It’s hard not to talk about Uber in grandiose terms.
Accordingly, it’s hard not to talk about the story of Uber in grandiose terms.
“And it’s always worth telling a story about how the treasure gets lost in the revolution.”
Kyle Chandler and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in ‘Super Pumped’.Elizabeth Morris/SHOWTIME
By the end, he’s a mad dog."
“And Joe was in our head the whole time.
For his part, Gordon-Levitt says, “I find the Uber story fascinating.
‘Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber’.Raymond Liu/SHOWTIME
And Travis was one of the best in the world at that.”
So finding the human complexity in both his strengths and his shortcomings was really important.
That complexity is a big part of what makes a character fun to play.”
Kyle Chandler and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in ‘Super Pumped’.Raymond Liu/SHOWTIME
“And Kyle brings in a brilliant calculation behind the eyes.
He can see the big picture, he can see the win.”
But to get what he wants, he has to appease some of that [in Travis].
It’s kind of a moral drama for the Bill character."
“You didn’t know how he worked his material, and that made it a little more exciting.
It’s like three-dimensional chess.”
Or, as Levien puts it: “All business is personal, in the end.”
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uberpremieres Sunday at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime.
