“‘Oh my God, they gave money to two kids to make a crazy [movie].’
Not to downplay it, I’m incredibly proud of it, but it was a crazy thing.”
“That’s what everyone said when we tried to get money for this movie.
Billy Bryk and Finn Wolfhard in ‘Hell of a Summer’.Aggregate Films
They’re like, ‘You’re a little young to be directing a movie,'” he says.
“I’m like, ‘Yep.'”
Wolfhard doesn’t see his youth as a hinderance.
“We’d like to let the film speak for itself,” he adds.
“I don’t think age defines filmmaking in any way.
He does admit it helped to have “enough self-awareness” to realize what they were getting into.
“This is our first feature.
“It was really informative.
I learned more in those three weeks than I have my whole life.”
“So I felt a little in my element at some points.
It was all the things, right?
It was a small movie in the middle of nowhere in Canada, and it was incredible and hilarious.
It was one of the best experiences of my life.”
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