ComingSoon spoke to writer and director Josh Margolin about Thelma, the 2024 movie starring June Squibb and Richard Roundtree.
is a tribute to his grandmother, working with June Squibb and Richard Roundtree, and more. It will be released on Blu-ray, DVD, and On Demand from Magnolia Home Entertainment on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.
Oh, I’m so glad. I appreciate that. I wanted it to have some catharsis and fun and kind of be of a piece with how I experienced time with my grandma, who is kind of all of those things. There’s heaviness, there’s real grief and stakes to this moment in her life, the things she lost and the things she’s facing. But she’s always so funny and so full of life and verve. She’s just an incredibly alive person, even in moments when she is diminished or struggling.
I’m sure. I’m dying to talk to you about June Squibb in this movie, too, because she looks like she’s having the absolute time of her life being able to film some of the scenes in here. What was it like working with her and what kind of vibe did she bring to the set? That’s a good question. I think there were probably a handful. She was pretty game for anything, which was amazing, and she did a lot more than we thought she was going to do. We had a great stunt team — our coordinator, Ryan Sturz, and her double, Heidi Pascoe — they were very involved, even when was performing the stunts and they were kind of coaching her through. That was fortunate, to have a great gang around her.
He’s a wonderful actor and a really lovely guy. I feel really lucky that we got to work with him and spend time with him. I think, watching it now, it just all has a little more weight, in some way, with him. He’s already bringing so much pathos and heart and vulnerability to that part, especially to those scenes where he kind of opens up and gets to talk about his experience with his wife, aging, and all of that.
That’s so awesome. Another thing I love about Thelma is there are these big, laugh-out-loud moments the whole way through, it’s so funny and charming. But there’s also a whole lot of heart. I think one of my favorite scenes was when June Squibb was alone at night, she falls down, and then you see Richard Roundtree come and pick her up. I thought that was really touching. I know you edited the film as well. I’m curious what it was like trying to balance the comedy, the emotion, and the heart.
It’s funny, we did re-write the movie for Fred, basically. That role was originally around 30-something and at a different transitional moment of some burn-out and trying to figure out what’s next. When we say Fred in The White Lotus, we were like, ‘He’s so perfect for this.’ I just felt like a kindredness with him watching him; I relate to him, I think he’s so good, and I think he’d be perfect for the role. Luckily, he said yes.
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