Rolling Stone How John Wilson Made the Quirkiest, Most Transcendent Show on Television
The filmmaker talks about creating his surprise HBO hit ‘How to With John Wilson,’ becoming famous, sort of, and plans for Season 2
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It’s been a little over six weeks since the docuseries
How to With John Wilson premiered on HBO to unanimous rave reviews, earning an instant cult following and a perfect 100-percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and the 34-year-old filmmaker at the center of it is still trying to process what’s happened to his life.
“I’m really shocked,” says Wilson. “I did not think that it would resonate with this many people. It’s a very strange feeling and really overwhelming. But it’s all in my phone, and my physical reality hasn’t changed at all. I go outside and people still don’t want to talk to me, which is fine.”