Interview With "The Threesome" Stars Zoey Deutch, Jonah Hauer-King & Ruby Cruz

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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"The Threesome" is an American romantic comedy drama film starring Zoey Deutch, Jonah Hauer-King, and Ruby Cruz, directed by Chad Hartigan, and written by Ethan Ogilby. The film had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival, where it received positive reviews for its screenplay, three main performances, humor, and nuance in such a precarious situation. Deutch, Hauer-King, and Cruz were all kind enough to spend time speaking with us about their work and experiences making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, now playing in theaters from Vertical. 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 Emma Sassick's interview with the stars for The Threesome. Zoe Dutch, Jonah Howard King, and Ruby Cruz. Hi. I want to take you on a real date. Tomorrow night. I'm working. The next night, then. Final offer. You can buy my breakfast. That's kind of like a date. I want you to accept what you have with Olivia. You guys are friends, friends-ish, friends-adjacent.
0:24.2	Look over there. my breakfast. That's kind of like a date. I want you to accept what you have with Olivia. You guys are friends.
0:22.7	Friends-ish, friends-adjacent.
0:24.6	Look over there at that table. She just got stood up.
0:26.6	Go over there and talk to her.
0:27.7	Show Olivia. Another girl sees how much
0:29.3	Vichat you are.
0:31.0	Is this man bothering you?
0:32.5	No. No, not at all.
0:33.6	Because he's wanted in multiple states for indecent
0:36.7	exposure. She's kidding.
0:37.7	Oh.
0:38.4	I am.
0:38.9	I can tell she's into it.
0:45.7	All three of us?
0:47.4	You guys going to ask me to watch you do it?
0:49.0	Hello, my name is Emma.
0:50.2	I'm with Next Best Picture.
0:51.4	Hi, friends.
0:52.0	How's everybody doing today?
0:53.5	Emma?
0:56.2	Good one. Hello. Hi. Hi, so very nice to meet all of you and to chat with you about this film. I have to admit,
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