It started out even more absurd than it is right now.

And I think we just tried to balance it as much as possible with getting notes about grounding the characters from the studio.

And then when we were in the edit, that's where the final, like, okay, I love this joke.

But it makes us, like, now we're in a farce.

Like, this is like not, you know, we're not grounded anymore.

So we got to get back down to our version of reality.

Hello and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

In this episode, an outlandish scheme to experience sex before they graduate makes two queer high school students start a fight club, and director Emma Seligman's comedy, Bottoms. The film tells the story of best friends PJ and Josie, two gay teens who take

the unusual approach of launching a high school fight club in a plan to meet girls and lose their

virginity. But soon they find themselves in over their heads

when the most popular students begin to beat each other up. In addition to Bottoms, Seligman's

other directorial credit is the feature film Shiva Baby, which earned her a DGA Award nomination

for outstanding directorial achievement and first-time feature film in 2022.

Following a screening of the film

at the DGA Theater in New York,

Seligman spoke with director Gene Stepnitsky

about filming Bottoms.

Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

How great was that, huh?

Amazing.

Congratulations.

Amazing movie.

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