Horror comedies such as The Addams Family and Ghostbusters have dark tones but are surprisingly suitable for family viewing.
I did not know what I was getting into.
I put it on.
And then something crazy happens.
Brian and David, tell us the genesis to this wild, wild tale.
You have to make a horror movie."
A U.S. couple’s pre-adoption getaway in Italy takes a turn when they’re stranded in a remote area during a storm. With no phone service, limited Italian, and rising tension between them, their once-idyllic escape devolves into a test of their relationship and resilience, exposing emotional cracks just before a life-changing transition into parenthood.
How did you guys respond the first time you read this?
Did you have sort of a similar experience to how viewers are experiencing where you’re going?
Were you set up or did you experience it sort of in real time as you were reading it?
Andrew Rannells: As I recall, the first time I read it, I did not really know.
There was a bit of a log line, but reading it was a big surprise.
And imagining that it was Nick and I doing that together was particularly entertaining.
Because I just kept picturing us doing some of these things.
How are you guys setting this up for the public?
Because I don’t want to spoil anything.
Are you saying anything about where it goes?
Are you even saying what genre this movie is?
Because it feels almost unclassifiable to me.
Nick Kroll: I’ve been selling it as The Crying Game 2.
David Craig: Funnily enough, that’s what we wrote.
You guys just embellished it, and we had to rename it.
Morgan Spector: It’s a movie that’s ripe for a remake.
Nick Kroll: It is.
How I Don’t Understand You Cast Created Chemistry
You guys are so good together.
“What did you guys do behind the scenes in prep to build up this dynamic?
Andrew Rannells: We had a fight club.
Nick Kroll: Yeah.
It was a wrestle club.
Andrew Rannells: It was like Grecian wrestling.
Nick Kroll: Grecian tussle club.
Have you ever seen those Greek and Turkish oily wrestlers?
Andrew Rannells: Where you wear a diaper?
We were in Rome, so I explained to Nick thats the best way to get into character.
Nick Kroll: And my wife signed off on it.
She just wanted video.
She wanted to see it.
And so it felt like it was going to be natural and easy, and it was.
And also we are surrogates, to some extent, for them.
Morgan and Eleonora, we want to hear from you guys.
Eleonora Romandini: It was hard to keep a straight face, very hard.
Even when they improvised at 4:00 in the morning, it was very, very difficult.
And it was an amazing experience.
And I had so many first times.
I had to run.
I had to, I won’t say anything more.
And yeah, everything was great.
And it was all very new.
And I had such a great time, and sharing with these amazing people.
But I was very starstruck.
So thank you very much.
Morgan Spector: I didn’t laugh at all on set.
I don’t actually.
I find they’re oddly very funny off camera, but on camera not as much.
It’s very dry.
It’s all business.
But yeah, I was excited.
I loved the script.
I love the material.
I love David and Brian.
And I also was very excited to get to do a big Italian character part on camera.
It was really fun.
I Don’t Understand Youpremiered at SXSW on March 8 and is currently awaiting wider distribution.
