Alex Pettyfer has a conspiratorial glint in his eye.
He wants to conduct our interview in the empty screening room of the Crosby Hotel instead of its basement bar.“It’ll be cool,” he promises, without a trace of anxiety about the fact that the theater looks very much closed to the public.Pettyfer, outfitted in a baseball cap and a tight-fitting t-shirt that reveals an elaborate series of arm tattoos, is in New York to show “Back Roads,” a moody drama that marks his directorial debut, at the Tribeca Film Festival.
He produced the film, as well as stars in it as Harley, a young man struggling to hold his impoverished family together after his mother (Juliette Lewis) is jailed for killing his father.“The most humble experience I’ve ever had was making ‘Back Roads,’ because I realized as an actor you’re on a solo journey,” said Pettyfer.
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