Le Bon had been evasive about the inspiration for the lyric, but. The first was 'Do You Believe In Shame,' followed by 'Out of My Mind' and 'Ordinary World.' They all deal with the grief and loss he experienced after the death of his friend. Although he’d never really given much thought to an acting career before, he admitted he was curious about it. This is the last song of a trilogy written about the death of Simon Le Bon's friend David Miles in 1986. An agent reached out after seeing Armstrong’s performance in the show and asked if he was interested in doing more. Jimmy in the fiery Broadway musical based on his album, American Idiot. His first serious role involved taking over the lead as St. Green Day star Billie Joe Armstrong is appearing in a rom com sparking confusion and excitement among fans. So it should be no surprise that music is what led Armstrong to his nascent acting career. Music runs through the prolific songwriter’s veins, as it always has since he and his bandmates first started jamming out together 30 years ago in Berkeley, California. Releasing quietly to select theatres and VOD this weekend is the lightweight comedy Ordinary World, the leading man debut of Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong.

And the kind of love he has for his family, and how they share music-that’s me too.” And that was something I related to a lot. “When I’m at home and I’ve got downtime, my wife is sort of like the CEO and I’m just some klutz. Just before Green Day came on we made our way to our seats, already feeling fatigued, and steeled ourselves for an evening of unbridled mediocrity. “Perry is a lot like me and a lot of my friends,” Armstrong says. He still knows this character in and out, though. His pining for the past is restricted to an occasional, wistful trip down the wormhole of MTV’s 120 Minutes. Armstrong’s career, however, went on a more lucrative and creatively fulfilling trajectory.

Perry spends his days minding his young daughter and (kind of) working at his brother’s family-inherited hardware store, but mostly pining for the past. punk scene, whose career never recovered from his band’s indefinite 10-year hiatus. A former punk rocker (Billie Joe Armstrong) struggling to cope with life after rock embarks on an adventure to relive his glory days in one outrageous day. It’s run of the mill, humdrum, ordinary in its set up. But Ordinary World is a little too enamored of the phrase Truth in advertising. In Ordinary World, out in theaters now, Armstrong is Perry, a grizzled yet boyish veteran of the N.Y.C. Writer-director Lee Kirk’s script manages a few laugh-out-loud lines and moments, and Armstrong has an offhanded charm that plays well in a role tailor-made for him.

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