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Opening in theaters on Friday, the film stars
Michelle Pfeiffer as headstrong socialite Frances Price, a role
that has already earned her a Golden Globe nomination for best
actress in a film musical or comedy.
"It was so liberating playing someone who was just 100%
completely herself with no apologies," Pfeiffer said in an
interview. "I love that. To be able to go through life without
apology."
"But there's a cost to that as well," she added. "It could be a
coping skill just to keep people at a distance and avoiding real
intimacy with people."
Lucas Hedges, nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actor
in "Manchester by the Sea," plays the son of Price, and Franklin
the cat is voiced by Tracy Letts.
The unusual feline gave Pfeiffer pause when she first read the
script.
"That was my first question - what about this talking cat? How
are you going to manage this?" Pfeiffer said.
Azazel Jacobs, the director, used two cats for the role.
"The first time of shooting the cat was a total waste because I
was still trying to work out how to communicate and direct with
this cat," Jacobs said. "Ultimately right after that first
session we learned, and I especially learned, to give the cat
space and if you don't push the cat, the cat will do incredible
things."
(Reporting by Rollo Ross; Writing by Lisa Richwine; Editing by
Richard Chang)
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