Braff wrote the part in A Good Person, which hits theaters March 24, with Pugh in mind.
“And so that’s what I really wanted to write about.”
He didn’t want to approach grief in a purely maudlin way.
Florence Pugh as Allison in ‘A Good Person’.Jeong Park / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures
“And actually, the incredible cinematographer who shotA Good Person, Mauro Fiore, shot the short.
Pugh and Braff also started dating in 2019, butquietly ended their relationship earlier this year.
The duo have nothing but high praise for their work together, though.
Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman in ‘A Good Person’.Jeong Park / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures
It felt like a very natural and easy thing to do.”
Braff, in turn, tells EW he thinks Pugh is “just flawless.”
The director likens himself to a conductor and Pugh to his virtuoso.
Jeong Park / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures
“You’re not really teaching or telling the first violinist how to play.
You might be like, ‘Hey, a little bit louder here, a little bit softer here.’
But you’re just pretty much watching in awe at the first violinist playing, because they’re incredible.
I feel that with Florence.”
And I was like, ‘Is that a yes?’
And he’s like, ‘Yeah, that’s a yes.’
WhileA Good Personis hardly Braff’s first rodeo, the MGM release did pose some unique challenges.
There was the COVID of it all, particularly strenuous on an indie production.
But he hopes all audiences will see themselves in his film.
Rebounding from tragedy is something the movies are good at.
“A Good Personpromises both: “That’s the kind of movie that I like to see.”
Watch the trailer in the video above.
