Interview With "Another Simple Favor" Director Paul Feig

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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"Another Simple Favor" had its world premiere at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its sharp writing, juicy performances, and delicious costume design. Continuing the story from 2018's "A Simple Favor," director Paul Feig and stars Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Andrew Rannells, and Henry Golding, all returned, along with new faces and a new setting in Capri Italy for the Amazon Prime Video release. The result is a bigger movie in nearly every regard, with plenty of twists and turns in Stephanie and Emily's relationship. Feig was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about his work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is my interview with the director of another simple favor, Paul Feig.
0:08.1	Emily, how are you here?
0:11.4	I'm getting married.
0:15.4	Will you be my maid of honor?
0:17.2	Did I mention it was in Capri?
0:19.3	Capri? Yes, she is in. We're all in.
0:25.7	Why am I here? Do you think I want to make you pay for stealing my life?
0:32.7	Who's the lucky guy?
0:34.5	Dante Versano, old money.
0:37.0	It's a great deal, but you're here. I would rather shave my
0:39.9	balls with a rusty knife than be at this wedding. What did she say to convince you to come to this farce?
0:47.0	Ratricide, identity fraud, you know, just girlfriend stuff. I have a surprise, your own true family. You probably don't remember me. It's your
0:56.5	Auntie Linda. You're a big assistant to a wedding? She's an insurance policy. Does I won't
1:02.3	tell you both? This was simply a tragic accident. I'm not gonna throw you up a cliff, baby.
1:12.6	I gotta figure out what she's up to.
1:24.6	We all process the happiest day of our life differently.
1:30.3	What aren't you telling me?
1:32.3	I knew I would be the best PTA president, so I stuffed the ballot box with my name, but it shouldn't be a popularity contest.
1:38.3	I don't trust her for a minute.
1:45.0	What is the game here?
1:53.4	Two old friends, new beginnings.
1:54.8	And not getting poisoned.
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