THE EXTRA MAN is a Moving and Complex comedy by filmmakers Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. THE additional MAN follows Louis Ives (Paul Dano), a lonely dreamer who sees himself the protagonist of the F. Scott Fitzgerald book. Louis heads to make a fresh start Every time a episode compels him to leave his job for an exclusive Princeton prep faculty. He quickly finds a 9to5 job for an environmental magazine, where he experiences an abysmal, green-obsessed co worker Mary (Katie Holmes).