Daniel Levy stars in his directorial debut, which he additionally wrote. Take a take a look at the primary Good Grief trailer right here.
2023 has proved to be a giant yr for actors turned administrators. We’ve had directorial debuts from actors reminiscent of Patrick Wilson, Chris Pine, Anna Kendrick and Michael B. Jordan. Joining that roster of expertise is Daniel Levy.
If that identify doesn’t ring a bell, let’s shorten it a bit. Does Dan Levy ring a bell? The actor is finest recognized for his function in Schitt’s Creek alongside his father, Eugene Levy, however Levy Jr. is now shifting to directing together with his Netflix function movie, Good Grief.
Take a take a look at the primary Good Grief trailer.
It’s protected to say, we’re going to wish a number of tissues for this one. Levy performs a person who has lately misplaced his husband (Luke Evans) and escapes to Paris to cope with the aftermath with two of his associates. With Levy’s comedic background, we’re prepared to guess there will even be moments of levity and humour.
Ruth Negga, Himesh Patel, Emma Corrin, Kaitlyn Dever and Celia Imrie star alongside Levy and Evans. Levy started to develop the undertaking through the world COVID-19 pandemic and lately advised Entertainment Weekly about his personal sense of loss that impressed the movie.
“I misplaced my grandmother towards the tail finish of the pandemic, and I used to be in a really unusual headspace by way of feeling the burden and the profound sense of tragedy of what the COVID pandemic had performed for all of us, whereas on the identical time attempting to honour the passing of somebody who meant a lot to me,” Levy mentioned.
“It was arduous for me to really feel the specificity of loss when all I used to be feeling was grief for therefore lengthy. It was that dialog that actually expedited the idea of the film.”
The movie is an ode to friendship, one thing we don’t essentially see fairly often in Hollywood. Levy conceived the movie as a romantic comedy however it ended up changing into a movie about associates as an alternative.
“I really feel just like the older we get, the extra profound {our relationships} are with our associates and the extra sophisticated they get,” the actor-turned-director advised EW. “Sometimes the individuals which can be closest to us, we excuse probably the most by way of having these arduous conversations about life and unhealthy habits and patterns of behaviour that could possibly be barely course corrected. It’s an uncomfortable dialog to have, and but that intimacy exists inside these friendships.”
Here’s the official synopsis: “Marc (Daniel Levy) was content material dwelling within the shadow of his larger-than-life husband, Oliver (Luke Evans). But when Oliver unexpectedly dies, Marc’s world shatters, sending him and his two finest associates, Sophie (Ruth Negga) and Thomas (Himesh Patel), on a soul-searching journey to Paris that reveals some arduous truths they every wanted to face. Good Grief marks Levy’s debut as a feature-film author and director. He additionally produced as a part of Not a Real Production Company, alongside Sister Pictures.”
Good Grief will probably be in cinemas 29 December within the US and can hit Netflix worldwide 5 January 2025.
