Exclusive: Somebody I Used To Know cast interviews with Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Jay Ellis, Kiersey Clemons
Hitting Prime Video on Feb. 10 is the romantic comedy Somebody I Used To Know, directed by Dave Franco from a script he wrote with his wife, actress Alison Brie. The cast include Brie, Jay Ellis, Kiersey Clemons, Haley Joel Osment, Danny Pudi, Julie Hagerty, Amy Sedaris, Sam Richardson, and Zoë Chao.
Workaholic TV producer Ally (Alison Brie) faces a major professional setback which sends her running to the comforts of her hometown. She spends a whirlwind evening reminiscing with her first love Sean (Jay Ellis) and starts to question everything about the person she's become. Things only get more confusing when she discovers Sean is getting married to Cassidy (Kiersey Clemons) whose confidence and creative convictions remind Ally of who she used to be. Directed by Dave Franco and written by Franco & Alison Brie, SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOWis an unconventional love story about three people who unexpectedly help each other rediscover who they really are, where they came from, and where they're going.
This is Franco and Brie’s 4th collaboration (The Rental, The Disaster Artist, The Little Hours).
Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales spoke with director Dave Franco, and cast members Alison Brie, Jay Ellis, & Kiersey Clemons regarding romantic comedies and what makes them work. In an Indiewire interview, Franco said the film was inspired by '80s and '90s romantic comedies