Documentarian Matt Wolf tells us about the prickly-yet-extensive interview process with late actor Paul Reubens for the HBO series, “Pee-wee as Himself.”

On July 31, 2023, the news of Reubens’ death came as a shock to documentary filmmaker Matt Wolf, who had spent a year trying to convince him to make the ambitious two-part documentary “Pee-wee as Himself,” now streaming on HBO Max, and over 40 hours interviewing him on camera.