Hey entertainment buffs, welcome back to As Scene On Screen! During today’s interview, Nicole and Gracie sit down with the writer and director of ‘My Dead Friend Zoe,’ Kyle Hausmann-Stokes. Tune in to hear what Kyle shares about how his own relationships and experiences as a U.S. Army combat veteran inspired the film, how he hopes this movie shifts the narrative around veterans and cinema, and how he cast this incredible line-up of actors.
From the ‘My Dead Friend Zoe’ Press Kit: “Inspired by a true story and winner of the 2024 SXSW Audience Award, MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE is a dark comedy drama that follows the journey of Merit (Sonequa Martin-Green), a U.S. Army Afghanistan
veteran who is at odds with her family thanks to the presence of Zoe (Natalie Morales), her dead best friend from the Army. Despite the persistence of her VA group counselor (Morgan Freeman), the tough love of her mother (Gloria Reuben) and the levity of an unexpected love interest (Utkarsh Ambudkar), Merit's cozy-dysfunctional friendship with Zoe keeps the duo insulated from the world. That is until Merit's estranged Vietnam veteran grandfather (Ed Harris), holed up at the family's ancestral lake house, begins to lose his way and needs the one thing he refuses...help. This autobiographical film from writer/director and U.S. Army combat veteran Kyle Hausmann-Stokes is an unexpected, uplifting exploration of a complicated friendship, a divided family, and the complex ways in which we process grief.”
Watch the behind-the-scenes making of ‘My Dead Friend Zoe’ here!
We would like to extend a huge thank you to our friends at Route 504 PR for setting up this interview, as well as Kyle for sharing his time with us! Don’t miss your chance to see ‘My Dead Friend Zoe’ when it hits theatres across Canada and the United States on February 28th! Join us on Spotify or YouTube to talk all things entertainment!