Paul Rudd Embraces Movie Set Phone Ban
Rudd said Tom McCarthy’s strict ban on mobile phones reduced disruption and made the ensemble cast feel closer on set.
- On Saturday at the New York Film Festival, Paul Rudd discussed the "very strict no phones policy" director Tom McCarthy enforced on the set of A Statement, which he credited for fostering genuine cast connection.
- Set at a Florida resort in 1980, the film follows 20 experts hashing out climate policy; McCarthy implemented the ban to immerse the cast in the era's communication style, making filming feel more like a play.
- Co-Star Amy Ryan said the absence of notifications "definitely made the work much more rich," as the enforced policy compelled the cast to interact during breaks instead of checking their devices.
- Rudd explained that the ban helps overcome the reality that "the world has changed since cell phones have existed," noting, "We don't look at each other or talk to each other quite the same way."
- Equating the digital detox to quitting sugar, Rudd noted it takes three days to break the habit; he argues it is "important to put it down" as phones are "facilitating our own destruction.
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The world has changed since mobile phones entered our lives, we don't look at each other or talk like we used to, said the actor
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