‘Poetic License’: Why Maude Apatow Cast Her Mom, Leslie Mann, in Her Directorial Debut

Twenty years ago, a seven-year-old Maude Apatow started her showbiz career with an appearance in her father Judd’s famed comedy “The 40-Year-Old Virgin.” Now, she’s making her directorial debut with “Poetic License,” a comedy premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival that stars Apatow’s mother, Leslie Mann.

Mann told TheWrap that she had been looking over Raffi Donatich’s script long before she had cast anyone for the film, but the more she read it, the more she had her mom in mind.

“There’s certain parts of the script that kind of reminded me of us and our relationship as a mother and daughter. And yeah,…