end result is Ride the Eagle, which is an authentic, feel-good movie with plenty of cannabis.
Cannabis plays a pivotal role in Ride the Eagle, creating a bond between the mother-son duo, Honey (Susan Sarandon) and Leif (Johnson). They’re two hippies...
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