Amy Adamsisn’t afraid to get her paws dirty.

So I think I identify with having a high threshold for embarrassment."

Besides finding common ground with her character, Adams says makingNightbitchwas a cathartic process.

Amy Adams in Nightbitch

Amy Adams in ‘Nightbitch’.Searchlight Pictures

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“It was absolutely cathartic,” Adams says of the scene.

It’s an interesting journey."

Amy Adams in Nightbitch

Amy Adams' character, Mother, eating out of a dog bowl in ‘Nightbitch’.Searchlight Pictures

Adams also hopes audiences will connect with the film even if they don’t have children.

“It’s this very strange place of struggle and a place of great release, ultimately.

But it takes a while to find release in the floating in between two places.”