Molly Shannon on A Good Person & How She Snuck Onto Twin Peaks

While most will immediately recognize her from her time on Saturday Night Live, Molly Shannon has a career that spans genres. Though her presence on film often guarantees a laugh, Shannon’s performance in dramas like Wild Nights With Emily and Other People, showcases another facet of her talents, one she flexes in writer/director Zach Braff’s A Good Person. Shannon plays Diane, the mother of Florence Pugh’s Allison, who’s attempting to overcome an opioid addiction. Though she does provide a light in the film’s darkness, Shannon’s character is struggling with her own addictive battles, and in an interview with Collider’s Steve Weintraub, she shares her interpretation of the script and the journey it takes. During her conversation, ahead of A Good Person’s theatrical release, Shannon discusses the importance of the story Braff is telling, and speaks on the script from an outside perspective on addiction, describing her character’s feelings of helplessness and the line between tough love and being an enab