The late actor recorded 40 hours of interviews prior to his 2023 death for the two-part HBO documentary premiering May 23
In addition to hours of interviews with Reubens, Pee-wee as Himself also features interviews with Playhouse vets like Laurence Fishburne, S. Epatha Merkerson, Natasha Lyonne, and Lynne Stewart; plus directors Tim Burton and Judd Apatow; actors Debi Mazar, David Arquette, Laraine Newman, and Cassandra Peterson; and Reubens’ sister Abby Rubenfeld.
“Woven together from over 40 hours of interview footage filmed before Reubens’ premature death in 2023, 1,000 hours of archival footage, and tens of thousands of never-before-seen photographs from his personal collections, the film chronicles Reubens’ influences, from growing up in the circus town of Sarasota, Florida to his avant-garde theater training at the California Institute of the Arts,” HBO said in a synopsis.
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