Interviews With "The Drama" Stars Alana Haim, Mamoudou Athie & Editor Joshua Raymond Lee

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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"The Drama" is an American romantic dark comedy film written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli, starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as a happily engaged couple whose relationship is tested by an unexpected revelation during the week before their wedding. It also stars Alana Haim, Mamoudou Athie, and Hailey Gates in supporting roles. The film has received positive reviews from critics for its acting, direction, and screenplay. It has been a hit for A24 at the box office, driven especially by the audience's desire to know the big "reveal" that the film's marketing has brilliantly kept hidden. Haim, Athie, and editor Joshua Raymond Lee (who cut the film using Adobe Premiere) were all kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about their work and experiences on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from A24. Please note that there are SPOILERS throughout these two interviews. 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 were listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and these are my interviews with the stars of the film The Drama, Alana Heim, and Mamadou Afei.
0:09.7	Followed by my interview with the film's editor, Joshua Raymond Lee.
0:13.7	Am I sensing some nerves?
0:16.1	A little camera shy.
0:17.9	Let's do a little warm-up, so we're feeling revved up and comfortable for your wedding day. Yeah? All right, let's try it. Let's do a little warm up so we're feeling revved up and comfortable for your wedding day.
0:21.6	Yeah?
0:22.6	All right, let's try it.
0:23.6	Let's do a little warm up on our feet.
0:25.6	Alright, Charlie, move a little closer to your bride to be.
0:28.6	Here we go.
0:29.6	What's your favorite thing about Emma?
0:32.6	She's beautiful, funny.
0:35.6	This is very serious. And she has the best love okay good good Emma um I love
0:42.6	I love that he's carrying understanding open-minded that's good okay so hold on to those
0:51.5	thoughts don't forget to smile all, let's dive into it here.
0:55.5	Alana, Mammadoo, thank you so much for joining me to talk about the drama of all things.
1:01.6	Hopefully this interview is not as dramatic as the movie.
1:04.1	But I do want to first start off by asking, listen, I think you guys are well-adjusted, normal people.
1:11.9	You don't know.
1:13.0	Don't have the darkest thoughts in your mind, hopefully.
1:15.5	What was your reaction when you read this script and it took this turn?
1:20.5	I mean, it happened so quickly.
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