Wyatt Oleff and Fin Argus on Bringing the Best Out of Each Other in Stay Awake
Weve got a film festival gem to put on your radar Its Jamie Sisley s narrative directorial debut, Stay Awake, which celebrated its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival and is the opening night selection at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Inspired by Sisleys own experience, Stay Awake stars Fin Argus and Wyatt Oleff as brothers Derek and Ethan. Dereks got hopes of becoming an actor and Ethans an excellent student with the potential to get into the college of his dreams. However, the typical comingofage experiences are often sidelined by the responsibility they feel to help their mother (Chrissy Metz) who s struggling with an addiction to prescription drugs. With Stay Awake s North American premiere at the San Francisco International Film Festival on the horizon, Sisley, Argus, and Oleff joined us for an interview covering their experience making the movie. Check out what they told us about developing the project, tackling numerous challen
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