Griffin Gluck — Exclusive Portraits

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Christina Casiano

March 13, 2020 2:51PM EDT

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Griffin Gluck

Griffin Gluck — Griffin Gluck stars as Mo in the new movie ‘Big Time Adolescence,’ which is out in theaters and on Hulu starting March 13. A seemingly bright and mostly innocent 16-year-old named Mo (Griffin Gluck) attempts to navigate high school under the guidance of his best friend Zeke (Pete Davidson), an unmotivated-yet-charismatic college dropout. Although Zeke genuinely cares about Mo, things start to go awry as he teaches Mo nontraditional life lessons in drug dealing, partying, and dating. Meanwhile, Mo’s well-meaning dad (Jon Cryer) tries to step in and take back the reins of his son’s upbringing. The movie also stars Emily Arlook and Machine Gun Kelly. In addition to ‘Big Time Adolescence,’ Griffin also starred in the first season of ‘Locke & Key,’ which is now on Netflix. He was previously best known for starring in two seasons of the critically-acclaimed ‘American Vandal.’ See more exclusive portraits of Griffin Gluck in our gallery now.

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Griffin Gluck On The Freedom Of ‘Big Time Adolescence’

Griffin Gluck On The Freedom Of ‘Big Time Adolescence’ — ‘We basically had a rule on set: one for Jason [Orley], one for us,’ Griffin said. ‘As long as we got the scene the way he wanted it and the way he wrote it exactly and we just had all of our bases covered, then we could keep doing takes that were just us playing around and if we found something that we were playing around with that we actually liked, then we’d continue and we’d work on that.’

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Griffin Gluck On Reading The Script For The First Time

Griffin Gluck On Reading The Script For The First Time — ‘When I first read Mo, he just seemed like a very relatable,’ Griffin told HL. ‘I feel like everyone can see a piece of themselves in him and that’s what I sort of got from it.’

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Griffin Gluck On Pete Davidson’s Character

Griffin Gluck On Pete Davidson’s Character — ‘Zeke is an interesting character,’ Griffin told HL. ‘It’s hard to like put my finger on him. I can’t tell if he’s like super sad and that’s why he hangs out with a 16-year-old or if he actually thinks he’s super cool and doing me a favor.’

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Griffin Gluck On Working With Pete Davidson

Griffin Gluck On Working With Pete Davidson — ‘Pete also taught me a lot about friendship,’ Griffin said. ‘It’s not all about saying hi every day or getting you a coffee or stuff like you use to become friends with people. It’s more about just checking in on people and making sure they’re doing well.’

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Griffin Gluck On Why Mo Is Drawn To Zeke

Griffin Gluck On Why Mo Is Drawn To Zeke — ‘I think it’s just natural for teenagers to be attracted to people like that,’ Griffin noted. ‘Mo says it in the opening that Zeke was the only one not to treat him like a kid, which is something that I’ve experienced all the time growing up.’

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Griffin Gluck On The Final Scene

Griffin Gluck On The Final Scene — ‘For Mo, it’s really just the moment where he decides to move on with his life. He’s gone through all of this drama and all of this heartache and the biggest mistakes he’s ever made. Now after like four months of dealing with the punishments, he’s finally faced with what caused him to make all those mistakes again and he has to make that choice to sort of just like keep going,’ Griffin said.

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