“And that was something I couldn’t shake, so I sat down to write about it.”

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“I think you might sort of find yourself like that with people you know.

I Care A Lot

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And often that’s not the case.

Your friends can surprise you both ways.”

Ultimately, he hopes the film and its morally ambiguous characters stick with people and spark conversations.

“People hopefully will be arguing about various parts of the film,” he says.

See Pike, Gonzalez, and Wiest in an exclusive first look at the film above.