Ty Burrell, Craig Johnson, Bill Hader & Kristin Wiig at the Premiere of ‘The Skeleton Twins’ by Craig Johnson Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Dave McNary Film Reporter | September 11, 2014 | 12:24PM PT
Wednesday night’s West Coast premiere of Lionsgate-Roadside’s drama “The Skeleton Twins” at the Arclight evoked multiple memories of sibling strangeness. Director Craig Johnson allowed during the afterparty at the Argyle Hollywood that the onscreen combination of “Saturday Night Live” alums Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader as estranged twins made him think of growing up with his sister in Bellingham, Wash.
'The film isn't autobiographical except that I really do connect with my sister with dark humor' – Craig Johnson of 'Skeleton Twins'
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Johnson said that he and co-writer Mark Heyman first came up with the idea for the movie about a decade ago when both were film students at NYU.
“We were having coffee at the Starbucks at Union Square so I guess that all good things start at Starbucks,” he mused. “Maybe that’s what I should call my next movie.”
The film debuted at Sundance where it won the Waldo Salt screenwriting award.
Ty Burrell & Kristin Wiig at Premiere of ‘The Skeleton Twins’ by Craig Johnson Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images