Mason Alexander Park Knew This National Anthem Ad-Lib Would Make the Final Cut

Описание: National Anthem may be Luke Gilford’s directorial debut, but he’s no stranger to making art. He’s photographed some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, including Kristen Stewart, Jeremy Allen White, Hunter Schafer, and Bella Hadid, and directed music videos for artists like Troye Sivan and Kesha. His pictures have been displayed in prestigious venues around the world, including MoMA in New York and FOAM in Amsterdam, as well as The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and Vogue. In 2020, he published his first photography monograph, National Anthem, which documents America's queer rodeo subculture — something near and dear to his heart since he grew up going to rodeos with his family.

It makes sense, then, that his first narrative feature is a film adaptation of the same name. The drama follows Dylan (Charlie Plummer), a 21-year-old construction worker who joins a community of queer ranchers and rodeo performers — including the magnetic Sky (Eve Lindley) and outgoing Carrie (Mason Alexander Park) — and finds himself in the process. This is one of Park’s first film roles as well, though they’ve already accumulated an impressive resume that includes stage and TV projects like Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Quantum Leap, and The Sandman.

Collider got the chance to speak with Gilford and Park about balancing chosen and biological family plotlines, favorite ad-libs, and the Western movies they’d recommend.

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