Franco and Brie co-wrote Somebody I Used to Know, the story of a reality show producer who returns to her hometown after years away to seek a break. romcom StreamingNow AmazonPrimeVideo movies film entertainment
[Ally] was rebelling a bit, but she genuinely had a love for film and the art form. I think she wanted to do edgy, cool work when she was younger. She didn't envision herself [producing] a reality show series.
On that note, aside from the rom-com aspects, there is another narrative in the movie about devoting your life to things you are passionate about versus things that are less fulfilling. Have either of you experienced that in your career?Yeah, I think there was a time early on where I felt so fortunate to be working and having a choice about what I was going to do next.
As you wrote this script together, what happened when you disagreed on something? How did that get resolved?It's very rare that we'll disagree on something, but it will happen. Usually, it'll kind of marinate for a couple of days. Then, when it gets brought up again, we'll be like,"Here's why I think it needs to be this way."I think it starts with fireworks. We'll get passionate or defensive about a moment or a character and we go head-to-head on it.
Dave, this being your second film as a director, was it a conscious decision to do something completely different than your first movie,I don't think I thought too much about it. When we started writing this, it was at the very beginning of the pandemic. The movies we were watching were romantic comedies and movies that were very uplifting and joyous. It was all we could stomach at the time.
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