We speak to ImTotallyFine star NatalieMorales about filming the sci-fi dramedy in 9 days, crafting her alien character, and imagining what the species actually looks like outside a human body:
I'm Totally Fine is a movie about grief, told in the most unconventional way possible. Jillian Bell stars as Vanessa, a woman who has retreated to the desert to grieve her best friend and business partner Jennifer after her untimely passing. When she wakes up one morning, though, her best friend is in the house with her—except it's not exactly her best friend. Natalie Morales stars as Jennifer, who is being impersonated by an alien to learn more about humanity.
Natalie Morales: Jillian is the answer to all of those questions. Jillian asked me if I wanted to do it with her, and I was like, "Yeah, I don't even need to know what it is. I just want to work with you." That's why it came to me, because of her; because she had worked with Kyle Newacheck, who was producing the movie. And he was like, "This is a two-hander, who do you want to work with?" And luckily for me, [Jillian] said me.
I loved your voice. I loved the inflections, the mannerisms, all of that, as the alien. Did you come up with that on your own? I was just kind of basing it off that, and also tracking how that changes the more time she spends observing Jillian and getting used to the body that they're in. I spent most of the shooting of the movie being like, "Jillian, is this anything?" Natalie Morales: I think this was kind of it. There were varying degrees of it. "How far do I go with it?" But this was kind of the base for it. The thing is, it's my voice.
It's very strange to see it all come out, but I'm happy. I really loved working with Jillian and Brandon and Alisha and Kyle. It was really great. And with the whole crew, all 20 people, we mostly were in this one place. I had just wrapped directing Plan B, and I used the nine days that I had while my editor was doing his cut to shoot this movie. So, I was exhausted, and my brain was kind of depleted. It was a good place to just start fresh with.
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