The Success Story of Wes Anderson's 'Asteroid City'

Wes Anderson and Jason Schwartzman's decades-long friendship has resulted in their most substantial collaboration yet with the film Asteroid City. Schwartzman plays two roles in the film, Augie Steenbeck and Jones Hall, and Anderson's writing tapped into parts of Schwartzman's life that he couldn't have possibly known about. Despite feeling nervous about the role, Schwartzman found comfort in the similarities between his life and the character's. Anderson's intimate knowledge of Schwartzman motivates him in a way that's usually only reserved for family.