Red Rocket
Everything's bigger in Texas.
Country
Production
Budget
$1 100 000
Revenue
$2 316 004
Website
Director
Actors
Simon Rex, Suzanna Son, Bree Elrod, Ethan Darbone, Brenda Deiss, Sophie, Judy Hill, Brittney Rodriguez, Marlon Lambert, Vickie Pearce
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Sean Baker, Shih-Ching Tsou, Samantha Quan, Alex Saks, Alex Coco, Ben Browning, Glen Basner, Jackie Shenoo, Milan Popelka, Alison Cohen
Operator
Composer
Artist
Stephonik Youth
Audition
Editing
Short description
After hitting rock bottom in Los Angeles, former porn star Mikey Saber returns to his hometown in Texas to stay with his estranged wife and mother-in-law. Just as tensions begin to ease, he becomes infatuated with a young doughnut shop worker named Strawberry.
What's left behind the scenes
- Director Sean Baker spotted Brittney Rodriguez while she was walking her dog and immediately offered her a role in the film.
- Before becoming a well-known VJ in the 1990s, Simon Rex appeared in pornographic films under the pseudonym 'Sebastian'.
- Simon Rex was personally invited for the lead role in the film by director and screenwriter Sean Baker, who dislikes dealing through agents. Consequently, Rex's agent had no idea he was cast in the movie until filming had completely finished.
- In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Suzanne Son revealed that she watched the finished film for the first time alone in her kitchen at home in Los Angeles. She was so anxious to see how she appeared in the erotic scenes that she paused the movie before they began to calm herself down by dancing, but it ended with her breaking her leg. Five days later, she attended the film's premiere in Cannes in a wheelchair and a cast.
- On her very first day on set, Suzanne Son had to perform nude scenes in which she sings and makes love to Simon Rex's character. These were the first love scenes of her career.
- Before becoming known as a VJ in the 1990s, Simon Rex starred in pornographic films under the pseudonym “Sebastian.”
- Suzanne Sone told the Los Angeles Times in an interview that she watched the finished film for the first time alone, at her home in Los Angeles, in the kitchen. She was so eager to see how she came across in the erotic scenes that the actress paused it before they began to calm herself with a little dance, but it ended with her breaking her leg. Five days later, she was already at the film’s premiere in Cannes in a wheelchair and with her leg in a cast.
- Director Sean Baker spotted Brittany Rodriguez while she was walking her dog and immediately offered her a role in the film.
- Simon Rex was personally invited to the main role in the film by the director and screenwriter Sean Baker, who cannot stand working through agents. Thus, Rex's agent had no idea he was involved in this film until the end of shooting.
- During the filming of the fight in the parking lot, passersby repeatedly called the police to report a disturbance.
- On October 23, Sean Baker called Simon Rex, whom he had not known previously, convinced him to urgently record an audition tape and send it over, and then drive to Texas to avoid dealing with flights and quarantine measures, and then, three days later, begin filming.
- On October 23, Sean Baker called Simon Rex, whom he had not met before, convinced him to urgently record an audition and send it to him, and then drive to Texas to avoid dealing with airplanes and quarantine measures, and then, three days later, begin filming.
- On her very first day on set, Suzanne Sone had to perform nude in scenes where she engages in lovemaking with Simon Rex’s character and sings. These were her first love scenes in her career.
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