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A Different Man is one hell of a film. The story follows Edward (Sebastian Stan), a man with neurofibromatosis who decides to have reconstructive surgery so he no longer feels isolated by his facial differences. Once on the other side of his surgery, Edward realizes that his condition wasn’t what held him back from forming meaningful relationships when he meets Oswald (Adam Pearson, who was born with neurofibromatosis), a man with the same disfigurement who makes connections with ease. Edward soon finds himself plagued by an obsession with Oswald and a play based on his former life.

Writer/director Aaron Schimberg pulls out all of the stops in a script that is bolstered by two remarkable performances from Stan and Pearson, but the film’s shooting schedule — alongside other challenges — ended up making A Different Man quite the hurdle to get made.

The film had a breakneck 22 days to film, which meant some days were literally spent sprinting around New York City in order to get shots that, if they were missed, simply would not have been in the film. I sat down with Schimberg, Pearson and Stan after the film’s Texas premiere at Fantastic Fest to talk about all the challenges of getting A Different Man through the production process.
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