Justin Lerner Talks about Casting Jackson in 'Girlfriend'

The cast is very impressive all round, could you tell us how you pulled the ensemble together?

Jackson Rathbone was a close friend of my producers, who had very early on spoken with me about offering him the role. So we met and discussed the script, and Terrence Malick films, and after about an hour he said he would play "Russ", the jealous ex of Evan's love interest, and the closest thing the film has to an antagonist (though I don't believe in this word).

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