Rose Byrne: this change in her intimate life which pushed her to accept the role in Apprentis parents (TF1)

Sunday April 30, 2023, TF1 diffuse Apprentice Parents from 9:10 p.m. The comedy with Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne has a special meaning for the actress: a few months before the start of filming, she experienced a significant change in her personal life.

Pete and Ellie decide, somewhat on a whim, to become parents. The couple will then embark on an unusual family adventure by adopting a family of three. An adventure not always easy, but full of love. Sunday April 30, 2023, TF1 diffuse Apprentice Parents from 9:10 p.m. Sean Anders comedy (How to kill his boss 2) features Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne in the lead roles, alongside Isabela Moner (Dora and the Lost City). But if the actress who plays the foster mother has agreed to play this character, is that it resonated directly with a significant change in his intimate life. On November 16, 2018, she spoke about this with our colleagues fromEntertainment Weekly.

“I had just had a baby, so I was very emotional”

In a relationship with actor Bobby Cannavale since 2012, Rose Byrne gave birth to their first child in 2016. The following year, a second son joined the family. “I had just had a baby, so I was very emotional. When I read the script, I was in tears. It was so touching and heartbreaking. I had never seen or read anything similar. I jumped at the chance”, explains the actress. During this filming experience, the mother of two little boys was able to compare her real experience to that in the cinema. “The children in the film are older than mine, the challenges are different. But there is one universal thing that you understand from the moment you become a parent”, she says. Touched by the script and by the role she agreed to play in the film, the one we also saw in My best friends (2012) et Our Worst Neighbors (2014) lent herself to other very hard exercises to get into her character’s skin.

“I have met incredible families and social workers”

“I don’t even know where to begin to tell you everything I learned. I learned everything”, reveals Rose Byrne. The actress admits to having been “very naive” about the world of adoption. Even if she had heard experiences here and there from relatives, she remained quite far from the reality of the system. Also, to prepare for the filming, she was as close as possible to those concerned. “I have met amazing families and social workers, as well as children who have been part of the system”. Dinners in the company of foster mothers also helped her to have a more intimate view of these situations. “Some had children in transit (towards adoption, editor’s note), others a mixture of biological and adopted children. I will never forget them”, she adds. Unforgettable moments of sharing for the actress who, by jumping into the project, agreed to trust the director and carry this film which, although comic, conveys a strong message.