Director Stephanie Laing on How Working on ‘Veep’ & ‘Banshee’ Informed Her Netflix Film ‘Irreplaceable You’

From director Stephanie Laing, the Netflix original movie Irreplaceable You is a beautiful and beautifully heartbreaking story about the romance between Abbie (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) and Sam (Michiel Huisman), who have been best friends since childhood and who are engaged to be married when Abbie receives an unexpected and life-altering diagnosis.

Faced with the uncertain reality of mortality, Abbie turns to a support group to help her learn how to focus on living while dying and to figure out the best way to say goodbye.

During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, filmmaker Stephanie Laing talked about …

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