'A Good Person' Was Written Specifically For Florence Pugh, Director Zach Braff Says

Florence Pugh gives a sweet kiss to her grandmother, Pat Mackin, at the premiere of her new movie, A Good Person.

The granddaughter and grandma duo met up with Florence‘s co-stars Zoe Lister-Jones, Molly Shannon, Nichelle Hines, Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, and Brian Rojas, as well as director Zach Braff at the premiere held at Metrograph in New York City on Monday (March 20).

Molly‘s daughter, Stella Shannon, was also seen at the event.

In a new interview, Zach opened up about how the movie was written specifically for Florence.

Keep reading to find out more…

“It’s been about four years of a lot of loss,” Zach shared with ET. “My best friend (Nick Cordero) 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.”

He added that he “wanted to write about grief and the daunting task of trying to stand back up again after loss”, and that Florence was the actress he had in mind for the role of Allison.

“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 shared.

Zach went on, saying that despite their romantic split, he thinks that Florence is “a next-level actress. I mean, she’s just unbelievable and what I was writing was gonna be really challenging.”

“It wasn’t for your average actors — I couldn’t have written the part for myself. I wanted to write something for her and I had this image in my mind of that diner booth scene and I thought of Florence Pugh opposite some legend that everyone’s talking about.”

Watch the trailer for the movie here!

FYI: Zoe is wearing a red metallic heart print ensemble from London-based womenswear brand Lisou.

Check out 55+ pictures of Florence Pugh, Zach Braff and more at the premiere of A Good Person…