You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Dan Baer's interview with the director and writer for Day of the Fight, Jack Houston.

Bless me, Father Five, since it's been about, um, rice. It's 20 years since my last confession.

Mikey. Uh, yeah, can I get two cheeseburgers, a side of fries, and throw in the Holy Spirit?

You're the only prick who would come in order fast food.

We do.

So, what are you scared of?

Everything.

It's like everything I've ever done in my life.

Good, bad, everything.

It just feels like this dream.

No matter what I do, I'll always be who I was, not who I am.

It's fair enough.

So who are you it's Dan Bayer from next best

picture and we are talking with Jack Houston the writer and director of the day of

the fight Jack thank you so much for joining us today. Thank you so much, Dad.

Lovely to meet you.

It's lovely to meet you as well.

I'm very excited to talk to you about this film, which I was lucky enough to see at the New York premiere this past week.

I'm curious what was the spark that led you to not just write this film but to direct it as well well I

always say I've always wanted to direct but I was in no rush to direct the idea had to be

right the timing had to be right there is that sort of old saying which sounds kind of corny, lightning had to

strike, but it's funny when it does happen, it really does happen. When this idea came about

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