Unfortunately, before the nuptials can begin, all manners of debauchery ensue.
Check out the full conversation in the video above or in the transcript below.
What Is ‘For Worse’ About?
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Originally, this indie rom-com was going to be “much darker.”
PERRI NEMIROFF: I am so thrilled to talk aboutFor Worse.
Congratulations on your movie.
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AMY LANDECKER:For Worseis about a woman who has just gotten divorced and is starting her life over.
She decides to take an acting class and bonds with that class, particularly a student in that class.
They all get invited to a wedding, and it doesn’t go very well.
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Job very well done.
I know you’ve been working on this for a good while.
I guess I was trying to be sort of like indie cool, which I am not.
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You should be so, so proud.
LANDECKER: Oh, thanks!
I will stick with you on being a very experienced actor who is now directing her first feature film.
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LANDECKER: Oh, I have perfect stories in my head around that.
Nobody gets mad, nobody’s in trouble.
I think I pulled that off, right?
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BRADLEY WHITFORD: Yeah, you totally pulled that off.
LANDECKER: So anyway, I really appreciated that style.
It was probably the best time I’ve ever had on a job because of that.
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I know detectives, and I just don’t believe what you did.
Just do it differently.
I have that, now could we try this?
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Then everybody’s fine.
And that’s what I really wanted was for people to feel like they were having a good time.
I feel like that’s true of literally every human being.
We would all be teed up for success better if everybody had that mentality.
Beautifully put right there.
LANDECKER: Just in case someone doesn’t know, we’re married.
WHITFORD: Sorry, my daughter’s here.
Shes so honest and vulnerable as a human being, and real and generous as an actor.
PYLE: And I was like, Yes!
LANDECKER: Literally, I called Missi on Friday for a Sunday shoot.
PYLE: And I was like, Yes!
There was so much freedom to play.
I had so much fun making this movie.
I walked in at the last second and I never felt nervous.
You were also extremely effusive.
Then both of you were there to, Oh, what if you say…?
LANDECKER: One of the best lines is, Well, there’s more than one of those.
PYLE: Where are you going?
It was so much fun.
I had an absolute ball.
It was just crazy.
LANDECKER: We have played friends.
PYLE: We hadjustplayed friends, and we did feel that way about each other.
I suspect I’ll like that other movie now, too.
PYLE: It was so fun.
So, I was just tickled.
And I loved being you’re ride or die at the end.
She’s wearing the exact outfit.
PYLE: I was disappointed we didn’t go off a cliff, but maybe in the sequel.
It was like, Let’s play!
I feel like for everybody it was just the more!
Oh, I’m going to follow up on that, but Nico, first, make Amy blush.
NICO HIRAGA: I think Amy is just an all-around amazing person.
She was originally just my homie.
I think you called us mom and dad for a while, so this gets a little weird.
WHITFORD: It is an extremely difficult part to pull off, and he does it perfectly.
HIRAGA: Wait, we’re talking about Amy.
You deserve all that credit, too, I will say.
You’re a legend.
WHITFORD: Top three.
LANDECKER: [Laughs] Thank you!
He’s like, You’re, like, in the top 20.
HIRAGA: No, no, no.
LANDECKER: No, that was very sweet.
HIRAGA: You were very, very good.
I felt so comfortable going to set.
Even, like, we had some intimate scenes, but you’re my director overall.
LANDECKER: And there’s Bradley in there going, Make it hotter.
I’m like, Okay, we’re really getting weird.
HIRAGA: You are truly amazing.
You have a very large ensemble here.
Can you each name someone who just wowed you on the spot?
He just nailed that scene.
LANDECKER: Spencer Stevenson.
He plays Todd, the gay brother of the bride.
WHITFORD: I don’t see sexual preference.
I’m kidding, I’m kidding.
LANDECKER: We also stole Spencer fromRosaline.
Another person I hung out with in Italy and thought of for this part.
And he just improvised the Bitch, what?
which is one of the funniest moments of the movie, as well.
In fact, all the funny moments of the movie were really not mine.
It’s these actors just being present.
I mean, I fell out when he said that.
The pause, the timing.
But he was so present.
PYLE: It was because you made that environment, and then his stuff would just pop out.
That doesn’t always happen.
That scene is so good.
I love you instantly.
PYLE: The whole thing with the Dr. Pepper, your performance, and then Gaby Hoffman.
PYLE: So funny.
LANDECKER: I cut, like, three-quarters of that speech about the Dr. Pepper.
PYLE: The speech.
I couldn’t believe how funny she was.
Then she’s in there in just that shirt with no bra.
LANDECKER: She knew exactly what she wanted to wear.
Katie Butcher, who did my costumes, was incredible, and they sort of worked together.
I was really surprised she wanted to be in this movie.
She was my first day, and I’ve worked with her for years.
Honestly, talk about warm.
That was when things really calmed down in me was to have her there.
She brought me good luck.
Nico, I want you to take us home on this one.
HIRAGA: I was going to say Kiersey [Clemon]s stepdad.
LANDECKER: Jay Lacopo!
HIRAGA: Him poppin and lockin.
LANDECKER: Jay Lacopo I’ve known for years.
He doesn’t act anymore.
Bradley and I are at a birthday party in New York, and he happened to be there.
He’s on the dance floor, and he’s a really good dancer.
He keeps wiping his brow with a handkerchief, and Bradley’s like, Chuck.
That has to be the stepfather.
And he said yes, and he kills it.
Spot-on casting across the board.
Amy Landecker Is a Filmmaking Triple Threat
“I never gave up.”
You made a movie, and that’s a big deal.
I love asking this question all the time.
I have to warn you, some people don’t like to answer.
In this industry, people love giving each other awards.
I think that’s super cool.
We just had the Oscars.
But I find that nobody tells themselves good job as much as they should.
LANDECKER: Well, clearly, I need therapy because I’m tearing up even at the question.
Then we met Jenica Bergere, who also helped get this [made].
The amount of money we had and time we had was so tight, and I never said no.
I never gave up.
I never was like, You know what?
And he knows I wanted to give up a lot.
I was very scared to do all three thingsreally scared.
I kept trying to give it away.
I was like, You direct it, Jay Duplass!
And all my friends in my life were like, You have to direct it.
So, I’m really proud that I kept all three things and I stuck to it.
I’m really proud.
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