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Zach Braff on Ex Florence Pugh and Writing a Film for Her: 'I'm Just in Awe of Her Talent' (Exclusive)

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Zach Braff channeled his grief into art. The filmmaker spoke with ET ahead of the premiere of his new film, , and shared how his late family and relationship with his ex-girlfriend Florence Pugh inspired the star-studded drama.«It's been about four years of a lot of loss,» Braff told ET's Rachel Smith, musing on the deaths of his sister, father, and close friend, Nick Cordero during the COVID lockdown in California. «My best friend was staying in my guest house and he got Covid and eventually died at 41 years old leaving behind [his wife] Amanda Kloots and their young son… So when I sat down to write — because I had to write, I had to express myself in some way, there was nothing else to do during the pandemic — this is what came out of me.» «I wanted to write about grief and the daunting task of trying to stand back up again after loss,» he continued.

Braff explained that Pugh is the inspiration for the story that would become . «I'm just in awe of her talent and I said, 'I wanna write this for Florence.

What I'm writing is really gonna be challenging and she's incredible,'» he recalled. follows Daniel (Morgan Freeman) and Allison (Florence Pugh), a once-thriving young woman who becomes addicted to opioids after being involved in an unimaginable tragedy that took Daniel's daughter's life.

As a grief-stricken Daniel navigates raising his teenage granddaughter and Allison seeks redemption, they discover that friendship, forgiveness, and hope can flourish in unlikely places.Braff explained that he wrote the role with Pugh in mind because «she's a next-level actress.

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