To celebrate the release of Nicole Holofcener’s beautifully observed new comedy You Hurt My Feelings, I spoke to Iranian American actor Arian Moayed (Succession, Ms. Marvel, Inventing Anna) about playing an actor in the midst of a crisis of confidence.
You Hurt My Feelings is a movie about trust, lies, and the things we say to the people we love most. It is led by multi-award-winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep), and also stars Tobias Menzies (The Crown), Arian Moayed (Succession), David Cross (Arrested Development), Sunita Mani (Everything Everywhere All At Once) and Jeannie Berlin (The Fabelmans).
Moayed spoke to us about his hankering for the heydays of indie comedies in the 90s. We also chatted about his brilliant portrayal of the duplicitous Stewy in the award winning show Succession and how much he enjoyed playing a villain for a change.Elsewhere, we also spoke about how he managed to avoid typecasting in Hollywood and his wish to work with Iranian filmmakers.
You Hurt My Feelings is available to Stream in the UK on Prime Video from the 8th of August, 2023.
