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How Paul Feig Broke His Longstanding “No Sequels” Rule To Make ‘Another Simple Favor’ – Contenders TV
Paul Feig reveals how he broke his longstanding "no sequels" rule to make 'Another Simple Favor'.
Director Paul Feig admits that in making his latest film Another Simple Favor, the sequel to his 2018 hit comedy A Simple Favor starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, he found himself choosing to rethink his usual filmmaking methodologies – including his longstanding rule to avoid making sequels at all. But Feig said his enduring affection for the first Favor film’s characters fueled his interest in figuring out a fresh approach: in the follow-up, Lively’s character Emily is released from prison, and much to the surprise of Kendrick’s Stephanie, who’s built a cottage industry of books and podcasts about their first encounter, Emily asks her to serve as a bridesmaid at her Italian wedding, and Stephanie can’t resist trying to untangle the intrigue. Feig revealed that, even after working with two screenwriters to develop a fully greenlighted script he was pleased with, he decided to use the production pause caused by the writers’ strike to dramatically overhaul the story.
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