You Hurt My Feelings Interview: Arian Moayed and Michaela Watkins on Nicole Holofcener Comedy Drama

From writer-director, Nicole Holofcener, A24’s comedy drama You Hurt My Feelings is, like Holofcener’s previous work, a study in human connections and emotions. It stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies as the film’s main focus, and Succession’s Arian Moayed and Michaela Watkins as the sister and brother-in-law whose quiet troubles reflect their family’s. While promoting the movie for its Memorial Day weekend release, Collider’s Steve Weintraub spoke with Moayed and Watkins about relating to their characters and filming on location in New York City. You Hurt My Feelings zeroes in on married couple, Beth (Louis-Dreyfus) and Don (Menzies), and their happy-go-lucky companionship in NYC. Beth, a writer, is understandably anxious about the success of her memoir, while Don, a shrink, is worrying about aging, and subsequently losing touch with his patients. Watkins plays Beth’s interior designing sister, Sarah, whose husband, Mark (Moayed) is an actor, and their relationships in the film all coincide ar