The new movie, adapted from the Tony Award-winning play, is a story familiar to any family that has gathered together for a bumpy holiday celebration. The cast reunited to tell « Sunday Morning » what they are most grateful for this Thanksgiving.
Look familiar? The new film « The Humans » follows the most time-honored recipe of all for Thanksgiving dinner: food, family, and a whole lot of drama. The movie, out this week on Showtime (a ViacomCBS company), is based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway play, about a family gathered at a couple’s newly-rented New York City apartment. Steven Yeun and Beanie Feldstein are the couple; Jayne Houdyshell (who won a Tony for originating the role on Broadway) is her Mom; Richard Jenkins is her Dad; and Amy Schumer is the big sister. June Squibb also stars as Grandma. The apartment itself is a nightmare, so correspondent Tracy Smith met up with the cast at the slightly more elegant Gotham Bar and Grill in Manhattan. Smith asked, « What do you think it is about Thanksgiving that lends itself to family drama? » « It is intense; Thanksgiving is intense, » Schumer replied. « I turn into, like, ‘son’ whenever I go back home, » Yeun laughed. « That’s your role, that’s your predesignated role? » « Yeah. And you have to, like, battle that, expand that, but also honor that. » Houdyshell said, « I mean, the meal’s nice, but basically the kind of things that I think about are the preparation with my sisters.
