Zach Braff on Florence Pugh, A Good Person, depression and Manic Pixie Dream Girls

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It’s a nod to a scene in his new film, a drama about grief called A Good Person, but he says he also finds the expression “useful” day to day. “We both want everyone to see it, so we’re both promoting it and doing everything we can to get it out there.” open image in gallery Zach Braff directs Florence Pugh on the set of ‘A Good Person’ There is – like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Mr & Mrs Smith or Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez in Gigli before it – a voyeuristic thrill to watching a famous couple collaborate on a film together, and it certainly powers A Good Person. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free open image in gallery Florence Pugh and Zach Braff at the London premiere of ‘A Good Person’ “I was just copying Diane Keaton in Annie Hall and Ruth Gordon in Harold and Maude,” Braff says. You get used to it.” open image in gallery Natalie Portman and Zach Braff in ‘Garden State’ A Good Person was shot in Braff’s hometown of South Orange, New Jersey, much like Garden State.