Melanie Lynskey talks working with Sunny Sandler

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Aug 15, 2026
And you and Sonny are so dynamic and natural
and funny on screen together.
I'm wondering if you can talk to me
about the first time you met Sonny,
to like the conversations you had with her
about your characters and working with her on screen.
Yeah, the first time I met her was just like
in an office, in the production office.
And she came in, she was so sort of disarming
and sweet and such a genuine teenager.
I didn't really know.
I had seen her, the Bar Mitzvah movie,
and I thought she was great in it, and that was nice.
But just to meet her and see how completely like unguarded
and genuine she is, was a real relief.
I was like, okay, this is great.
She's a real sweet human being.
And then getting to know her, it's just been a joy.
She's so caring.
She's so thoughtful.
She's just been raised well.
They're just like a good family,
and she's a really good kid, and she works so hard.
You know, she would have a day off
and she would have to be in musical theatre rehearsals
and just working so hard all the time.
And I just really appreciate her
and was really grateful that we had a true bond
with each other, that we didn't have to fake.
