Shiri Appleby On ‘Lemon,’ Working With Rhea Perlman & ‘UnREAL’ [VIDEO EXCLUSIVE]

Lemon, a new film from writer and director Janicza Bravo, is a dark comedy about a man named Isaac Lachmann in free fall. As an actor, his career seems to be headed nowhere. As a lover, he has recently been dumped. And his family seems to be just as crazy as he is.

Lemon stars Brett Gelman – he co-wrote the film with Bravo, his wife. It also stars Judy Greer, Michael Cera, Gillian Jacobs, Megan Mullally, Rhea Perlman, Nia Long, and Shiri Appleby as Isaac’s sister.

Appleby recently sat down with uInterview to discuss Lemon, Bravo, her co-stars, and what she has planned for the future.

Unlike many of the actors in Lemon, Appleby had not worked previously with Gelman and Bravo. Nonetheless, she quickly became close with her co-stars on set.

“Brett and I became close right off the bat,” Appleby told uInterview. “We’re very much both actors who are like, ‘We play siblings, just tell me your whole life as quickly as possible.'”

The same goes for Rhea Perlman, who plays Appleby’s mother in the film.

“[Rhea] has just been very lovely and very supportive. We’ve continued to email and she’s like, ‘If you every need me for anything, I’m always here for you.’ Very maternal,” said Appleby.

“I think that as an actress, coming up in this industry, any time a woman that has achieved so much is reaching out to you it feels so comforting and makes you feel really good about what you’re doing.”

In the end, the whole experience has turned Appleby on to the idea of pursuing more comedic roles.

Said the actress, “I want to do more comedy, I want to go in that direction because it’s a side of me that seems really untapped and I was really grateful that Janicza thought of me for this role and included me.”

“When I saw it, I was like, ‘I can’t believe I’m a part of this movie.’ It’s way cooler than anything I’ve ever been in.”

Watch the trailer for Lemon below, in available for streaming on Amazon Prime and iTunes now and in theaters in New York and L.A.