Adrien Brody and Director Paul Solet on ‘Clean’ and Why It Was a Dream Role for Brody

One of the many films to world premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival was director Paul Solet’s Clean. Co-written by Solet and Adrien Brody, the film is about a man (Brody) with a violent and criminal past still trying to overcome the loss of his daughter. To keep his life on track, he spends nights collecting trash and his days cleaning up the neighborhood. But when a young girl that reminds him of his daughter is put in danger, he’s forced to decide how much of his dark past will be allowed to come back. Clean also stars Glenn Fleshler, Richie Merritt, Chandler Air-DuPont, Mykelti Williamson, RZA, Michelle Wilson, and John Bianco. Shortly after seeing the film I spoke with Adrien Brody and Paul Solet. They talked about why they each wanted to make this movie, the big challenges they had to overcome, how they wanted to depict the violence, how Brody co-wrote the film and did the music, why people love watching antiheroes, why Brody has wanted to tell this story for ten years, and more. In addit