Logan Lerman interview: Why the Indignation actor is the rising star you need to pay attention to
Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I had the opportunity to speak over the phone to Logan Lerman, the star of James Schamus’ beautifully rendered Philip Roth adaptation Indignation. He served as a producer on Indignation; which he explains to me, “I’m mainly on-board early on to put the film together in a way that allows for minimal compromising of the filmmaker’s vision." The more time you spend with your director discussing the project, the better the movie is going to be.” Lerman’s involvement with Indignation was a particularly long-spanning one, he tells me; “We had about six months of prep on this film, which was nice. I guess there is a lot of Philip in the book and in Marcus, but I think that once I learned more about Philip – he’s pretty different from Marcus, I don’t think he was as stubborn.” Indignation’s luxury of time also allowed Lerman to work closely alongside a hero of sorts for him: the film’s director James Schamus.
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