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For fans who want to know what to expect from the comedy, the official synopsis reads: “This summer, Apatow directs Saturday Night Live breakout Pete Davidson in a bracing comedy about love, loss and laughter on Staten Island.
“Scott (Davidson) has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He’s now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister (Maude Apatow) heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother (Marisa Tomei) and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys—Oscar (Ricky Velez), Igor (Moises Arias) and Richie (Lou Wilson)—and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey (Bel Powley).
“But when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray (Bill Burr), it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life.
“The film also stars Steve Buscemi as Papa, a veteran firefighter who takes Scott under his wing, and Pamela Adlon (FX’s Better Things) as Ray’s ex-wife, Gina.”
Speaking to ScreenRant, Davidson, whose own firefighter father died as a result of 9/11, said of the story: “You know, it was really freeing and very healing. This is a story I’ve always wanted to tell, and I always wanted to show my side of things. And I thank Judd for allowing me to do that. What it allowed me to do is heal personally in my own life…I made this so that I could move on and become a better person, and maybe that chapter of my life won’t weigh so heavy on me. So, that was really the main goal of the film for me.”
The King of Staten Island is released on Friday, June 12.
