If you’ve only got 24 hours until the world ends, why not spend it laughing and self-reflecting?
“In terms of the apocalypse genre of films, they generally tend to be violent and chaotic.
Lister-Jones was fascinated by that “unexpected energy” of what life had become.
Zoe Lister-Jones.Gillian Zinser
I’m looking for something that can be semi-escapist while still having meaning and poignance.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Why did you want to tell Liza’s story?
And we, like everyone, felt so ill-equipped to handle it.
Zoe Lister-Jones in ‘How It Ends’.Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
We were each doing a lot of inner child work in our respective virtual therapy sessions.
It all happened fairly quickly… very organically.
We wrote for a few months and then basically just picked up and started shooting.
Cailee Spaeny and Zoe Lister-Jones in ‘How It Ends’.Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
For some of them, it was their first time leaving the house!
What surprised you about where the story took you on Liza’s journey?
I think that I would be doing something similar to Liza.
Like I was on so many FaceTimes and Zooms with people that I otherwise wouldn’t have reconnected with.
And those reconnections were really important.
And there would definitely be drugs involved.
[Laughs] And probably sex and pancakes.
There’s a checklist for sure!
That’s a solid checklist.
Cailee and I had an incredible journey on this film that we took together.
But my scene with Olivia was just so much fun.
We were just like, “Oh my god we have so much to say to each other!”
It was the magic of that moment that was lightning in a bottle.
What did you get to do with this film that you’ve never gotten to do before?
I had actually never acted opposite Cailee before.
We had just worked onThe Craft: Legacytogether I as her director and she as my star.
Coming off of that, this was a really exciting opportunity for both of us.
Wow, I did not expectThe Craft: Legacyto have such a deep connection toHow It Ends.
How It Endsis playing in theaters andavailable on demandnow.
