Overview

• Roberts says playing a flinty professor ran counter to her “very hen-like” nature and was mentally exhausting.
• She recalls being “excited and intimidated” to meet Chloë Sevigny, whose affectionate praise moved her to tears.
• Luca Guadagnino lauds Roberts’ off‑set generosity, noting she learned every crew member’s name and is an avid cook.
• Roberts singles out co‑star Michael Stuhlbarg’s performance as so original she sometimes forgot she was in the scene.
• The Guadagnino-directed drama, co-starring Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield and Sevigny, premiered at Venice and reaches theaters in October.