Before he went on to wow and intimidate audiences with his powerful, critically-acclaimed performance in last year?s award season darling Whiplash, J.K. Simmons took his character acting skills to the tennis court. Well, tennis court-adjacent, in the R-rated comedy Break Point in which he stars opposite Jeremy Sisto (Clueless, Suburgatory) and David Walton (About a Boy, New Girl) as their even-tempered, supportive, animal doctor dad. In an interview for the the movie the actor was asked, "What research did you have to do about veterinarians for this role?" Simmons said,
"My best friend in the world that I?ve known since junior high is a veterinarian, so when I needed technical advice I would literally just call up my buddy Paul and he would tell me where to find the bladder of an English bulldog." Break Point is directed by Jay Karas off a screenplay by Gene Hong and Jeremy Sisto, and stars Jeremy Sisto, David Walton, J.K. Simmons, Amy Smart, Joshua Rush Nisenson, Adam Devine, Cy Amundson, Vincent Ventresca, Chris Parnell, Jennifer Wade, Mo Collins, Jerry Minor, Kate Flannery, and Mayank Bhatter.