I Want You Back: Charlie Day & Jenny Slate on First Roles and Upcoming Projects

Dating is not always smooth sailing and sometimes a breakup comes out of nowhere. Amazon Studios’ new rom-com I Want You Back deals with the difficulty of breakup and how far we’re sometimes willing to go to get our exes back. Starring Charlie Day, Jenny Slate, Gina Rodriguez, Scott Eastwood, Manny Jacinto, and Clark Backo, the movie follows the story of Peter (Day) and Emma (Slate) after their respective dumpings. After a tearful meet-cute in a stairway, the two concoct a plan to get their exes to take them back. Our leads Peter and Emma don’t meet each other until they’ve both gotten dumped. Working in the same office building, the two bond over their respective breakups and the shock of how quickly their exes have rebounded, and soon a plan is formed. Peter will bromance Emma’s ex Noah (Eastwood) and convince him to breakup with his current girlfriend Ginny (Backo). Emma will seduce Logan (Jacinto), Peter’s ex Anne’s (Rodriguez) new beau. Of course, while plotting and sch