‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Star Rose Byrne and Director Mary Bronstein Detail Filming Dramatic Scenes With Conan O’Brien: ‘If I Suck, You Can Fire Me’

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William Earl “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” is the tale of a mother (Rose Byrne) feeling increasingly underwater from all the stresses of daily life.

In the movie, Byrne interacts with a few characters played by unconventional actors, including Conan O’Brien as her dead-serious therapist, and A$AP Rocky as a new friend she meets during a particularly stressful spell.

Writer-director Mary Bronstein and Byrne visited Variety‘s Studio presented by Audible at Sundance the day after the film’s festival premiere.

Both Bronstein and Byrne said that one of the joys of the shoot was working alongside O’Brien. “He was very humble and committed to the scenes and to this character, who was very counterintuitive to his own warmth and generosity,” Byrne said. “This character is not like that.