John Wilson on His “Mr. Magoo-, Mr. Bean-Type Character,” His Doc on “Unsexy” Concrete and Hoping to Pitch a New TV Series

John Wilson on His “Mr. Magoo-, Mr. Bean-Type Character,” His Doc on “Unsexy” Concrete and Hoping to Pitch a New TV Series

HBO cult icon John Wilson (How to With John Wilson) took the Danish capital on Thursday morning, showing on the trade convention of the twenty third version of Cph:dox, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival.

In dialog with Thom Powers, a veteran documentary programmer of TIFF and Pure Nonfiction, he mentioned his work and profession, his dry wit and his newest function, The History of Concrete.

“I don’t want to die” was his first thought when the present was greenlit, Wilson shared in regards to the HBO collection How to With John Wilson. So, how did he and his collaborator, Nathan Fielder, method it? “We had to narrativize” his lived expertise to present an arc over the course of a season, the creator defined. Small speak was their first subject, provided that they’re each “socially anxious,” Wilson shared. “We ended up going to spring break in Cancun.” But he met a…

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