Greta Gerwig Video Interview On ‘Frances Ha’

Greta Gerwig stars in and co-wrote the new film Frances Ha, which follows a 27-year-old woman who finally has to learn how to depend on herself after her best friend Sophie (Mickey Sumner) moves out of their apartment.

Gerwig fed off of Sumner’s energy while filming the movie. “I felt like I had been struggling as an actor to find out who Frances was and as soon as [Sumner] started acting with me I felt like Frances came out of me because all of a sudden Sophie was there and it was one of those cool experiences where like acting with another person elevates your performance,” she told uInterview exclusively.

After previously appearing in films such as No Strings Attached with Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher and Arthur with Russell Brand, Gerwig is quickly making a name for herself as a lead actress.

Gerwig and director/co-writer Noah Baumbach had an unusual process for developing Frances. “Well, really Noah and I when we were writing the movie let the character kind of guide us as to what the story was, and who she was, and we really do a lot of exploratory writing,” she told uInterview.