Devil's Peak Director Ben Young On Working with Billy Bob Thornton and Robin Wright

Devil's Peak Director Ben Young On Working with Billy Bob Thornton and Robin Wright

On this episode, Andrew chats with WA local Ben Young about his new film, Devil's Peak, which features Robin Wright, Billy Bob Thornton, Hopper Penn, Jackie Earl Haley, and regular collaborator, Emma Booth. It's a thriller set in the Appalachian Mountains and focuses on a family torn apart by drug related crime.

In this chat, Ben talks about directing the mother-son relationship with Robin and Hopper, as well as the grounded nature of someone like Billy Bob Thornton. He also gives open advice about finding the right creative path forward as a filmmaker.

Devil's Peak is the opening night film for Perth's Revelation Film Festival on July 12th, with the night kicking off at 7pm at Luna Cinemas Leederville. Visit revelationfilmfest.org for more details.

We've got extensive coverage from the festival taking place this week, with interviews with filmmakers like soda jerk, Robert Machoian, Adam Morris and Myles Pollard.

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