'I Love My Dad' Star James Morosini Talks Dating Patton Oswalt: 'He's a Phenomenal Kisser'

Director, screenwriter and 'I Love My Dad' star James Morosini kisses and shares how he prepared for his bizarre makeup scenes with co-star Patton Oswalt.

"We hit it off beforehand," Morosini, who plays Oswalt's son Franklin, jokingly told Variety at the premiere of "I Love My Dad. " at the Largo at the Coronet on Thursday night. "He's a phenomenal kisser. I hope everyone gets the opportunity to kiss with Patton Oswalt.

Based on Morosini's true experience of being fished out by his father, the new indie comedy stars Patton Oswalt as Chuck, a father who desperately tries to keep in touch with his estranged son by impersonating for an online woman named Becca (Claudia Sulewski). During a scene where Franklin (Morosini) asks "Becca" if he can fake kissing her through their messages, Chuck imagines the ominous scenario of his son making out with him instead of his persona online. Amy Landecker, Lil Rel Howery and Rachel Dratch also star.

"The fact that something so absurd and perfect could happen to a writer-director-actor of his caliber is such a perfect marriage," said Landecker, who plays Morosini's mother, Diane. "He had the perfect story and he had all the ability to make a movie out of it."

'I Love My Dad' marks Morosini's second directorial effort, following his 2018 independent film 'Threesomething'.

"He doesn't have a lot of preconceptions or expectations about, 'Well, audiences want to see this, this, and that,'" Oswalt said of his director and co-star. “All of his takes and all of his techniques were so fresh and unparalleled. Really fun to see that.

Claudia Sulewski and Billie Eilish at the Los Angeles premiere of 'I Love My Dad' at Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles on August 4th. Gilbert Flores for Variety

The film also marks YouTube star Sulewski's second film role after 2019's indie horror "Deadcon." she said of her first day on set playing Morosini's imaginary love interest, Becca.

"But really, everyone was so nice to be around," Sulewski continued. “And especially watching Patton play such intense and moving scenes, and watching him add so much levity to the piece between those takes – even though what he was going through with Chuck was so intense – it was very cool to see his spirit come out. on set and make us all feel really comfortable.

Although Sulewski has never created a fake social media profile herself, she has "asked people to use [her] photos for catfishing." "Essentially, [I've] also lived that movie," she said with a laugh.

The guest list for the premiere included Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell, Jesse Rutherford, Chloe Cherry, Ava Capri, Rebecca Black and Bob Odenkirk.

“I Love My Dad” hits theaters on August 5.

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