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The success of the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building has exposed a new generation of viewers to the comedic brilliance and appeal of Steve Martin. But the actor-writer has been appearing onscreen since the late 1960s – and performing even before that, to smaller audiences, as a kid magician at the newly opened Disneyland.
His journey from shy, showbiz-obsessed youth in Southern California to stand-up sensation and (probably still shy) comedy legend is told in Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces, directed by Oscar winner Morgan Neville.
“For years, people had asked Steve about doing a documentary. He always had said no,” Neville commented during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event. “I think a combination of having a daughter and of Covid, perhaps, made him, like all of us, kind of think about everything in our lives. And I think it just cracked the door enough that he was like, ‘Maybe, maybe I’ll do a documentary.’”
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Directing the Apple TV+ project gave Neville a chance to spend time with a creative mind he had loved since childhood.
“I, like many people, grew up a fan of Steve Martin. … I was of the generation of kids that memorized his albums, and The Jerk was a huge film that came out when I was 12,” the director said. “I convinced my dad to drive me to Las Vegas to see Steve do stand-up when I was 12, but that’s just part of his career. Then [came] the movies. But then I’ve always admired the fact that his career has taken all these twists and turns — playwriting and novel writing and movies and music and art. It went in all these directions that I thought were really interesting and not that
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