Jason Biggs takes a page out of the Coen brothers’ playbook in his directorial debut “ Untitled Home Invasion Romance ,” about a romantic getaway gone absurdly, violently wrong.

“They are my favorite filmmakers. When I first read the script, I thought: ‘Oh, this is also happening in that kind of world.’ I mean, I am not a Coen brother, obviously. But they’re always my reference point.”

He’s ready to switch sides and “work a little more behind the camera,” he admits.

“When I was coming up, I’d wait by the phone and then go and audition. I was just an actor. Now, because of these things [he points at Variety ’s phone], no one is just an actor anymore. Everyone’s learning how to ‘create content.’ In a way, everyone is a filmmaker. I’m a little late to the game, but I’m hoping it stic

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