Led by Thalia Bernstein, the story revolves around Talia who is stressed about her long-term relationship—a situation she expresses to her best friend Lee and that reaches a high point at another friend Ashley Madekwe’s birthday party. “It was definitely pulled from reality,” said Bernstein, who also wrote the script. 

As someone who’s been in a long term queer relationship, Bernstein longed to see a story that authentically represented it. “I just wanted to explore that there are so many ways to be in a relationship,” she added. As for Johnson, she created a fun environment while directing the film. 

The Persuasion actress revealed that she encouraged her actors to improv on set. Although the structure of the film was created to the T and everything from the script is in the short film, Johnson wanted to push the actors “a little bit further.”

Earlier during an interview with Variety, the actress revealed that she overdosed on caffeine throughout the filming. She recalled feeling creative, active and inspired only to realize later that she increased her caffeine intake. “It was, like, thousands of milligrams of caffeine coursing through our bodies,” Johnson revealed.