Paul Rudd plays the moderator of the first-ever meeting dedicated to solving America’s climate crisis in “A Statement,” the latest film from Oscar-winning director Tom McCarthy. Set at a Florida beachside resort in 1980, the film follows 20 experts who spend a weekend in a conference room and — analogous to “12 Angry Men” — hash out their differences over how to draft a statement to Congress about the effects of carbon dioxide emissions on the climate.
\n\nRudd found himself more connected to the sprawling ensemble cast, which includes Paul Giamatti, Tatiana Maslany and John Turturro, by leaving his smartphone in his trailer, a practice he claims he’s now followed for some time.
\n\n“I don’t go to sets with a phone. I haven’t done that for a while now,” he told Variety Saturday evening during the film’s world premiere at the New York Film Festival. “It’s important to put it down. Anytime. They’re horrible things. I’m addicted to it like everybody else. They’re facilitating our own destruction.”
\n\nRudd revealed that McCarthy enforced a “very strict no phones policy” on the set of “A Statement,” which he found brought his castmates closer together and made filming feel more like a play.
Original source: https://variety.com/