Mr. Koman It marks the return of Emmy Award-winning actor, singer and film producer Joseph Gordon-Levitt to television after six years. Mr. Koman, He writes, writes, directs, and executes production, telling the story of Josh Corman, an aspiring musician in his 30s who turned into a fourth-grade teacher and was on the verge of collapse.
Josh spends most of his time immersed in his self-pity, worrying about whether he has done enough, achieved enough, seen and loved enough, but in fact he never has enough time to enjoy what life brings him. anything.
When we met Josh, he was living with his best friend Victor (Arturo Castro), and he was still having sex with his ex-fiancée Megan (Juneo Temple). Struggling in a broken relationship, dealing with feelings of loneliness and failure and general unhappiness.
By the second episode, Josh started panic attacks, causing his roommate Victor to impersonate an aggravated blanket. In the end, Josh took a donated breathing course, which helped him calm down (to a certain extent) and made him realize that he was not the only one who felt this way.
say Weekly newspaper, Joseph Gordon-Levitt described Josh as “there are many people to be grateful for.”
Gordon Levitt said: “He does his best to be grateful and happy.” “But let’s face it, not everyone can be happy all the time. This can be sad, but it can also be fun. Sometimes, if you There is a certain sense of humor, that’s how I did it.”
Gordon-Levitt described his latest project as “not entirely escapist works”, warning that the series is very close to real life.
He explained: “When I saw real life, I found that the most interesting and cathartic thing appeared. Our show worked very hard to do this. Now, there are some fantasy elements that don’t look like real life. Those are designs that are more not an objective depiction of real life, but a subjective depiction of the feelings of life.”
To tell Josh’s story, Gordon Levitt drew real moments from his own life and his close friends.
He explained: “It is based on many true stories. I figured out that the origin of this character started with myself and then changed some big things.”
Many things about Josh are different from Gordon Levitt. For example, he is lucky to have “two excellent and positive parents”, and Josh has only one great parent in his life, his mother Ruth (Debra Wenger), whom Gordon Levitt has Described as “the union of my parents”. Josh also has a “problematic” father, Atty (Hugo Wei Wen), who is a hybrid of the parents of those close to him.
Gordon Levitt is married to “the love of his life” Tasha Macaulay, but sadly for Josh, he hasn’t met that person yet. “He used to have it, but then it collapsed,” Gordon Levitt reflected, “But it’s kind of a change like this. This is where I got this role. Start with me, then change some things and look at it. How does it cascade.”
Josh’s best friend Victor is in Mr. Koman Roughly based on Gordon-Levitt’s best friend Hector, who went to high school with him. Just like Victor, the real Hector works for UPS. “A sweetheart you can’t help but fall in love with,” Gordon Levitt gushed. Nevertheless, he quickly pointed out some differences between the two, so the similarities were not obvious. For example, in Mr. Corman, Victor is divorced and has a daughter, while in real life Hector is neither divorced nor has a daughter.
Mr. Koman Solving the mental health problem very comprehensively, Josh developed anxiety in the second episode. As the series continues, the mental health of the other characters is poor, ranging from depression to just feeling lonely.
In order to portray the struggle for mental health, Gordon Levitt doesn’t have to be too far away from his own experience. The past feels similar to Josh.
Gordon Levitt said: “I have experienced some feelings similar to what the character did, but not exactly that. Then there are many close people around me who have experienced the feeling like a character. In addition, what I have seen Some of the writers who have worked with her have experienced these feelings, and Aurora Guerrero, who directed the second episode, has her own personal experience of these feelings.”
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He continued: “It seems that almost everyone you talk to has first-hand or second-hand experience of these feelings of anxiety, so we drew inspiration from all these points of view of our collaborators, and then we also consulted to make sure we did it right. It’s scientific consensus.
“For me, creating things and being creative has always been a way to deal with the demons in my ears. If I have a bad day, one of the best ways I can solve is to sit down and write or play some music. It’s not even necessary to write something that other people will read or play music that other people will hear, but just to do so, this is a lot of what you end up seeing in this show and part of me making this show is to solve this problem myself , And then the role of Josh also sort of solves this problem by himself.”
As the series unfolded, Josh began to accept the fact that there may not be a perfect life, and maybe if he just relaxes and lives in the moment, he may eventually get his happy ending.
If the role of Josh Corman is too familiar to you, it may be because you know someone like him.
Mr. Koman Episode 1 and Episode 2 are now playing Apple TV+ now broadcasts one episode every Friday.
