Hey guys, welcome to another edition of Happy Sad Confused.

I am Josh Horowitz.

This is my podcast, where I talk to cool and interesting people that hopefully you will find us cool and interesting to you.

This week's guest is a fine young actor, a really remarkable talent considering he's so young, he's 30.

Paul Dano is my guest this week. He is starring in a

excellent excellent new film called Love and Mercy which tells the story of Brian

Wilson of the Beach Boys.

If you don't know, I mean everybody knows the Beach Boys, right?

Everybody knows some of their songs.

And you probably know a little bit about Brian Wilson.

You know that this is a guy that had had drug problems had mental health issues

and this is kind of a biopick but it's it's really well done. It's Paul and John Cusack actually both play Brian at different

parts of his life. And it's, it's, it's it's it's an intimate story it's a it's a character piece it's

got great supporting performances from Paul Giamotti and Elizabeth Banks and it really gets at the nature of

creating art and inspiration and the damage that people can experience.

Brian Wilson has had a tough life

for many different reasons.

But it's one of the special movies so far this year and especially in the summer movie

season where we are dominated by Blockbusters. It's one definitely worth seeking out. Check

out Love and Mercy and check out this conversation with Paul who you know you know this

guy's work whether if he wasn't this podcast you probably are a fan because Paul has

been in some great movies he's been in there will be blood I mean he was

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