Interview: Miles Teller, Paul Reiser, and Damien Chazelle Talk 'Whiplash'

Right now it's really good to be Miles Teller. He's been dubbed the next big thing at two consecutive Sundance Film Festivals, starting with last year's powerful teen romance, The Spectacular Now, for which he and Shailene Woodley shared dramatic acting awards. This year he came back swinging in Whiplash, playing a jazz drumming protege at the mercy of his ruthless instructor, played by J.K. Simmons. And since then, things have only gotten better with major roles in Fantastic Four and the boxing biopic, Bleed for This.

In my opinion, it'll be Whiplash that pushes him to the next level. He gives a commanding, physical performance and the intense interactions he has with Simmons are amazing. I had a chance to take part in a roundtable interview with Teller, co-stars Paul Reiser and Austin Stowell, and writer/director Damien Chazelle about Whiplash. Sine first seeing the film at Sundance I've been expecting that it would be a fall season powerhouse, but often the gap of time in-between causes the festival buzz to die out. That hasn't happened in this case and the anticipation for it has only gotten greater. Check out the interview below, and my review of Whiplash here.