they definitely have that in common because ezra will pretend he doesn't care and tweet things like "i'm on a plane, did i just win an award? which one?" but is also out there hustling all awards season. i love this idea of writing retreats a lot! if they've stayed close over the years, i can see ezra going to max for advice aka complaining that nothing looks or feels right and that means he must be a fraud. basically, ezra was a minor level disney kid who was a little too weird and hyperactive to really be embraced by the other kids. he's leaned into the "hollywood outsider" thing (even though his last movie was literally executive produced by martin scorsese) and positions himself as a Cool Indie Guy but when it comes down to it he's just kind of a neurotic, hyperactive asshole who embraces his meme status but will also freely start fights with people on twitter just because