Debbie and Peter are best friends, despite being very different. She enjoys her routine as a mom in Los Angeles, and he loves the unpredictability of her life in New York. But, when they swap home and lifestyle for a week, they discover that what they think they want isn’t exactly what they need, the film’s review describes.
In a global press conference the cast of Your place or mine They talked about this project and the fun of working together for the lead duet.
The film that takes place on both coasts of the United States, both in California and in New York, represented a “distance” in the story, however, their recordings were on adjoining sets and working for the first time between Kutcher and Witherspoon was a interesting challenge.
“I had kind of a little panic attack because we didn’t know each other,” the blonde mentioned.
“Of course, we didn’t know each other,” Kutcher added. Although the chemistry occurs on screen, the actor couple recalled a detail of their first interaction in a personal way, many years before this film.
“Although we had met once at a party, and it was weird,” Reese mentioned. “Yeah, and I was sharing a cooler…” Ashton recalled with a laugh.
In that singular event in which they had their first contact, they remembered how “weird” it was. “She thought I was quirky,” Kutcher said. “I said, ‘quirky,’ but I really thought weird,” Witherspoon added jokingly.
Apart from the joke of the first time they met, the actress recognized that in the case of the friendly nature of her characters, it represented an important job to show closeness.
“I’m kidding. I’m kidding. We were weird. And then about a month before, I said, I don’t know this guy, and we’re supposed to be best friends for 20 years. So we started sending each other videos every day,” he said. Debbie’s interpreter.
“Every day, we’d send videos back and forth of how your day is going. What’s going on? What’s going on with you? What are you afraid of?” the actor who plays Peter said.
The actors had to create a dynamic of closeness to make their characters’ relationship natural, in which they asked each other the names of their dogs, if they preferred pancakes with maple or honey, who is their best friend and why.
“It was really fun. And then our kids would get into the videos and even our dogs. He even met my dad on video,” Witherspoon said.
“We spent time talking from his porch. And then when we started filming it, we were used to communicating this way,” Kutcher added.