Everyone is finally able to see Rose Byrne at her most unlikeable. As Linda in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and is out now, Byrne brings a complicated character to life straight from the brain (and life) of writer-director Mary Bronstein. Back in January, we asked Byrne about crafting her exasperated personae, working with Conan O’Brien, and if she’s ever had a ceiling crash down into her apartment.

Mary Bronstein said she’d been working on this film for a really long time. I’m curious about when you got involved.

She had been working on it seven years total from the time we started. She sent me this script through my agent, and I was like, “Oh my goodness.” It read so well. There were so many twists and turns. And the more

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