Kid Cudi joins Brittany Snow’s directorial debut ‘September 17th’

By IANS

LOS ANGELES: Actress Brittany Snow announced that rapper Scott Mescudi, better known by his stage name Kid Cudi, has been cast in her feature directorial debut ‘September 17th’. In an interview with Variety about ‘X’, the horror film that Cudi and Snow star in together, the two shared their excitement about continuing to work together, reports variety.com.

“I can’t really speak too much, except that Scott’s doing a part in the movie, so that’s cool,” Snow said. “I couldn’t believe that she wanted me in it,” Cudi said. “She had told me about the movie while we were on set (for ‘X’), but she never asked me to be in it. I was like, maybe she’s waiting to see how (‘X’) turns out. It’s gonna be awesome. Really great script.”

“I was watching Ti (West, director of ‘X’) a lot during the filming of this,” Snow said. “And I think that something that I learned from him that I’ll take with me is the specificity of knowing the through line of what you want, and being really strong and clear in your convictions of it.

“I like to play around on set, but it lends itself really nicely when you know that your director has a complete handle on exactly what they want. I hope I can live up to what everyone else has been doing.”
‘September 17th’ follows a woman, named Riley, who struggles with food and body image issues and has recently been discharged from rehab.

She soon meets Ethan and must navigate the line between unconditional love and a new addiction. Snow directs the film from a screenplay she co-wrote with Becca Gleason.

Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman produce under their Yale Production banner alongside Lizzie Shapiro under her production banner ‘The Space Program’. Executive producers include Nick Donnermeyer, Michael Rothstein, Jesse Korman and Jeffrey Tussi. Cudi is best known for his music career.

His debut single was 2008’s ‘Day an’ Nite’, which later appeared on the album ‘Man on the Moon: The End of Day’. His other albums include ‘Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager’, ‘Indicud’ and ‘Man on the Moon III: The Chosen’, as well as ‘Kids See Ghosts’, a collaborative project with Kanye West.

As an actor, his prominent credits include the films ‘Need for Speed’, ‘Entourage’ and ‘Don’t Look Up’. Snow had her breakout role when she joined the cast of the soap opera ‘Guiding Light’ in 1998.

She is also well known for starring in ‘John Tucker Must Die’ and the ‘Pitch Perfect’ and had directed the 2019 short film ‘Milkshake’. ‘September 17th’ will be her first feature-length film as a director.