ALISON BRIE'S WINNING STREAK

HAPPY AND 'FULFILLED' AT 40, THE ACTRESS HAD A BLAST MAKING A ROM-COM WITH HUSBAND DAVE FRANCO-AND RUNNING AROUND NAKED 

- ERIC ANDERSSON

In the early days of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown-while the rest of us were baking bread or binge-watching Tiger King-Alison Brie and her husband, actor-director Dave Franco, wrote a rom-com. "We really hunkered down in those first two weeks," recalls the actress. She and Franco had previously acted together in 2017's The Little Hours and The Disaster Artist, and he directed her in the 2020 thriller The Rental, but this was their first time teaming as writers. Their initial draft, Brie admits with deadpan honesty, "was sh--ty."