
This is California that we're doing." And I turned Kapinos onto Zevon, and then he became the patron saint for us, so not only in the show but also getting him in on the soundtrack whenever we could.īaltin: You say it was dumb luck you got into his music. And I just started listening and listening, and it was like, "Oh God, this guy's world.

I don't know why I came to Zevon, it was really just dumb luck or just good sense. And I don't know if we talked about this the last time we talked, but I really didn't know that much about outside of "Werewolves of London" before I started prepping for Californication. I think Billy Bob Thornton had the interest and was trying to get it written or was trying to get it done, 'cause I think he was friends with Zevon. And he goes, "Hmm, that's really interesting." So if you get Jackson Brown's blessing, it has to happen.ĭavid Duchovny: When I was doing Californication, I think Tom Kapinos, the creator of the show, had somebody who came to him with like a Zevon biopic. And bringing this all full circle is that I just did an interview with Jackson Brown for an hour and I suggested this to him.
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And so now, of course, I know you guys just did a movie together.

And you said, "I don't write songs, so there's no f**king way." Then I actually ran into Judd Apatow, who's a big Zevon fan, and I pitched him this idea. And I suggested to you that you should do a Zevon biopic. And the last song of the record, "Sea Of Tranquility," has a definite Warren Zevon feel to me. You will never remember this but we did an interview back about 2013 on the set of Californication, and it was when you were just learning guitar.
