Mano-A-Mano With "Horrible Bosses" Director Seth Gordon (EXCLUSIVE)

Seth Gordon looks like a pretty affable guy ... kind of big bear guy with expressive hair and a sincere voice. Exactly the kind of guy you could kick back a few beers and shoot the breeze with. 

And it's exactly in that laidback mode that we shared a light hearted conversation about Horrible Bosses, only his second studio feature since his 2008 movie, Four Christmases.  

Not to suggest that this is a lazy guy. Not in the least. Gordon has been busy directing some of the hottest television shows since then and at least one cool documentary. 

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And much like our 3 repressed, oppressed and abused guys in Horrible Bosses, he also has a worst boss story to share (don't we all?). It seems that his career as a dishwasher was cut short by a woman who supervised him when he used to do dishes at an old folks home ... and who just was not a fan of his. 

"Everything I did was wrong in this woman's eyes. I was not good enough at cleaning dishes, I always had to redo the work and others had to redo my work. I don't think I actually was screwing up, I think it was just a power play of hers..."

Perhaps just like Dave Harken (one of the 3 villains in Horrible Bosses played with much gusto by Kevin Spacey) a character that he finds "relatable" but not that it means him, of course.

As a boss himself, Gordon states that he "tries really hard to be an open minded and thoughtful director rather than some tyrant..." 

Of course, I could not find anyone to validate this story before I turned it in ... so we will have to go with his version!