Dumb Money Interview: Director Craig Gillespie
24Director Craig Gillespie’s last feature that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, I, Tonya, garnered a few Academy Award nominations and even took one home. This year, the filmmaker returned to the festival for another highly anticipated movie, Dumb Money, starring Paul Dano and Seth Rogen. Following the screening, Collider’s Steve Weintraub spoke with Gillespie about helming this timely biopic and how he managed to condense it into an outrageous, digestible riot.
Like I, Tonya, Dumb Money turns a real-life scandal into a dramedy that spotlights an ensemble cast. Dano portrays Keith Gill, an online personality/amateur investor who’s put his faith in GameStop’s brick-and-mortar business for years. Big shots on Wall Street, like Rogen’s Gabe Plotkin, think otherwise, especially after the pandemic’s effect on smaller businesses, and all of Plotkin’s chips are betting on GameStop’s demise. When Gill’s YouTube persona makes waves among average citizens, the retailer's stocks begin to rise, catching the attention of the upper echelon when billions are at stake. Dumb Money also features Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, and Sebastian Stan.
During their discussion, Gillespie reveals how this blockbuster-to-be was filmed in a whirlwind 31 days and which vital scenes were added in the edit. He talks about the lessons he hopes audiences take away from this well-timed film, what information was removed from the first cuts, how he chose which of the important players were worth zeroing in on, working with writers Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum, and whether these events have shifted society permanently.
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