Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst Commits to the Bit at ‘Y2K’ SXSW Premiere
variety.comSelome Hailu Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst donned his turn-of-the-millennium apparel for the SXSW world premiere of “Y2K,” the Kyle Mooney-directed teen disaster comedy in which the rapper plays himself. “Y2K” follows two high schoolers (Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison) who crash a New Year’s Eve party on the last night of 1999 when they realize that the projected computer apocalypse is actually happening before their eyes.
Claudette Godfrey, president of SXSW Film and TV, introduced the film by joking that it was an honest depiction of what happened that night.
Then, in a post-screening Q&A when Godfrey asked Durst how he celebrated Y2K, he committed to the bit. “Dude, are you trolling me?” he asked. “This is the A24 24th year celebration of surviving Y2K.
What the fuck is going on here? We’re all survivors, right?” The other answers to Godfrey’s question were less illustrious, as stars Rachel Zegler, Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison and Lachlan Watson had not yet been born, Daniel Zolghadri was less than a year old and Mason Gooding was four.
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