What was it like working together on and off screen?
Did you know each other before?
Jermaine Fowler:We didn’t know each other.
Fowler:Oh, God.
Konkle:I was like, “He is a multitasker and is busy as hell.”
He’s been amazing since the beginning.
Fowler:The feeling is mutual.
There was respect there.
The chemistry was immediate.
She’d just had a baby as well.
Konkle:I was struggling and you [Fowler] were such a caretaker.
He would check on me through the jungle as I was pumping milk.
How do you feel your characters explore that push-pull struggle and the challenges that come with motherhood and fatherhood?
“There’s something foreign that I don’t know yet in my body.”
It’s such a deep concept, and it deserves a lot more excavating than we’re doing.
Fowler:I completely agree.
But he doesn’t realize that until later in the film.
Can I raise a family with someone who has dropped a baby?"
things like that and of course, you could.
My mom was a hairstylist and stuff.
You never stop learning.
What was that experience like of looking into your own character?
This isn’t all jokes.
This is a story about a relationship," but it was definitely challenging at times.
It was fun to watch you go through all that and do it together.
It was definitely imperative that we stay grounded in that way, too.
“The Drop” is now officially streaming on Hulu.
This interview has been edited for clarity.
