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Watching her “incredible” husbandDave Francoat work givesAlison Briea sense of pride, she says in the new issue of PEOPLE.
“He’s astonishing,” says Brie, who has collaborated with Franco a handful of times: They acted together in 2017’sThe Little HoursandThe Disaster Artistand he directed her in the 2020 thrillerThe Rental.
“I’ve always known that he is an incredibly kind, genuine, curious person, but seeing him in action as a director and the way that he collaborates with the crew, it makes me fall in love with him every time, all over again,” she says. “I know it sounds so cheesy.”
“He just really digs the collaboration element to filmmaking, and I think he brings out the best in everyone around him, and then lets them also do their thing and lets them shine and take ownership of every department,” she continues. “And it becomes such a great vibe on set.”
Though that premise may sound familiar, this is no retread of wholesome Hallmark fare. There’s adult humor, pot-smoking, and a scene in which Brie’s character streaks on a golf course. “We have fun playing with rom-com tropes and try to take them someplace unexpected,” explains Brie.
Then when the pandemic hit a few months later, they got to work. “We really hunkered down in the first two weeks,” she says. They knocked out a draft, but it was, Brie admits, “s—-y.”
After many months, several rewrites and plenty of feedback from friends (“with everybody quarantining, they didn’t have excuses why they couldn’t read it,” says Brie) the couple perfected the delightfully cheeky movie.
Somebody I Used to Knowlaunches globally on Prime Feb. 10.
For more on Alison Brie, pick up the new issue of PEOPLE.
source: people.com
