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Director Rob Reiner discusses making a movie inspired by his son's addition battle
NBC News· 2025-12-15 17:12
It was very personal. I mean, it's not a secret, but my son, uh, Nick, who was one of the writers of the screenplay, uh, had g had his problems with substance abuse, and he went through, uh, a number of rehab programs from the time he was 15 to 19. He's doing very good now.Uh, but what I didn't understand is the depth of what he was going through. And the process of making this film uh not only uh uh forced me to see what he was experiencing, but I think it forced him to see what I went through and what his ...