{"id":38725,"date":"2023-10-27T09:01:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T07:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1915263"},"modified":"2023-10-27T11:56:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T09:56:23","slug":"cat-person-director-explains-why-she-cast-successions-nicholas-braun","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/cat-person-director-explains-why-she-cast-successions-nicholas-braun\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat Person director explains why she cast Succession\u2019s Nicholas Braun"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cousin Greg star has a very different role in the new thriller. <\/p>

By Sam Moore\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 27 October 2023 at 07:00 AM<\/p>

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Cat Person is a very 2023 film. The darkly comedic thriller explores the perils of 21st century dating as it follows college student Margot after she goes on a date with Robert after meeting online.<\/p>\n

Based off a New Yorker short story of the same name, Margot soon realises that Robert is not exactly who he said he was \u2013 specifically his two cats don\u2019t appear to actually exist.<\/p>\n

The film stars BAFTA nominee Emily Jones from CODA and Succession<\/a>\u2018s Nicholas Braun \u2013 aka Cousin Greg \u2013 as Robert, with an impressive supporting cast that includes Isabella Rossellini, Geraldine Viswanathan, Hope Davis and Michael Gandolfini.<\/p>\n

Cat Person is also directed by Susanna Fogel, who previously helmed action-comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me and co-wrote breakout hit Booksmart.<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Fogel explained the casting of Braun, which is his first post-Succession role.<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo I wanted an actor who men like, and Nick is kind of a cult favourite from Succession,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s not a man who\u2019s polarising to men, per se, he\u2019s a man that they\u2019re like, \u2018Oh, I like that guy, it\u2019s Cousin Greg. Cool!\u2019<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI wanted that bias to be positive for him so that he could be pushed to some pretty extreme places, and you\u2019re still kind of aligned with him more than you otherwise would be.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAnd so you empathise with her being aligned with him and her wanting to root for him, because you\u2019re kind of rooting for him. Her talking herself into forgiving him for things and you are too, and I wanted your experience to parallel Margot\u2019s basically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/the-killer-cinematographer-film-cinema-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">The Killer cinematographer says film should be seen in cinema<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/five-nights-at-freddys-director-influence-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s director reveals how game creator influenced film<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Fogel also discussed expanding Robert so male viewers could resonate with him: \u201cIt was important to figure out a way for men to\u2026 I didn\u2019t want to make a movie for an echo chamber of women who already identify with Margot and understand what\u2019s wrong with Robert. I wanted men to also see it and relate to him or her or both.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo I needed to create a character that would bring men into the conversation too \u2013 because they may have been forced in the conversation against their will when the story was in The New Yorker, but that doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re going to see a movie about a woman if they don\u2019t feel like it\u2019s about them or applies to them, or is piquing their interest.\u201d<\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Cat Person is out now in cinemas. <\/strong><strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Film<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" rel=\"noopener\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013\u00a0<a id=\"LPNoLPOWALinkPreview\" title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\" data-loopstyle=\"linkonly\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>and celebrate the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who with a special issue of Radio Times. 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