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'Break Point' Cast: 3 Men, a Boy, and Epic Tennis Grunting

'Break Point' Cast: 3 Men, a Boy, and Epic Tennis Grunting

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YH sits down with the ace cast of the indie film 'Break Point' -- David Walton, Jeremy Sisto, Joshua Rush, and Vincent Ventresca -- at SXSW to get the scoop on this sports comedy about two estranged brothers. In the spirit of the film's tennis theme, David and Jeremy demonstrate their best tennis "grunting", plus Joshua reveals his 5 steps for a successful SXSW experience (hint: it involves swag)! Hosted by Nikki Novak (@nikkinovak). Check out the Young Hollywood Store Here: http://shopyounghollywood.com/

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Young Hollywood

I'm a very happy girl this morning. All I'm that's all I'm saying. Here with the cast of Break Point. Four boys, four, four men. Should I say four men? Yes. Three men and a boy. Wow, okay. Three men and a boy. blanket. Good to see you guys. So Joshua, I was looking at your Twitter. You fully embraced the South by Southwest experience.

Joshua

I do. I love South by Southwest.

Young Hollywood

He got free stuff totally. Did you? Did you you wrote I I conned my way in. You wrote how to succeed at South by Southwest. So school the rest of us.

Joshua

So, uh I did. I wrote a little guide to succeeding at South by Southwest. So, step one, go to South by Southwest. Get tickets. It doesn't matter how. Step two, locate free things. Step three, take the free things. Step four, put them in your bag. Step five, leave, repeat. You have now succeeded at South by Southwest.

Young Hollywood

Give him a round of applause. And you're embracing little barbecue.

Joshua

Oh yes. I went to the Salt Lick, which is a Texas institution in the words of my father. Um, of beef. It was really, really, really good.

Young Hollywood

All right, let's talk about the film, guys. Yeah. Okay. So you and David play brothers.

Joshua

Uh yeah. So we're brothers. We're estranged brothers who uh have, you know, uh years ago kind of um, I betrayed him in a uh during a difficult time when our mother uh passed away and uh and and we've things have been tense ever since. And um, uh I'm at the end of my career, a sort of not great career of a being a a journeyman tennis doubles player.

Young Hollywood

I saw some stills of you embracing the headband. Yes. The terry cloth headband. You were throwing it back.

Joshua

I brought that back. Back in high school, I used to wear that.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. You did, did you?

Joshua

Oh yeah. Just a school and everything. Just school. Yeah, I used to wear that. I used to, yeah, I was I don't know what I call myself, a hippie or something. But anyway, we uh uh we come back together. Oh, thank you. Perfect. You don't. Stop it.

Young Hollywood

How do you just have that in your pocket?

Joshua

Well, we're doing a tennis movie.

Young Hollywood

Name name any item, he can pull it out of his ear. Um,

Joshua

There we go. There you go. See, you've got the hair for it. Right? Can I keep that after? I kind of like it. I can promote the movie. I'll walk around South by with that. Um.

Young Hollywood

I like it. Yeah, no, you can definitely not keep it. So between So between the So between the two of you, who had the best stroke? The best stroke, the stroke?

Joshua

Uh, I think David's better. He's He I think Jeremy looks better on camera. I have to say. Yeah, you have a better Hollywood tennis. You're in all seriousness, he's a pow you're a powerful man. And a lot of that anger that you have deep within you was sort of going into the strokes and I think it looks good. I just think that you can tell a man's athletic ability by his calves and you have wonderful calves. Can we can you compare calves?

Guest

Uh, we can on screen. It's really, it's you kill me. You destroy me.

Joshua

You think so? Oh my god. Yeah. He's got really nice calves. You can check him out in the movie. But thanks, that means.

Young Hollywood

Gorgeous. Gorgeous hair and and who has, you know, there's like that tennis grunt? Uh, we let's do our we were playing around with some. Mine was kind of a uh. Eh. Yeah, that was more what you felt. That was what I felt. Oh, so we have to do the spectator back and forth. Right, right. Okay. You guys back too. Ready. Ready. Eh.

Joshua

Yeah. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Fabulous.

Guest

So my character's name is Barry. Okay. And he's he's smart for his age, but he dresses in a kind of eccentric manner. He doesn't know how to talk to people. Is the is the thing about him.

Young Hollywood

So you were really acting because you have no problem with that in life.

Guest

Okay. Well, um, when he sees this opportunity with Darren, um, who is who is the substitute When he sees this opportunity with Darren, who is his substitute teacher, he's like, oh my god, a friend. So he tries to he tries so hard to become his friend. And he ends up, he ends up kind of becoming a ball boy and then he becomes a friend and then he kind of turns into a part of the family throughout the movie.

Joshua

Yeah, that's what he was Yeah, I'm tearing up a little bit. He's got a tough kinda of a tough home life, you know, and he doesn't have a lot of he's kind of a little awkward at school. He doesn't quite fit in. He's smarter than most of the kids and and kind of uh, doesn't understand sort of social uh, how to fit in in school. So he uh, is really looking for some kind of guidance and he finds it in a really unexpected unexpected way from these two guys.

Young Hollywood

That's quite a teaser. Can't wait to see it. Thanks, guys for coming. This was fun.

Joshua

Yeah, thank you.

Guest

Thank you. Second guest: For having me.

Joshua

Me? Us. It's all about Joshua.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • David Walton

    Actor in 'Break Point', plays an estranged brother.

  • Jeremy Sisto

    Actor in 'Break Point', plays an estranged brother.

  • Joshua Rush

    Actor in 'Break Point', plays Barry and shared SXSW tips.

  • Vincent Ventresca

    Actor in 'Break Point', present during the interview.

  • Nikki Novak

    Host of the interview.

FAQ

What is the movie 'Break Point' about?+
The movie 'Break Point' is a sports comedy about two estranged brothers, one of whom is a journeyman tennis doubles player at the end of his career, who come back together.
Who plays the estranged brothers in 'Break Point'?+
Jeremy Sisto and David Walton play the estranged brothers in the film 'Break Point'.
What character does Joshua Rush play in 'Break Point'?+
Joshua Rush plays a character named Barry, who is smart for his age but awkward and seeks guidance, eventually becoming a ball boy and part of the family.
What are Joshua Rush's tips for succeeding at SXSW?+
Joshua Rush's tips for succeeding at SXSW include: going to SXSW, locating free things, taking the free things, putting them in your bag, and then leaving and repeating the process.
Where was the interview with the 'Break Point' cast conducted?+
The interview with the cast of 'Break Point' was conducted at SXSW.

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