AloneTogether's Katie Holmes & mrjimsturgess talk making their pandemic rom-com, what it was like being directed by a scene partner, and more.
From writer/director Katie Holmes, the romantic drama Alone Together is set during the pandemic at a time when June feels the need to escape quarantine by heading to a secluded rental. Once there, she finds that it's been double booked by Charlie and while they start off as strangers, as they get to know each other, they realize that maybe they don’t want to go their separate ways.
KATIE HOLMES: No, it was actually pretty fun, the entire process, to be honest. I was inspired by movies that I was watching again, like Manhattan, Annie Hall, When Harry Met Sally, and Husbands and Wives. I wrote a draft of this thinking, “I wanna create something that we can actually shoot during the pandemic,” which is something that’s contained in pretty much just one space and not a big cast. And then, I wrote a draft sent it to a friend of mine, Dito Montiel.
Katie, do you feel like you went into directing confident in your own voice as a filmmaker, after spending so many years on sets as an actress, or has it taken you some time to feel comfortable and confident in yourself and your vision as a filmmaker?