{"id":19414,"date":"2023-10-07T15:03:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T19:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=19414"},"modified":"2023-12-12T06:34:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T11:34:57","slug":"exclusive-video-interview-writer-michelle-ashford-on-cat-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=19414","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Video Interview: Writer Michelle Ashford on \u2018Cat Person\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\">Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kristen Roupenian\u2019s 2017 <em>New Yorker<\/em> short story <strong><em>Cat Person<\/em><\/strong> became a viral sensation, inviting wildly different interpretations of complicity and culpability within a relationship that never even really got started. Now, writer Michelle Ashford adapts her story into a full-length feature, which has taken on more significance since the #metoo movement and has plenty to say in a format that can\u2019t quite be grouped into any one genre.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/ponderapharma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/elavil.html\">elavil over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I had the chance to speak with Ashford about her familiarity with the story, working with director Susanna Fogel, and whether it helps that audiences know stars Emilia Jones and Nicholas Braun from other prominent roles.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/ponderapharma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/ventolin.html\">ventolin over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>You can watch the video above, and read below for an official summary and where to watch.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/ponderapharma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/doxycycline.html\">doxycycline over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19415\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19415\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cat-Person-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Cat Person\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cat-Person-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cat-Person-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cat-Person-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cat-Person-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cat-Person-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cat-Person-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cat-Person.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Studiocanal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Film summary:<\/p>\n<p>Susanna Fogel (<em>The Flight Attendant, The Wilds<\/em>) directs this genre-bending thriller about the horrors of dating in the 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0Century, adapted by Michelle Ashford (<em>Masters of Sex, The Pacific, Operation Mincemeat)\u00a0<\/em>from the acclaimed\u00a0<em>New Yorker\u00a0<\/em>short story by Kristen Roupenian.<\/p>\n<p>When Margot, a college sophomore (Emilia Jones,\u00a0<em>Locke and Key, CODA<\/em>) goes on a date with the older Robert (Nicholas Braun,\u00a0<em>Succession, Zola<\/em>), she finds that IRL Robert doesn\u2019t live up to the Robert she has been flirting with over texts.\u00a0CAT\u00a0PERSON<em>\u00a0<\/em>is a razor-sharp exploration of the gender divide, the quagmire of navigating modern dating and the dangerous projections we make in our minds about the\u00a0person\u00a0at the other end of our phones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/abe-friedtanzer\/\">Check out more of Abe Friedtanzer\u2019s articles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"J2VukOLSxoY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CAT PERSON | Official Trailer | STUDIOCANAL\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J2VukOLSxoY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Cat Person<\/em><\/strong> opens theatrically in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, October 6<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Kristen Roupenian\u2019s 2017 New Yorker short story Cat Person became a viral sensation, inviting wildly different interpretations of complicity and culpability within a relationship that never even really got started. 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