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On My Screen: Simon Rex On His Toughest Role Yet In ‘Red Rocket,’ Fun Memories From ‘Scary Movie 3,’ And Learning To “Dare To Be A Fool”

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Simon Rex arrived at the Cannes film festival this year as an outsider: it’s pretty unlikely that any other actors in this year’s heavyweight competition line-up could boast a recurring role in the Scary Movie franchise, a hip-hop career as Dirt Nasty, and a successful transition from adult film.

But after the rapturous reception for Sean Baker’s Red Rocket, in which he plays washed-up porn star Mikey Saber, Rex left town with a whole new world of possibilities ahead of him.

Like Baker’s previous festival hits Tangerine and The Florida Project, Red Rocket is a raw story from the margins of American society.

But it also proves a surprisingly elective platform for Rex’s previously undiscovered range, as Mikey is forced to come to terms with.

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