From our Winter Issue: SimonRex, the former MTV VJ, talks to his friend ZacharyQuinto about his new film redrocketmovie.
Simon Rex never really had a plan. He didn’t set out to become a male model by the time he was 19, or an MTV VJ at a time when those were still a thing. His acting career, which included roles in more than one, kind of just happened, and his stint as the rap star Dirt Nasty was basically a goof.
REX: I moved to Joshua Tree right before the pandemic hit, not like, “I’m quitting the business,” but more like, “I’m putting one foot out the door and I’m just being realistic about the fact that maybe the Hollywood dream might be winding down, so let me go see what else is out there, but still be close to L.A. in case the phone rings.” It was me exploring the unknown and wanting to be in nature. I bought an RV a few years ago and I realized how healing nature is for me.
REX: I’ll go backwards a little bit to the first part of the question, which was, I tried to make this unlikable character likable by simply making him boyish and charming, like he’s a kid who doesn’t know what he’s doing. So the audience roots for him even if they feel conflicted about it. He’s a narcissistic sociopath, but he knows not what he does.
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