‘Relationship Goals’: Method Man & Kelly…
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Prime Video’s Relationship Goals could heart on office rivalry between exes, but for artists-turned-“dawgs” Kelly Rowland and Method Man, the guts of the story shines a highlight on a robust fact; sometimes the individual you conflict with most is definitely “all you need to get by.”
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While chatting with BOSSIP’s Managing Editor Dani Canada, that stress got here into focus amid a buzzing of Method Man and Mary J. Blige’s 1995 traditional, which truly underscores how Leah Caldwell (Kelly) and Jarrett Roy (Method Man) fail to acknowledge just how a lot they still rely on one another, not only romantically, but professionally.
“No, I think one of them does [realize that],” Method Man interjected with a chuckle about Leah and Jarrett presumably being unaware of just how important they’re to each other.
Throughout the movie, the 2 characters push each other. Leah’s push is more career-centered, while Jarrett’s push is for atonement after his womanizing methods drew him and Leah aside.
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When requested what audiences can take away from watching two rivals pressured to coexist in the same place can take away from the movie, Method Man and Kelly overtly supplied their opinions.
“That is a million-dollar question right there,” said Meth. “You look at the bigger picture of why you’re all there and then try and focus on that. A lot of times, people at the workspace don’t want that to come home with them. They’re not friends once you leave the office building. You can be cordial — ‘Hey, how you doing?’ — but that doesn’t mean you know them outside of work. It’s possible. It’s definitely possible. But love in the office? I’m not the type of person that feels like it’ll work.”
Kelly famous that for Leah, despite how a lot he would possibly “need” Jarrett to grow professionally, the formidable news producer has her limits.
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“Boundaries are a real thing,” she said. “How will it have an effect on the space that I’m in? How will I show up different?”
That push-and-pull is central to Relationship Goals, which flips the normal rom-com dynamic by putting profession ambition entrance and heart.
Produced by DeVon Franklin, the movie follows Leah (Rowland), a sharp, pushed tv producer on the brink of changing into the first lady to run New York’s top morning show. Just as the promotion seems within attain, her ex, Jarrett (Method Man), reenters her life, and the competitors, claiming he’s a modified man thanks to the knowledge of Pastor Michael Todd’s bestselling ebook Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and intimacy, which impressed the movie.
Throughout the movie, music turns into a playful metaphor for Leah and Jarrett’s unresolved connection and chemistry. At one level, Jarrett even makes use of music and his personal playllist to push Leah to her restrict.
When requested what track Leah would put on her own playlist for Jarrett, Kelly told BOSSIP that she’d select “Complicated,” the monitor she and Method Man collaborated on for the movie, produced by Jack Dine.
“I would choose our new song, ‘Complicated,’ because that’s exactly what it is,” she said. “Their situation is complicated. Their hearts are complicated. Their thought processing is complicated. People are complicated. Situations are complicated. Relationships are complicated.”
Method Man agreed, calling “All I Need” the plain choose from his own catalog, while also suggesting Nas’ “If I Ruled the World” as another match for Jarrett’s (egregiously aggravating) but assured conduct.
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“But I like ‘Complicated,’” he added. “That’s a good one right there.”
Behind the scenes, the dynamic between Kelly and Method Man proved just as important as their on-screen rivalry. Asked whether or not it was more enjoyable taking part in adversaries or reluctant allies, Kelly told BOSSIP that she favored scenes where they have been at ecah others’ throats.
“I loved the rival. It was so fun.”
Method Man echoed the sentiment and added that their real connection was cast off digicam.
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“Behind the scenes, that’s my dawg proper there,” he told BOSSIP. “Period.”
Kelly went on to reward Method Man as a scene associate, recalling a pivotal chemistry read that bought her on the collaboration.
“I assumed, ‘Method Man is gone. I just saw Jarrett,’” she said. “He was vulnerable. He showed up knowing all the lines, feeding me the energy I needed, even when it wasn’t his shot. I don’t take that lightly. He was really generous with the space.”
Method Man returned the admiration.
“You’re only as good as your dance partner. And she got the rhythm.”
Directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Linda Mendoza, with a screenplay by Laura Lekkos and earlier drafts by Michael Elliot and Cory Tynan, Relationship Goals also stars Robin Thede, Annie Gonzalez, Dennis Haysbert, and Matt Walsh. The movie is government produced by Rowland, Bart Lipton and Todd under the Amazon MGM Studios banner.
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Relationship Goals premiered Feb. 4 on Prime Video.
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