Edie Falco is a legend. At least that’s how director Brendan Walsh And actors Charlie Tehan and Kayli Charlie see her. All three are apart of her latest independent comedy I’ll Be Right Back which follows three days in the life of a middle-aged mom with adult children. While watching her being pulled in every direction, we realize that a mother’s work doesn’t end just because the child grows up.
Brendan Walsh first worked with Falco on the hit medical dramedy Nurse Jackie and jumped at the chance to direct her on I’ll Be Right Back. That seems to be a theme as he told me that many of his collaborators on this film held the same sentiment. Rock star Brittany Howard contributed a song with the statement, “I’m a huge Edie Falco fan.” Walsh also mentioned that costar Bradley Whitford told him, “I would do lawn work for Edie Falco.”
Charlie Tehan, who plays her recovering addict son, agrees. “If Edie could be at every job that I did, I’d be a happy boy,” he says, Kayli Carter, who plays her very pregnant and hysterical daughter Sarah, wanted to bring their A-game for the actress as well. “I’m a little competitive. I want to hold my own. I want to do my best and I want to impress Edie,” she recalled of filming scenes with Falco and legend Jeannie Berlin at an ice cream stand.
While I’ll Be Right There’s star came up quite a bit in conversation, we chatted about how Walsh and his team crafted the score and how fans have reacted reactions to the film as well. I also talked with Tehan and Carter about their time working together on the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown. Watch my interviews with the trio below and get my review here.
