Sunday, July 24, 2022

My Interview With Jono McLeod, Director of 'My Old School'


In 1993, a new student arrived at Bearsden Academy in Scotland. He said his name was Brandon Lee. None of his classmates, including Jono McLeod, thought he looked like a teenager. What followed was one of the country's greatest hoaxes. 

Decades later, McLeod has made a movie about that incident, My Old School. For MEL, I had a chat with the documentarian about con men, reverting to your high school self, and why he feels somewhat guilty about telling Brandon's story. Hope you enjoy.