Mathew Lillard: Fat Kid Rules The World




Kamla Bhatt Show show

Summary: (http://kamlashow.com/podcast/wp-content/uploads/Matthew_Lillard_2012-150x150.jpg)Meet actor turned director Mathew Lillard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lillard), who talks about his debut film Fat Kid Rules The World (http://youtu.be/i8Nb1ubm1NA). Based on a best-selling novel by AL Gooing it's a poignant and interesting coming-of-age film about two teenage boys with very different personalities. What unites them together is their love of music. Lillard is using new and interesting ways to raise money for the marketing of Fat Kid Rules The World. He crowdsourced funds from Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/)and talks about how that money is being used to promote the film. He also talks about the new way in which they are showing the films around the country. In this interview Lillard talks about his debut film, acting career and how he got into teaching. Lillard's film repertoire includes Scream, Scooby Doo, The Descendants (http://youtu.be/SRdcogfMLfA) and Trouble With The Curve (http://youtu.be/kjnvsfytATI). This interview was recorded in San Francisco when Lillard came to attend the 35th Mill Valley Film Festiva (http://www.mvff.com/)l.   Photo credit: Wikidpedia