Pete Davidson Shares Details Of Real-Life Tragedy In His New Film ‘The King Of Staten Island’

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Pete Davidson’s new film is deeply personal. In an interview with “CBS This Morning”, the star of Global’s “Saturday Night Live” opens up about his semi-autobiographical new movie “The King of Staten Island”, directed by Judd Apatow.

RELATED: Pete Davidson’s ‘King Of Staten Island’ To Open On-Demand “I just always wanted to show where I’m coming from,” Davidson says. “Pretty much how a tragedy affects a family.

And, I think, there hasn’t been many of those movies that are, like, really honest and transparent.” Davidson’s character in the film is similar to himself in many ways, including growing up on Staten Island, and losing his father, a firefighter, at the World Trade Center on 9/11.