Screamfest: 'Ick' helped Brandon Routh make peace with career path

11 Oct 2024, 09:00 by Fred Topel · UPI

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Brandon Routh said his new movie, Ick, which screened at Screamfest on Tuesday, helped him put his career in context.

Routh plays Hank Wallace, a high school quarterback with dreams of the NFL who becomes a science teacher after an injury and suffering from alcoholism. Routh said he saw parallels between Hank's circumstances and his acting career.