{"id":33341,"date":"2025-07-30T21:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T21:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/33341\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T21:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T21:04:09","slug":"dave-franco-alison-brie-grossed-out-together-horror-movie-crew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/33341\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Franco, Alison Brie grossed out ‘Together’ horror movie crew"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘Together’ trailer: Alison Brie, Dave Franco unravel in horror film<\/p>\n

In horror comedy “Together,” Alison Brie (“Mad Men”) and Dave Franco (“Neighbors”) play an unhappy couple bound by a mysterious, supernatural force.<\/p>\n

You can learn a lot about a person by watching \u201cTogether<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The gleefully gutsy horror movie (in theaters now) stars real-life married actors Alison Brie<\/a> and Dave Franco<\/a> as Millie and Tim, a complacent, discontented couple whose bodies start to fuse after a hiking trip gone haywire. The deranged dark comedy has sparked all sorts of reactions from traumatized early audiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast night, two people came up to us and one of them said: \u2018I was sobbing. I want a love like that,\u2019 \u201d Brie says in a Zoom conversation. \u201cAnd the other person said, \u2018I was horrified!\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

Franco, meanwhile, \u201cgot a text from my friend saying, \u2018I am so glad I\u2019m single,\u2019\u201d he recalls with a grin. \u201cIt has something for everyone!\u201d<\/p>\n

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‘Together’ takes codependency to its ‘craziest conclusions’ with body horror<\/p>\n

When the film begins, Tim is still reeling from the disturbing deaths of his parents when Millie asks that the couple relocate to the countryside for a lucrative teaching job. But the move only drives a bigger wedge in their relationship as Millie makes new friends while aspiring rock star Tim sits at home noodling on his guitar.<\/p>\n

Further complicating matters: For unknown reasons, their appendages have painfully started to stick together whenever they\u2019re making out, having sex or sleeping next to each other. Although they manage to rip or peel their limbs apart, a magnetic, supernatural force continues to push them closer and closer.<\/p>\n

‘I’m in trouble’: Alison Brie and Dave Franco spill on their real-life, rom-com-worthy romance<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cTogether\u201d is the squirmy creation of first-time filmmaker Michael Shanks, who has been with his partner for more than 16 years. Inspired by body horror movies like \u201cThe Thing,\u201d he wanted to explore what it means to question your love with a longtime mate and whether you\u2019re still right for each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce you\u2019re so entwined with somebody, splitting up might genuinely feel like cutting a part of your body off,\u201d Shanks says. \u201cThere are all sorts of idioms about \u2018sharing a life\u2019 and \u2018sticking together\u2019 that it felt like an obvious metaphor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brie, 42, and Franco, 40, wed in 2017 after five years of dating and have collaborated on multiple films, including \u201cThe Rental\u201d and \u201cSomebody I Used to Know.\u201d The actors liked how Shanks inverted the relationship dynamic typically seen onscreen, with Millie as the sensible breadwinner while Tim pursues his artistic longings. They also relished how the characters\u2019 deep-seated resentments manifested in such visceral, physical ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen something insane is happening to your body, it\u2019s maybe the most terrifying thing because there\u2019s nowhere to go,\u201d Franco says. \u201cThis movie is taking these fears of monogamy and toxic codependency and extrapolating it to its craziest conclusions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adds Brie: \u201cWhen this couple finally realizes they shouldn\u2019t be together, it\u2019s too late. Now their bodies won\u2019t let them. We\u2019re not being subtle about the codependent metaphor, but it\u2019s fun to watch things that are truly outrageous, and then leave the theater able to have a real conversation about things that might be going on in your life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dave Franco and Alison Brie (quite literally) see eye to eye<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether\u201d was shot in a marathon 21 days, meaning \u201cwe didn\u2019t even have a second to process the insanity of it all,\u201d Franco recalls. Much of the film\u2019s gross-out horror was accomplished through practical effects: A chilling shot of Tim\u2019s stomach rippling, for instance, was achieved by Brie moving her hand under Franco\u2019s shirt. (\u201cIt\u2019s a good Easter egg for the IMDb page,\u201d she quips.) And there were almost no visual effects used when Tim and Millie\u2019s eyes touch in a queasy, skin-crawling sequence.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy eyelashes were in your eyeball,\u201d Brie says. \u201cIt was fun, because we could see the reaction from the crew, who were all like, \u2018Eww!\u2019 Every single day, we would look at each other like: \u2018They\u2019re letting us do this?! We\u2019re shoving hair down Dave\u2019s throat \u2013 this is so weird and cool!\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout production, they would typically unwind each night by watching the swoony Netflix romance series \u201cOne Day\u201d as they nursed bruises and practiced their lines together. The genial spouses are exceedingly complimentary of each other: Franco praises the \u201cjoyful, infectious energy\u201d Brie would bring to the set, and she marvels that she gets \u201cto see some new side of Dave\u201d with every project they do together. The love they have \u2013 for each other, as well as the film \u2013 is evident in conversation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is embarrassing to admit, but I got a little emotional at the premiere during the scenes where our characters are getting emotional with each other in a sweet way,\u201d Franco says. \u201cI\u2019m not proud of making myself cry, but those are the moments that remind me most of our real-life relationship.\u201d (For her part, Brie says she caught herself squeezing Franco’s hand during the more intense scenes.)<\/p>\n

While promoting \u201cTogether,\u201d the \u201ctoughest question people are asking is: \u2018What was the biggest challenge for your relationship? Did you take the movie home with you?\u2019 \u201d Brie says. \u201cThe answer is boring because there was nothing bad about working together. It\u2019s so easy \u2013 we want to do it forever.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Together’ trailer: Alison Brie, Dave Franco unravel in horror film In horror comedy “Together,” Alison Brie (“Mad Men”)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[30733,448,30730,17944,449,64,63,30731,9771,27577,25095,17945,134,1972,30732,4727,30734,30735,322,456,15460,27578,344,323,451,439,444,39,441],"class_list":["post-33341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-genre","tag-affiliate","tag-alison","tag-alison-brie","tag-arts","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brie","tag-comedy","tag-comedy-films","tag-dave","tag-dave-franco","tag-entertainment","tag-films","tag-franco","tag-horror","tag-horror-genre","tag-horror-films","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-movie","tag-movie-reference","tag-movies","tag-overall","tag-overall-positive","tag-positive","tag-reference","tag-top-stories","tag-u0026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}