Allison Janney talks about new HBO movie with…
An unlikely duo.
Allison Janney and Andrew Rannells co-star in the HBO movie, “Miss You, Love You,” which follows Diane (Janney) a grieving widow who is planning her husband’s funeral with help from a stranger — her son’s assistant, Jamie (Rannells).
The Oscar-winning actress completely told the Post that she had “fun” filming it, because she likes materials that is “the messier, the better. For me, comic mixed with drama and anger … comedy [mixed with] intense hurt, that’s when it’s really spicy.”
Allison Janney and Andrew Rannells seem together in HBO’s “Miss You, Love You.” HBO
Jim Rash, Allison Janney, and Andrew Rannells all appeared at the Los Angeles premiere of “Miss You, Love You” on May 7, 2026. WireImage
Written and directed by “Community” actor Jim Rash, the movie oscillates between comedy and drama. Diane is impolite to Jamie, and they both acknowledge how unusual their scenario is.
She’s estranged from her hotshot creator son, who is also caught abroad. So his assistant Jamie goes to keep with Diane in his place, serving to her in her time of grief. Eventually, Diane and Jamie bond.
Rash completely told The Post that he was impressed by his expertise at his own father’s funeral eight years in the past.
“My sister had her assistant with her, because she was dealing with some work stuff, and I had never met her assistant — no one had. He didn’t know anyone in the room. So, I just thought that was very fascinating to watch someone in a very emotionally vulnerable place with strangers.”
The movie follows Diane (Janney) a grieving widow who is planning her husband’s funeral with help from a stranger — her son’s assistant, Jamie (Rannells). Janney is seen right here in “Miss You, Love You.” HBO
The movie was filmed in 17 days. HBO
The “I, Tonya” actress said she leaned into “feelings of anger and resentment,” to play Diane, and the “frustrating feelings of a relationship that’s not what you want it to be.”
Janney said she may relate to Diane’s need to, “find connection, be understood,” and “be seen.”
She quipped, “I’m not as caustic and spicy as Diane is” or as a lot of a “control freak” just like the character, but it was, “fun to to jump into that skin, a little bit.”
The movie is was filmed in 17 days, they said.
“We had so much time together in this very small little holding room,” Rannells completely told the Post.
Written and directed by Jim Rash, the movie strikes between comedy and drama. Rannells and Janney are seen right here in “Miss You, Love You.” HBO
“Miss You, Love You” premiers Friday (May 29) at 8 p.m. on HBO and streams on HBO Max. Janney and Rash are seen right here at the “Miss You, Love You” Los Angeles premiere on May 7. Getty Images for HBO
The “Girls” actor famous, “It could have gone awry, but it never did, because we both knew when to not talk and when we needed space.”
When they did discuss, he said, “I would try to get [Janney] to do lines from ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous.”
The actress was “a good sport about it,” he said.
“And I had a lot of ‘I, Tonya’ questions.” He also talked to Janney about her past work on “The West Wing,” and she had “patience” with him, Rannells said.
The two actors had beforehand met when Rannells was starring in Broadway’s “The Book of Mormon.”
“I’m so glad that I knew him before, because otherwise I’m like, ‘who is this?’” Janney told The Post.
She added that she “immediately” knew “I was going to have fun with him,” because they both have theater backgrounds.
“We knew what the mission was, and we were going to kill it.”
“Miss You, Love You” premiers Friday (May 29) at 8 p.m. on HBO and streams on HBO Max.
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