AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Chris Rock pivots to directing with 'Misty Green' and says he's done chasing the Oscars stage
At 61, Chris Rock says he has reinvented himself as a writer-director, and he has no interest in returning to the Oscar ceremony unless the Academy nominates him, a shift he credits to therapy, a late-in-life diagnosis, and a $5 million film that may be his most ambitious work yet. Rock sat down with Variety […] The post Chris Rock pivots to directing with 'Misty Green' and says he's done chasing the Oscars stage appeared first on American Almanac .
At 61, Chris Rock says he has reinvented himself as a writer-director, and he has no interest in returning to the Oscar ceremony unless the Academy nominates him, a shift he credits to therapy, a late-in-life diagnosis, and a $5 million film that may be his most ambitious work yet. Rock sat down with Variety for his first extended interview since Will Smith slapped him onstage at the 2022 Academy Awards. The conversation, timed to the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of his new film "Misty Green," covered the movie's shoestring production, Rock's diagnosis with a nonverbal learning disorder, his views on Donald Trump and the media, and his deliberate retreat from the spotlight as a performer. "Misty Green" is Rock's fourth…Open