Colin Hoover’s third film is about to hit the big screen Reminder of it It tells the emotional story of a young woman who is released from prison after an accident kills her boyfriend, as she tries to rebuild her life, reconnect with her daughter, and find love again along the way.
Starring Maika Monroe, Tyreek Weathers and Rudy Pankow, with Lauren Graham and Bradley Whitford as the little girl’s grandparents who refuse to let Monroe’s character see her. It’s a departure from the type of roles Graham usually plays, which was one of the main attractions Gilmore Girls The star said Hollywood Reporter.
“I’m thrilled when someone thinks about something that’s not something I normally think about,” Graham said at the film’s Los Angeles premiere on Monday. “I found something very poignant about it actually, and I went to work on it in a way I hadn’t worked on it in a long time.”
She noted that she also made “this movie Twinless Last year, where it was also kind of against type,” as she similarly played a troubled mother. Graham continued that when it comes to doing more dramatic work, “if there was more Lorelai [Gilmore] To do this, I would like to do it, but the fax is not good. And I think there’s something about getting older and you get different kind of parts.
The film’s two leads are also entering new territory with romantic dramas, as both Monroe and Withers have spent recent years working mostly on horror and thriller projects.
“It was very nice to do a movie that was so different from what I had done,” Monroe – who starred in it – said Long legs, He follows and The hand that rocks the cradle -Explaining the transformation. “My favorite genre is romantic movies, romantic comedies and romantic dramas, and it felt very surreal to be a part of one of those movies. And Tyreek is an amazing partner in crime, so I felt very lucky.” Although she soon returned to horror mode with her next project, They follow, She adds that she’s seeking more of a mix of genres these days: “It’s very satisfying in a different way, so I’m definitely looking for other things.”
He withers, himself out for him and I know what you did last summerasserted that it was refreshing not to be “covered in fake blood”, but “I had to live in that vulnerability, so there are always challenges to these types of films. If you don’t believe the chemistry or the heart with which we’re performing, we’re not in a good place. It was a lot more of an emotional responsibility with this film.”
Reminder of it It hits theaters on Friday.
