Naomi Watts and Bill Murray are cooking in the new drama “The Friend.” She plays the writer and teacher who disrupts the comfortable and lonely New York life after her friend and mentor (Murray) dies suddenly and leaves her beloved 150 pounds. Great Dane.
Mona Kosar Abdi from “Extra” spoke with Bill and Naomi.
David and Naomi became good friends after helping out her breakout role in the 2001 thriller “Mulholland Drive.”
She said, “It’s a big, a huge loss and I’m deeply saddened about it.”
A month later, news about Hackman’s death will break.
Gene and Bill were co-stars in the 2001 comedy drama “Royal Tenenbaum.”
Bill said, “When you talk about Jean, you talk about one of the best guys that all actors go to look at and a guy. He was like reading the instruction manual for “How this is done.”
“When you look at his work and see what he is doing, the next moment will be accurate, and it will be real.
Murray said, “When you lost these amazing things, Michael Gambon was another thing I worked with in Wes Anderson’s films. He was a great actor and extraordinary person who was just the one to be with him on set.
He admitted that I regret asking more questions rather than trying to ask them more.
Death is a major topic in “The Friend.”
Murray explained the character’s friendship. “There’s always being coached, creative and professional. At the same time, there’s a personal relationship, it’s denied and unresolved. And when life ends, there are many unanswered questions.
He said, “People get it in our lives. We get it. We say, “God, I want to do it with that person. I wish I didn’t finish it that way. I’d like to talk again.”
Naomi said, “Instead, she is shaking over this huge, oversized creature that rules her life, and lifting everything you know. So, she has to deal with grief while managing this creature…it’s a very unlikely story of how to overcome grief.”
Naomi raves her dog co-star Bin. “I quickly connected with him… I was worried because of his size and strength, and you know, things want to run towards him… he’s so extraordinary.
“This is not a normal dog. This is a grand dog. This is like a David’s sculpture. This is like a David’s sculpture. This is a David’s sculpture. This is a big one. This is a big one. It is a very powerful being, a very powerful being. It is not just very big. It is very big. It is a very powerful being, a very powerful being. It is not just very big. He hears it all the time and feels it, so know if you can make the actors that consistently and get it right every time.”
Bill and Naomi also opened their bond with each other by doing “St. Vincent” together previously.
According to Bill, Naomi called and he got the job! He said, “If she called, it was probably a good thing. She thought in this case it was enough to do what she wanted to do. So it was easy to say yes.”
He said, “To come to work with her is because I knew I could do it with her because I knew I could do it physically and I could protect her.”
Naomi added, “We had a good shorthand because we worked with them before and were fooled.”
Bill revealed, “We weren’t fooled.”
Naomi responded to entertainment.
Seriously, Watts emphasized, “We were kidding, trusting, and that was easy.”
“The Friend” will be on March 28th.
