<p>Director <strong>Michael Walker</strong> and writer <strong>Susan Gomes</strong> joined me in The Locher Room to talk about their film <em>The Legend of Juan Jose Mundo</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>Set in suburban New York in 1984, the film is built from a collection of real experiences Susan and her friends lived through during their high school years. Together, Michael and Susan wove those shared memories into a story centered on a charismatic Spanish exchange student whose arrival disrupts the emotional world of a group of teenage girls and challenges the myths they’ve built about love, friendship, and themselves.</p><p><br></p><p>In our conversation, we talked about developing the story collaboratively, balancing memory and emotional truth with humor, casting, locations, music, and what it means to look back at youth from the perspective of adulthood. Michael also shared how this project fit into his career as a character-driven filmmaker, while Susan reflected on seeing something deeply personal take on a life of its own.</p><p><br></p><p>Thank you for listening to this episode of <strong>The Locher Room</strong>.</p>