Plainclothes' Russell Tovey, Maria Dizzia & Director Carmen Emmi on Their Queer Thriller-Drama

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"If you wait long enough, the world moves in circles." At this year's Sundance Film Festival, first-time feature writer-director Carmen Emmi debuted his drama Plainclothes. In his own words, the film is "a thriller-drama with romance," inspired by an L.A. Times article, as well as his own coming-out experience in the 1990s, a time when the queer community was ostracized—a time not unlike today. In the movie, Tom Blyth (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes) plays Lucas, an ambitious young police officer assigned to undercover work luring and arresting gay men. Struggling to fulfill his duties while also contending with his own repressed feelings, Lucas finds himself enamored with his target, Andrew, played by Russell Tovey. To round out this intimate and talented cast, Orange Is the New Black's Maria Dizzia co-stars as Marie. Emmi, Tovey, and Dizzia stopped by Collider's interview studio at the Rendezvous Cinema Center, where they sat down with Steve Weintraub to discuss the film. In this interview, Emmi shares his own personal experiences that helped break the story of Lucas and Andrew and talks about the importance of the time period and the significance of his use of Hi8 footage. Tovey and Dizzia also talk about what it was about this first-time filmmaker's script that drew them to the project, crafting intimate scenes, and how they prepared for their characters. #Plainclothes #RussellTovey #TomBlyth For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit https://collider.com FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL https://twitter.com/collider https://instagram.com/collider https://facebook.com/collider