It premiered on HBO on October 20, 2018,[2] and received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances of Dinklage and Dornan.

[3] Danny Tate, a journalist and recovering alcoholic, is sent to LA for work, which includes interviewing actor Hervé Villechaize.

After he is assaulted, his parents send him to New York City, where he is inspired to become an actor after spending two months in his apartment watching television.

After securing representation from the William Morris Agency (by means of barging into Martin Rothstein's office with a knife), Villechaize is cast in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun, earning applause from the audience as well as his mother upon its premiere.

Tate catches up to him, and he begins to tell his side of the story from when people started talking about him being a problem to work with, including accusing his co-star Ricardo Montalbán of having his lines taken out of scripts and hosting sexually charged parties onset.

Villechaize, while Tate reads off newspaper headlines of his exploits, tosses his file out the window before bringing them to Rothstein's house to have him confirm Montalbán was after him.

Rothstein confirms this, but states Montalbán was not without reason, as Villechaize begins demanding more money and missing filming dates.

While appearing as Tattoo at an event he has a breakdown and lights his costume on fire, breaking down in tears in the arms of his girlfriend Kathy Self.

He calls his ex-wife Katie to apologize to her and accept that he can't fix things between them, and later that night goes to meet with Villechaize one last time before he returns to England.

[12] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 68 out of 100 based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".