Expect to see a few new sides of Thomas Haden Church as the title character of Don McKay , a wildly genre-hopping indie featuring the actor as a Boston janitor summoned home after 25 years by his high-school sweetheart Sonny (Elisabeth Shue). Terminally ill and under the care of a brusque, officious nurse (Melissa Leo), Sonny wants to spent the rest of her short life with Don — who wouldn’t mind that himself if not for the mounting levels of suspicion and secrets towering around them. Rookie writer-director Jake Goldberger cites Blood Simple as a seminal influence, but the film draws its primary energy from Church’s strapping, coiled reticence — not to mention the star’s leadership behind the scenes, where he labored for four years in the afterglow of his Oscar-nominated Sideways role to help bring Don McKay to fruition. Church recently spoke with Movieline about building McKay from scratch, wearing his producer hat, the backlash to last year’s loathed All About Steve , and what it was like going to work with Marlon Brando and Charlie Sheen (at the same time!)
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Thomas Haden Church on Don McKay and Going Straight to Cable With Marlon Brando
