Cheryl McCollum

You know, we had three wonderful leads and,

And, and I wasn't sure, and they were hard to, they were going to be hard to find because of the accents and the mannerisms and how many years they

The, you know, the story, a lot of these stories do not cover that many years, you know, where you're changing hair and colors and the way you look and what's going on in the world.

And, you know, so there was a lot of production, right?

Yeah, the performances were very, very strong.

Everybody.

I'm really proud of them.

I really am.

So after everything that Mary Jo has adored and been through, what do you think?

I mean, this, this idea of closure, which I always think is, is a farce.

There is somewhat anyway.

Yeah.

Like what do you think it looks like for her?

And do you think that she has gotten some healing from making this film?

I think she did.

I mean, I think because she could let herself emotionally experience these things, you know, and because of how she felt on the set and because of how she felt when she was, you know, delivering the things she wanted to say to the camera, I think she probably got some of that.

And I think, you know, there's this feeling, if you feel totally misunderstood...

and you get a chance to, in your own words, try to set it straight, you know, that would feel liberating to me in a certain way.

She's also like, you know, very close to her daughter and her son, and she's very present.

You know, she was, I found her, I wasn't sure, you know, what it was going to be like.