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Leonard and Jessie discuss the career of actor Lou Taylor Pucci, highlighting his early work and latest role.

It's hard to believe that more than twenty years have passed since Leonard and Jessie became aware of Lou Taylor Pucci, who starred in two Sundance features called Thumbsucker and Chumscrubber that launched a career that's still going strong. The still-youthful actor is forever taking on challenges, none wilder than the bug-eyed alien he plays in Touch Me , which is now ON DEMAND AND ON DIGITAL April 7, 2026

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