On Dec. 15, MGM Studios launched the trailer for “A Good Person,” teasing Zach Braff and Florence Pugh’s first collaboration since their almost three-year relationship got here to an finish earlier this yr. The heartbreaking drama options Braff behind the digital camera as the author and director, and Pugh because the lead actor. The former “Scrubs” star had written the script with the “Don’t Worry Darling” actor in thoughts.
“A Good Person” facilities round Allison (Pugh), a younger girl who experiences a sudden accident that modifications the course of her life. The trailer begins with a romantic scene between her and her fiancé Nathan (Chinaza Uche) at a vacation celebration. Meanwhile, Morgan Freeman, who performs Nathan’s father Daniel, narrates an idyllic world full of affection and blissful endings. Then, tragedy strikes when Allison and Nathan’s sister get right into a automobile accident, which Allison survives and her fiance’s sister doesn’t.
“The film that we made collectively genuinely was most likely one in every of my most favourite experiences.”
As Allison, Nathan, and Daniel reel from the lack of their daughter, sister, and buddy, Allison and Daniel’s paths converge as they battle with alcohol and drug abuse. Amidst grief, habit, and struggles of getting older, Alison and Daniel discover hope in an surprising bond value watching.
Despite the heavy subject material, the trailer ties in a contact of humor, evoking the acquainted polarity of Braff’s debut movie, “Garden State.” Like the 2004 movie, “A Good Person,” can also be set in his dwelling state, New Jersey.
In her cowl interview with Harper’s Bazaar in August, Pugh opened up about her breakup with Braff and their collaboration. “The film that we made collectively genuinely was most likely one in every of my most favourite experiences,” she mentioned, “It felt like a really pure and straightforward factor to do.”
“The Wonder” star additionally defined their resolution to maintain the break up non-public. “We’ve been attempting to do that separation with out the world figuring out, as a result of it has been a relationship that everyone has an opinion on,” Pugh informed the publication. “We simply felt one thing like this may actually do us the good thing about not having tens of millions of individuals telling us how blissful they’re that we’re not collectively. So we have achieved that. I mechanically get a lumpy throat once I discuss it.”
Read on for every part we find out about “A Good Person” to date.