Dave Franco & Alison Brie Are Closer Than Ever After Filming 'Together': "It Was All Very Vulnerable" | THR News Video - video Dailymotion

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A chilling new take on horror is coming to your screens! 'Together,' from Neon, stars real-life couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco in a film where staying close might just tear you apart...literally. Brie and Franco, along with writer and director Michael Shanks, sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to chat all about their new horror film.

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00:00We couldn't leave each other's side.

00:01We were going to the bathroom together, and...

00:03Yeah, as you do.

00:04Or just standing pressed naked against each other.

00:08Right.

00:09It was all very vulnerable.

00:10We got a lot of interesting positions.

00:12A chilling new take on horror is coming to your screens.

00:15I can't explain it, but we're sick.

00:17Burn me!

00:19It's so hot today!

00:21Together from Neon stars real-life couple,

00:24Alison Brie and Dave Franco.

00:26In a film where staying close might just tear you apart.

00:29Literally.

00:30This film takes relationship goals to a horrifying new level.

00:35What were your reactions when you read the script?

00:38We were blown away.

00:39The set pieces alone are just so innovative

00:43and like nothing we'd ever seen before.

00:46And also very ambitious where we were like,

00:48how are we going to pull this off with a very low budget?

00:51I feel like the most exciting type of risk-taking on film

00:55where we were going to get to do a bunch of things

00:57that we had never done before

00:59that maybe no one's ever done before.

01:00But we knew we had each other going into it.

01:03So that was like a nice safety blanket.

01:09Yeah.

01:09Safety blanket, the right word?

01:10Yeah.

01:11Yeah.

01:11The film marks the feature debut of writer-director Michael Shanks,

01:15who explores the terrifying intimacy of long-term love.

01:18I realized I've never been an adult without my partner in my life.

01:21And same with her.

01:22So when we started living together,

01:25I was just really thinking about the fact that,

01:28God, we like literally have all the same friends.

01:30We listen to the same music, watch the same films,

01:33eat the same food, breathe the same air.

01:34Like, I don't know where I end and you begin.

01:36Like, I don't know if I'm a complete person without you.

01:38And that was sort of scary to kind of confront.

01:40And that was sort of the area of a relationship that I really wanted to kind of focus in on.

01:46In the film, Maria and Franco portray a couple so emotionally entangled that their bodies begin to fuse together.

01:52Like, oh, you're already, like, sharing a life with somebody.

01:55What if you were so intertwined that literally your flesh started to even kind of intertwine with your other person?

02:01Uh, I think there are some relationships where people have been together for so long,

02:05uh, breaking up can feel like literally cutting part of your own body off.

02:10And for the actors, the experience was as intimate as it was surreal.

02:14It was as weird as you can imagine,

02:16where we were literally attached to each other with a prosthetic for 10 hours some days.

02:21Uh, we couldn't leave each other's side.

02:23We were going to the bathroom together and, uh...

02:25Yeah, as you do.

02:26Or, or just standing pressed naked against each other.

02:30Right.

02:31Uh, it was all very vulnerable.

02:32That was a lot of interesting positions.

02:34Uh, really put ourselves out on a limb on this one.

02:37Yeah.

02:37Despite the grotesque visuals and relentless pace,

02:40Shanks tells THR that the film was shot in just 21 days.

02:44But the work ethic from Franco and Brie kept the production grounded.

02:48It was so down to earth.

02:49They were just so, so, so normal and collaborative.

02:53And they just like are in it for the passion of, of the, of the craft.

02:56Seriously.

02:57We had crew members that have been working in the industry for like 40 years,

03:00coming up to me after day one or day two and saying like,

03:03these guys are the best bloody actors we've ever worked with.

03:05And I thought, oh, that's, that's a good endorsement from like a guy who just like carries lights around all day.

03:11And after portraying a couple who became physically inseparable,

03:14Brie and Franco say the experience only made them stronger.

03:17It's one of these things that it's very annoying to be like, no, it was all great.

03:20Like, I wish I had a tidbit to be like, ooh, we hated each other that day.

03:24But like, it was very smooth.

03:25We really enjoy working together for many reasons.

03:28Like she's one of the best actresses working today.

03:31I truly believe that.

03:32And so she makes my job very easy in that sense.

03:34And then also we have each other to lean on just for emotional support,

03:38which is also very important in this business.

03:42Dave is incredible on set.

03:44I admire him and everything he does.

03:46He pushes me as an actor and as a performer.

03:48I just feel like we motivate each other.

03:50Together is out now in theaters.

03:52This is The Hollywood Reporter News.

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