LikeBohemian Rhapsody, another ballyhooed rock film,The Dirttook years to come to fruition.
But there were creative differences as far as keeping it clean.
And our story, we felt, is so important to leave the warts and all in.
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If you take out the ugly parts, then you just have a Disney movie."
“We all read that book.
I was like, “Holy st, we’re going through this right now….
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I just connected to it and thought that I could tell this story right.”
The Dirtalso served as something of a reunion for the group itself.
“By that time, no one wanted to speak to each other,” explains Lee.
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The way they chew their cereal is fing killing me right now.'”
When they reconnected, any lingering animosity quickly washed away.
That’s powerful stuff.
We kissed and made up and we’re back in love."
“Our outlook on the whole thing: ‘That was then and this is now.’
I’m not the same man I was 30 years ago.”
Those words were irresponsible on my part.
I am sorry.")
“It was pretty heavy,” says Lee.
It’s hard for me to admit this," he says.
“My mother passed away [in 2013], and we were never able to mend the fence.
“I kinda didn’t want that in there.
I’m not proud of it.
But it’s real and it happens to people,” Lee says.
“We didn’t hide it when it was in the book.
“There is a lot of horrible behavior in the book…. No, we weren’t choirboys.
Neither was anybody else.”
The Dirtpremieres March 22 on Netflix.
