about her summer working as an assistant to author Hunter S. Thompson. In the movie, aspiring writer Alley Russo is handpicked to be the latest in a string of assistants to the father of gonzo journalism, Walker Reade , as he struggles to work on his new novel.
Arquette was granted a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement to be able to promote the film amid the actors' strike, so several members of its cast, including Morrone and Dafoe, also attended the TIFF world premiere. During a cast Q&A following the screening, Morrone said as soon as she'd learned the film was Arquette's directorial debut, she wanted to be part of it, even before Dafoe was attached.
"I sent in my audition and I just prayed and prayed and prayed, and I didn't hear anything for, like, two months, so I just assumed that I hadn't gotten the role," she recalled. "Then on my birthday, I woke up with a phone call that Patricia Arquette chose me to play Alley Russo inThe actress said she went into the experience wanting to absorb as much as she could from Arquette and Dafoe.
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