I Used to Be Famous

I Used to Be Famous is a 2022 British musical comedy-drama film made by Forty Foot Pictures for Netflix. Directed by Eddie Sternberg in his feature length debut, and starring Ed Skrein, Eleanor Matsuura and Leo Long. The film debuted on Netflix on 16 September 2022.

I Used to Be Famous
Directed byEddie Sternberg
Screenplay by
  • Zak Klein
  • Eddie Sternberg
Produced byCollie McCarthy
Starring
CinematographyAngus Hudson
Edited byJulian Ulrichs
Music byDavid M Saunders
Production
company
Forty Foot Pictures
Distributed byNetflix
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis

Set in London, former boy band pop star jama on the street with an autistic teenager drummer and starts an unusual friendship.[1]

Cast

Production

Sternberg co-wrote the screenplay with Zak Klein, adapting from Sternberg's short film of the same name. Sternberg based the character of Stevie on his cousin, who is autistic and a drummer.[2] The film is produced by Collie McCarthy at Forty Foot Pictures for Netflix.[3]

Long, who plays Stevie who has autism, is neuro-divergent himself and diagnosed with a speech and language condition. Long said he is determined to make the industry more 'people-friendly' for disabled musicians & actors. He performed with the London Youth Folk Ensemble and National Open Youth Orchestra prior to his work on the film. The National Autistic Society provided advice and guidance throughout the production.[4]

Release

The film debuted on Netflix on 16 September 2022 and went into the top two on the Netflix chart in the United Kingdom.[5]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, I Used to Be Famous holds an approval rating of 80% based on 10 reviews.[6]

Glen Kenny in The New York Times praises Skrein for "mostly winning ingenuousness" of his performance, and especially the "seamlessness with which [Long] and his compelling character fit into picture…is the most noteworthy thing about it". He says the film strays into cliché but that makes the "ending which actually takes an exit ramp off triumphalist clichés, genuinely surprising."[7] Lesley Felperin in The Guardian described it as "schematic but sweet-natured".[8]

References
  1. "First trailer for The Walking Dead star's new Netflix movie". Digital Spy. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  2. "I Used to Be Famous is an uplifting and endearing Netflix outing". Digital Spy. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  3. "First Look at Netflix's British Movie 'I Used to Be Famous,' Starring Ed Skrein, Leo Long (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. August 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  4. "Netflix releases new film I Used To Be Famous with leading autistic actor Leo Long". Autism.org. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  5. "I Used To Be Famous viewers are all saying the same thing about new Netflix film". Cosmopolitan. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  6. "I Used To Be Famous". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  7. "'I Used to Be Famous' Review: Hold On to That Feeling". New York Times. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  8. "I Used to be Famous review – heartwarming boyband tale beats the neurodivergent drum". The Guardian. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
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