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Email updates Twitter Facebook RSS FeedsIt might have been awkward if you took your dad to see Adrian Grenier’s new documentary, “Shot in the Dark,” on Fathers Day.
The “Entourage” star and Clinton Hill resident directed this feature, which he presented at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, that followed his struggle to reconnect with the father he barely knew.
What turns the film on its ear, though, is the unexpected relationship that Grenier, pictured, and his father develop during the process.
“There are no victims and there are no villains,” Grenier told GO Brooklyn. “That’s a construct of the movies. In reality, we’re all as vulnerable as the next. We’re all children, we’re all babies inside.”
Which brought up the obvious question: Does Grenier see fatherhood in his own future? “Presently, I’m not planning on having kids,” he said, to the chagrin of the women watching his every move.
Those ladies couldn’t compete with the actor’s mother, Karesse, who got all her son’s attention the entire night. “Through process of making the film, [Adrian] started having an adult relationship with his parents,” she said.
Grenier and his dad are now involved in one another’s lives — it’s an unexpected happy ending, but Grenier keeps a cool head about the relationship. “Now I feel comfortable and I feel confident,” he said. “I have the whole capability of controlling my own destiny.”
“Shot in the Dark” is currently airing on HBO. For information, visit www.hbo.com.
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