‘The Drop’ Cast ‘Went Through A Lot’ Behind The Scenes: It Made The Movie ‘Funnier’ (Exclusive)

A trip to a tropical island resort for a friend’s wedding goes awry when played by Lex Anna KonkleAccidentally drops her friend’s baby in front of everyone in Hulu’s new original movie drops, The shocking moment sparks awkwardness between the friends during their stay. HollywoodLife spoke exclusively with jillian bell, Jermaine FowlerAnd more about the cast of the film.

“I just loved where this went and loved the passion behind it Passion [Leonard] And Sarah [Adina Smith]“Jillian hHollywoodLife, “I just felt so comfortable with them and felt free to create and explore this character. It was so wild. I was excited for the journey.”

Jermaine Fowler and Anna Konkle in ‘The Drop’. (Hulu)

drops What an incredible ensemble cast. writer and star Joshua Leonard revealed that he “only dreamed of getting the cast we finally got for this film. We were so deeply lucky.”

Aparna Nancherla And jennifer lafleur Take on the role of the couple whose baby is dropped in the movie. Jennifer said that the film’s writers, Joshua and Sarah, “actually came to me while I was pregnant because they wrote the role for me and my unborn child. I hadn’t even given birth yet, and they already They were trying to leave my child.

Aparna admits that her character, Mia, was different from anyone she has played before – “lesbian mother, recently new mother, who is now gun owned and probably has more right-wing views. I think A lot of the elements were fun to think about with this character, and I think she’s kind of a wildcard and it’s really fun.

No children were harmed in the making drops, But there was an incident of food poisoning during production in Mexico. Jennifer reveals that everyone got food poisoning and production actually had to be shut down. Jennifer almost abandoned her baby after consuming food poisoning.

“I was walking up the stairs to get my baby into the van, and I got a cold,” Jennifer said. “I remember going downstairs and knowing this was happening and wrapping my body around it and trying to flip over on my back when I passed out. She was fine. It felt like a special kind of irony that a movie about a kid dropping off on the last day of filming… I didn’t drop him, but I did fall pretty hard.

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Jillian Bell and Joshua Leonard in ‘The Drop’. (Hulu)

Jermaine said the cast “were doing a lot behind the scenes. Jillian, her room was full of fire ants. She got bitten one night and still had to come on set and do her job. It took a lot of scenes.” Got fun because we knew what was happening with each other. drops Now streaming on Hulu.