Brett Goldstein on His Toronto Romance ‘All of You’: ‘I Rarely Say This — I’m Really Proud of It’
variety.comDaniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic “All of You,” a sales title premiering in Toronto Sept. 7, features a test many viewers might shy away from taking.
In the story, set in the near-future, science has devised a method to determine one’s true soulmate — if one is willing to take the test.
An unexpected answer comes between Simon (Brett Goldstein) and Laura (Imogen Poots), and their meetings over the years after Laura discovers who her ideal partner really is (hint: not Simon, whom she loves despite herself) take on an increasing, painful intensity. “We wanted to tell a relationship story,” says William Bridges, the film’s director and, with Goldstein, its co-writer. “And we found that by changing one thing in our world, it allowed us to unlock people’s perception of what true love is, and that was very rich territory for a love story.” Bridges, an Emmy-winner for “Black Mirror” (his two episodes include the fan favorite “USS Callister”), originally made “All of You” with Goldstein as a short film after sparking the idea while discussing their respective relationships. “At the time, we didn’t have funding for anything,” Bridges says. “We wrote it for ourselves, to get to the end and see if there’s a movie in it.” There was — and, in the intervening years, both men experienced career upswings (Goldstein is now a two-time Emmy winner for “Ted Lasso,” and co-created Apple’s TV+’s comedy “Shrinking”). “I could cry,” Goldstein says.
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