Will Poulter and the 'Union County' team take their addiction recovery film on an Ohio tour
- Will Poulter, Adam Meeks, and Annette Deao are touring Ohio to promote their film 'Union County'.
- The film portrays addiction and recovery and is set to be released in independent theaters across the state.
- The team is traveling in a Chevrolet Traverse without publicists or studio representatives, focusing on local connections.
- They have made stops at family homes and are exploring local cuisine during their tour.
- The film has received positive responses from audiences in screenings at various locations in Ohio.
CLEVELAND (AP) — A movie star, a filmmaker and a chemical dependency counselor are halfway through a multiday road trip around Ohio and things are starting to get a little goofy. British actor Will Poulter, Ohio-born and Brooklyn-based writer-director Adam Meeks and Annette Deao, the program director of an adult recovery court in west-central Ohio, were close enough before, having made the indie film “Union County” just last year.
In a lengthy interview with The Associated Press at the Cleveland Cinematheque, it becomes immediately clear that nothing is even remotely “Hollywood” about this tour. There are no publicists, studio representatives or glam squads. One day, they all showed up to a regional news station wearing essentially the same thing (white T-shirts). Their “driver” is one of the film’s producers.
The three seem more like relatives than temporary colleagues — they are light and jovial and excited by the response to the film from their screenings at the Gateway Film Center in Columbus and The Nightlight in Akron. The regional pride, Poulter said, has been palpable, not just for the fact that it was made locally but for how it represents the human element of the opioid crisis.
威尔·保尔特及《联合县》团队在俄亥俄州进行电影巡演
克利夫兰（美联社）——一位电影明星、一位电影制作人和一位化学依赖顾问正在俄亥俄州进行为期数天的公路旅行，事情开始变得有些搞笑。英国演员威尔·保尔特、出生于俄亥俄州的布鲁克林编剧兼导演亚当·米克斯，以及西中部俄亥俄州一所成人康复法庭的项目主任安妮特·迪奥在去年制作了独立电影《联合县》，因此彼此之间已经相当熟悉。
在克利夫兰电影馆与美联社的长时间采访中，可以明显看出这次巡演与“好莱坞”毫无关系。没有公关、制片方代表或华丽的团队。有一天，他们都穿着几乎相同的白色T恤出现在一家地方新闻台。他们的“司机”是电影的一位制片人。
三人显得更像亲戚而非临时同事——他们轻松愉快，对在哥伦布的Gateway电影中心和阿克伦的The Nightlight放映中观众的反应感到兴奋。保尔特表示，地区自豪感显而易见，不仅因为这部电影是在当地制作的，还因为它代表了阿片危机的人性元素。