Filmstalker talks to Nathan Fillion
Q: What is the film about from your perspective?
A: “it is a great film about people looking for fulfillment in life. Even though it deals with pregnancy and motherhood, I don’t see this as a women’s movie. I don’t see this as being about motherhood either or about being pregnant. It is about people trying to be happy. It is the same thing that we are all doing in our everyday lives, just trying to make choices. It looks at what kind of choices people make and whether we make easy choices or more challenging ones, that might be more rewarding in the long term.”
Q: Can you talk about who this guy is, on the face of it, it is outrageous what he does, having an affair with his pregnant patient, how did you perceive him?
A: “He’s hardly a dog, he is not a bad guy at all. We have two people here and they are both being unfaithful to their partners, yet we forgive them. We forgive Jenna very easily, because she’s obviously in an abusive relationship, although it is harder to forgive my character, it is true. From what we see of Dr Pommater’s relationship, his wife is beautiful, she’s a doctor, she’s affectionate, they seem affectionate together too. But we all know couples like that don’t we? You can never really tell what is going on behind closed doors. Couples may seem really happy on the surface, then we find out: Oh my god they’re getting a divorce and we cannot understand why because they seem so perfect, so what could possibly be the problem, what went wrong, we wonder? But really, who are we to say how hearts communicate and what might either draw people together or pull them apart. It is all about people who are obviously searching for something to fill a void within themselves and make choices to try to be happy. These two people came together because they see a chance of happiness and love. “
Q: What was the appeal of this film for you?
A: “Well first of all I thought it was a very pretty little story, I thought it was a very cute little slice of life tale. I had no idea how emotional it might be when I started the project; I didn’t have the vision that Adrienne obviously had about what these characters have to say. In some ways, the story seems to be larger than life, yet it is really just a simple, tiny little story. I love it because it speaks to me so clearly I think about my own daily choices every day in terms of how to find happiness.”
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