In the next couple of years, Florence Pugh will be delivering huge strides in blockbusters like Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, the much anticipated Dune: Part Two, and reprising her role as Yelena Belova in the MCU's Thunderbolts in 2024. Always a standout in her performances, writer-director Zach Braff commented in a previous interview with Collider that her work in MGM’s A Good Person is “unbelievable.” In the film, Pugh plays Allison, opposite co-stars Morgan Freeman and Molly Shannon, who is a woman struggling to overcome an opiate addiction in the aftermath of a terrible tragedy. The fatal accident not only upends her otherwise successful trajectory and causes an irreparable rift in her engagement, but sends Allison down a dark path. Ahead of its theatrical premiere on March 24, our own Steve Weintraub was able to speak with Pugh about taking on a role that requires incredible sensitivity and respect.
During their conversation, Pugh explains why it was crucial to do in-depth research on the topic of addiction, and the emotional and physical toll it takes on a person, in order to understand the struggles Allison is going through in the film. She discusses with us why a short shoot and a small budget provide her with an ideal workflow, which idea she brought to A Good Person that helped her find Allison’s character, and shared a little about her experience on the set of Dune: Part Two.
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