The comedy from director Brit McAdams stars Wilson as aBob Ross-inspired artist named Carl Nargle, Vermont’s No.
1 public television painter the epitome of a local celebrity.
But his faith and status is shaken when a younger, better artist comes along to revitalize the station.
Owen Wilson in ‘Paint’.IFC FIlms
It’s a world theLokistar is deeply familiar with, having visited his father on set as a child.
He notes, too, that there were some Carl Nargle lookalikes walking around the station in those days.
“Maybe not the hair, but the fashion that Carl is rocking was well represented there.”
Owen Wilson in ‘Paint’.IFC Films
“It’s painful.
I played that in the way I would imagine that would feel.
We’ve all had experiences of feeling like you don’t fit in or being rejected.”
“My two boys joined in and we took a class,” he says.
We worked on some paintings."
The larger-than-life permed wig also helped.
“Luckily, we got to a place where it did, but it was a struggle.
Some of the early incarnations of Carl Nargle’s wig were wildly off base and would not have worked.
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