Best Of: John Turturro / Jordan Firstman on ‘Club Kid’

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And I had my hands in certain places, but a lot of times I thought, well, if I take it out, then if I get caught, the what am I supposed to say? You know, uh I'm doing research. Yeah, I'm doing your Yeah, I don't know if that would you know would fly. DeToro has starred in films by Spike Lee and the Cohen brothers in HBO's The Night Of and is in Severance. Also, Jordan Firstman talks about writing, directing, and starring in the new comedy drama film Club Kid, and how the story relates to his own life. He plays a hard partying gay club promoter who discovers he has a ten year old kid. Firstman also stars in the HBO comedy series I Love Але. That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.

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