Rose Byrne Channels the Complexity of Parenting In New Film, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
The Run-Through with Vogue
Vogue
4.1 • 765 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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After a whirlwind fashion week, The Run-Through is back with a culture-focused episode featuring actress Rose Byrne. She stopped by the Vogue offices to chat with Chloe and Vogue’s Deputy Editor, Taylor Antrim, about her role as Linda in the dark, genre-defying film If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, written and directed by Mary Bronstein. Together, they discuss Rose’s first impressions of the script, filming the intense final ocean sequence, and parenting alongside her husband, actor Bobby Cannavale.
The Run-Through with Vogue is your go-to podcast where fashion meets culture. Hosted by Chloe Malle, Head of Editorial Content, Vogue U.S.; Chioma Nnadi, Head of British Vogue; and Nicole Phelps, Director of Vogue Runway, each episode features the latest fashion news and exclusive designer and celebrity interviews.
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Run Through. I'm Chloe Mel. |
| 0:07.6 | And I'm Taylor Andrew. |
| 0:08.9 | And we are coming to you post our Fashion Month extravaganza, Shark Week, September to remember, every debut you've ever wanted to hear about. |
| 0:19.0 | With an exceptional episode with the one and only,rne. We're back to culture after fashion. That's right. Chloe, this was a movie I made you see a really sort of... And shall not be forgotten. A dark indie called If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You. And the reason I made you see it was because I thought the central performance, I mean, I really liked the movie. |
| 0:37.9 | It's quite dark, but I really liked the movie. |
| 0:39.3 | And I thought the central performance by Rose Byrne was unlike anything we've ever seen Rose Byrne do before. |
| 0:44.0 | And I thought how fun it would be to talk to her about it. You know what's really good for me in like the second week of my new job when I'm just feeling like a fire hose coming at me and then coming home to my children |
| 0:54.6 | is to then settle in for the most stressful two hours imaginable. |
| 0:59.3 | I know. |
| 1:00.3 | I know. |
| 1:00.6 | I did feel somewhat guilty about that. |
| 1:02.1 | We loved Roseburn. |
| 1:03.0 | She was a delight. |
| 1:04.1 | We think this is a big movie for this season. |
| 1:08.3 | It's directed by Mary Bronstein. |
| 1:10.6 | It is, as Taylor said, about a mother, almost the |
| 1:15.1 | entire movie is Roseburn's face. Right. It's about her dealing with a ill daughter, but you |
| 1:24.2 | never see the daughter. And until the end, but is the end. And Paul shot in Montauk. |
| 1:29.2 | It's sort of a low-budget movie, but like a very, very effective one for fans of like |
| 1:33.8 | the Safty Brothers type movies, of which Mary Brunstein has a connection to that world. |
| 1:38.0 | And you come for Rose Byrne and you stay for supporting performances by none other than |
| 1:42.8 | Conan O'Brien, his debut in a feature movie, and he's fabulous, and Asaab Rocky, who we love, and the voice of Christian Slater. |
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