'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' Director Auditioned Stars in a Bathroom
“I like to audition in the world and not in the artificial confines of a rehearsal room where there’s all these added pressure forces,” Eliza Hittman says
The young stars of the abortion drama “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” auditioned in a bathroom and other nontraditional locations to capture the feeling of what it would be like during production.
Director Eliza Hittman and stars Sidney Flanigan and Talia Ryder dropped by TheWrap Studio at Sundance and described the unconventional way in which they got involved with the project. “I read for Eliza, and after a few rounds I got to test with Sidney, and we spent a day doing scenes on the subway and in bathrooms as a way of auditioning,” Ryder told TheWrap’s Steve Pond.
“I like to audition in the world and not in the artificial confines of a rehearsal room where there’s all these added pressure forces like producers and casting directors,” Hittman added. “I’m always trying to break my potential cast out of those environments and get to know them more in the context of the way we’d be shooting the film.”
The title “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” refers to one of the survey forms young women have to fill out when they go to get an abortion, and the story involves two teenage girls who leave rural Pennsylvania for New York to have the procedure. Hittman said the film was inspired by the sad story of a woman who died because she was denied an abortion that would have saved her life.
“I began to wonder how far she would’ve had to travel to save her life,” Hittman said. “And I became reading about what’s insensitively known as abortion tourism and women who are forced to travel for access to safe reproductive care.”
Flanigan was 14 when she first met Hittman and began to get involved in the film, and though she knew it could be difficult to obtain a legal abortion depending on what part of the country you live in, she had no idea about the many hoops women often have to jump through in the process.
“I was generally aware that sometimes access can be hard and that sometimes people have to travel,” Flanigan said. “But I wasn’t aware of the extent of how many obstacles there can be and how traumatizing it can be.”
Check out TheWrap’s interview with the team from “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” above.
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always” opens in limited release this Friday.
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Clare Burgess, Sharon Waxman, and Leonid Solovyev of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation at TheWrap’s cocktail reception at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Director Julie Taymor, composer Elliot Goldenthal, actor DW Moffett, and “The Glorias” producer Lynn Hendee at TheWrap’s annual influencer dinner at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Panelists at the Latinx House at Sundance 2020.
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Panelists at the Latinx House at Sundance 2020.
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Sharon Waxman, director Chris Miller, and Studios 101’s Heather Phillips at a cocktail reception at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Sharon Waxman at a cocktail reception at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Guests at TheWrap’s cocktail reception at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Guests at a cocktail reception at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Leonid Solovyev, Clare Burgess, Sharon Waxman, and Dean Daley at a cocktail reception at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Clare Burgess speaks at TheWrap’s cocktail reception at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Guests at a cocktail reception at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Director Chris Miller and Studio 101’s Heather Phillips attend a cocktail reception at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Guests at TheWrap’s cocktail reception at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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“Sergio” producer Daniel Dreifous, “Disclosure” producer Amy Scholder, “Disclosure” director Sam Feder, and GLAAD’s Jeremy Blacklow at TheWrap’s cocktail reception at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Guests at TheWrap’s cocktail reception at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Clare Burgess, Sharon Waxman, and Leonid Solovyev of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation at TheWrap’s cocktail reception at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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“Cuties” director Maïmoune Doucuré speaks at TheWrap’s annual influencer dinner at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Guests at TheWrap’s annual influencer dinner at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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“The Glorias” producer Lynn Hendee and actor DW Moffett at TheWrap’s influencer dinner at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Producer Joe Pichirallo at TheWrap’s annual influencer dinner at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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GLAAD’s Jeremy Blacklow at TheWrap’s annual influencer dinner at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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“Disclosure” producer Amy Scholder and GLAAD’s Anthony Ramos at TheWrap’s annual influencer dinner at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Director Sam Feder speaks at TheWrap’s annual influencer dinner at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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GLAAD’s Anthony Ramos speaks at TheWrap’s annual influencer dinner at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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“Sergio” producer Daniel Dreifous speaks at TheWrap’s annual influencer dinner at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Leonid Solovyev speaks at TheWrap’s annual influencer dinner at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Studios 101’s James Allen speaks at TheWrap’s annual influencer dinner at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Composer Elliot Goldenthal speaks at TheWrap’s annual influencer dinner at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Dean Daley at TheWrap’s influencer dinner at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Bryan Fogel speaks at TheWrap’s annual influencer dinner at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Filmmaker Aviva Kempner speaks at TheWrap’s annual influencer dinner at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Guests at TheWrap’s influencer dinner at 710 Bodega in concurrence with Sundance 2020.
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Sundance 2020: TheWrap hosts a panel at Latinx House and a reception and dinner at 710 Bodega in addition to a photo studio during the festival
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