James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan on Together and Filming 13-Minute Takes

With Academy Award-nominated director Stephen Daldry’s Together opening in select theaters this weekend, I recently spoke to James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan about making the dramedy. If you haven’t seen the trailer, the film takes place in London and follows two romantic partners that are forced to rethink their relationship when they’re quarantined together in lockdown along with their 10-year-old son (Samuel Logan). The fantastic script was written by Tony, Emmy and Olivier Award winner Dennis Kelly and brilliantly captures what so many of us are feeling about the current state of the world. During the fun interview, McAvoy and Horgan talked about what each of them loved about the script, the way the movie talks about what happened in the UK during lockdown and the mismanagement from the people in charge, how they got used to looking at the camera (in parts of the film they address the audience), what it was like filming thirteen minute takes without cutting, and more. Check out what they h