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"Really at its heart, this is a twisted love story that asks the question: How far are you willing to go for the one that you love?," Mancinelli said during a round of interviews at last September's Toronto International Film Festival.

鈥淲e were really fascinated by the ebbs and flows of love and how in the valleys 鈥� in those low points of a relationship 鈥� how those are the most important, vulnerable moments to help find new ways to recommit, to devote yourself to your partner and how that can be both horrifying and thrilling.鈥�

It鈥檚 no coincidence that the couple turned to another duo to bring the creepy marriage story to life, with Mancinelli believing the real-life bond between stars Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie helped drive their performances.

"It really enriched the whole experience,鈥� said Mancinelli, who also teamed with Sims-Fewer for their debut feature, 鈥淰iolation.鈥澛�

鈥淲e worked really closely with them developing the characters as we were writing the script. And there was a level of intimacy there, because as two couples working together creatively, we're sharing lots of conversations about our own experiences and trying to create a really kind of authentic representation on screen for other people that hopefully can relate to these characters and their journey."聽

Glowicki and Petrie, also frequent collaborators who brought their macabre horror 鈥淒ead Lover鈥� to TIFF, said they鈥檙e used to blurring their personal and professional lives, but Glowicki still found the added layers of 鈥淗oney Bunch鈥� extra-surreal.

鈥淚'm super-familiar with working with my real-life husband but this was particularly unique because there was also a real-life couple behind the camera, we were playing a married couple, it was about philosophies of love," she said.

While the story is very much fiction, it was hard not to mine personal experiences for inspiration, added Glowicki.

"To try to keep the compartments of real life and fiction separate at a certain point was just a fool's errand. So I think we just let ourselves slip into this strange reality together.鈥�

The facility鈥檚 staff includes another fictional married couple, an older couple played by Kate Dickie and Julian Richings with their own unique dynamic. 聽聽

They鈥檙e soon joined by a father-daughter pair played by Jason Isaacs of HBO/Crave鈥檚 鈥淭he White Lotus鈥� and India Brown of Apple TV鈥檚 "Invasion," who are also looking for a medical miracle. 聽

Sims-Fewer said they pursued Isaacs later than the others because they assumed he wouldn鈥檛 be available.

鈥淎nd we sent him the script as this kind of Hail Mary, and then he loved it, and he really connected to the character,鈥� she said, adding that Isaacs had yet to shoot Season 3 of 鈥淭he White Lotus鈥� at the time.聽

鈥淗e has a daughter and so the father-daughter relationship was something that was really meaningful to him.鈥�

Mancinelli said Isaacs arrived on set with a fully formed perspective on the role, which Sims-Fewer described as an exploration of 鈥渁lmost toxic optimism.鈥�

鈥淲e had all these ideas of his wardrobe, and he came and he was like, 鈥楴o, my character won't wear that. This is what my character is鈥�,鈥� said Mancinelli.

"It was so amazing and refreshing to have someone just who knew very specifically how they would look, how they with sound."

鈥淗oney Bunch" opens in select theatres Friday.聽

This report by 好色tvwas first published Jan. 23, 2026.