Did you find things that didn’t work?
When I read it, I desperately want[ed] to do this.
That was really interesting.
You sort of double down on who you are in your 30s and 40s.
Sometimes you look at yourself and you’re like, “What if I was a totally different person?
Would that be okay as well?
Who am I with my partner, if I become someone else?”
And Jillian and I are both people who …
It’s really hard to get out if you want to change your mind.
That’s what the premise of this movie was.
Bell:It’s funny because I grew up doing improv.
I started doing improv when I was 8 in Las Vegas.
That’s so exciting, so freeing, and I loved that.
The funniest thing is now I’m terrified of doing an improv show.
I have such deep anxiety about joining in.
But doing a movie and getting to play a certain character doing it, I love it.
That’s where [Sarah and I did] a ton of the work in the scriptment phase.
What’s the arc of our story?
What are the mini-arcs of these characters and these coupledoms in the movie?
Then, what are the archetypes that will play off each other well?
“The Drop” is now officially streaming on Hulu.
This interview has been edited for clarity.
