Nothing but a romantic comedy! The first title of the film with Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron was never confirmed by Netflix

It’s only been online since Friday, and it’s already reached the top spot on Netflix’s best movies. Downside of the Family with Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman presents itself as an enjoyable romantic comedy that originally had a bolder — and much funnier — title when the script came to their desk.

“mother’s name was—–– said Efron in an interview with the magazine people this week. “as it is written” – explained Nicole Kidman. Behind this “mother—–” we must read “my mother”, which can be translated as “son of a boy” or “mother hater”, we leave it to you to choose the nuance between the two.

“Anyway, she didn’t win the final title,” adds a bright Nicole Kidman. However, this catchy title worked its magic on them. “This allowed the script to remain at the top of the stack“, explains Zac Efron.We wondered what it could be about.“

real pleasure

Directed by Richard LaGravenese (PS I Love You), this romantic comedy stars Efron as Chris Cole, a famous actor who ends up falling in love with his assistant Zara’s (Joey King) mother named Brooke, played by Nicole Kidman. Zac Efron said Entertainment Weekly that playing a famous actor in the film made it feel as if he and the crew were filming”Our version of Office“.

And like that iconic series, he and Joey King were given the freedom to try things out while filming. “We had an extraordinary screenwriter, Kerry Solomonwho wrote the funniest script and Richard, our director, were very collaborative“, Joey King explains.

“In terms of getting into our characters, they allow us to improvise and add our own flavor to certain scenes. We followed his script for a few takes, then did some fun improvisations based on the suggestions he gave, which was a lot of fun. I always felt like we were playing.“

And Zac Efron added:They always had something new to suggest if we ran out of ammo or ideas. It was really safe and important to be in such a collaborative environment when you’re doing something like this“.

The Bottom of the Family is currently available on Netflix.