Writer-director Ethan Coen has a reputation for not wanting actors to change the dialogue in his films.

But that doesn’t mean he wasn’t open to collaborating with the stars in his latest movie with wife and co-writer Tricia Cooke . Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at a New York screening of Honey Dont! earlier this month, Aubrey Plaza , Margaret Qualley and Charlie Day all detailed how they helped shape their distinctive characters in the neo-noir dark comedy detective movie.

Plaza, who plays Qualley’s character’s love interest MG Falcone, praised Coen and Cooke for being “very collaborative” and said that though she’d heard of Coen not wanting to alter lines, “He did a little bit on this one, which I thought was cool because he wanted to be open to all ideas.”

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