Inside Look at The Roses with Benedict Cumberbach and Olivia Colman

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Step behind the scenes of The Roses, Searchlight’s darkly comedic reinvention of The War of the Roses, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman. Discover how director Jay Roach, writer Tony McNamara, and a powerhouse cast—including Kate McKinnon, Andy Samberg, and Allison Janney—bring this fiery tale of ambition, rivalry, and marital collapse to life. In select theaters August 29, 2025.

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00:00OK, so 10 things you love about each other.

00:03Theo, you first.

00:04The shape of her head is somewhat pleasing at a distance.

00:09She smells pleasant on occasion.

00:11The Roses is a cautionary tale about romance.

00:15A loser, a wanker.

00:17Number 10, Theo, what a .

00:21That's actually quite funny.

00:22Theo, Rose, falls quickly, lustfully in love with Ivy.

00:28There was love at the beginning, at least.

00:30And it's still there, but it's really being stretched thin.

00:33Theo is an architect, and he has a disaster with a building,

00:37and it collapses along with his ego.

00:40Do I have to pull?

00:40I think it might.

00:42No, stop filming, guys.

00:43So they swap roles.

00:44He looks after the kids.

00:46And Ivy ends up taking over the breadwinner role.

00:50Then she starts to love it.

00:51How was your day?

00:52The neighbor's dog shot in the laundry.

00:54The kids have got knit together.

00:55My left eye's twitching.

00:56More champagne for me, please.

00:58I sense trouble.

00:59I don't think you have the capacity to fix your problems.

01:02Are you actually allowed to say that?

01:05I read the script, and I was like, this is fantastic.

01:08Tony McNamara, who wrote this script,

01:10is kind of reimagining the original film,

01:12The War of the Roses.

01:14No one writes bad behavior like Tony McNamara.

01:16This is the easy bit.

01:17Smother me with a pillow.

01:18Is it?

01:20Said a little too quickly, if you might like it.

01:22It's grounded, and it's satirical.

01:25At the same time, it's that beautiful, dry British wit

01:29that only Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch could pull off.

01:33Everybody seems to think we hate each other.

01:35I suppose sometimes I do hate you.

01:37Ah, sporadic hatred.

01:39Olivia Colman, National Treasure.

01:41Put that aside.

01:42She's just a lot of fun to work with.

01:44She's just very, hello, hello.

01:46Benedict was an amazing dance partner.

01:47He always does everything better, though.

01:49He always says everything better.

01:51I'm going to leave some long pauses in the conversation

01:53for you to insert an apology.

01:55I'm so sorry.

01:56My deepest regrets, sir.

01:58Banter was a whole other level,

02:00and it was a dream supporting cast.

02:03You guys are so cute.

02:05Like a sack of kittens.

02:07Near a rushing river.

02:09I don't get that.

02:12Some people side a little more with Ivy,

02:14and some people actually side with Theo,

02:17and they sometimes change during the course of the film,

02:19and then all you can do is just root for them

02:21to figure it out.

02:22It's fun behaving badly.

02:24It really is.

02:24Things are getting a little out of hand.

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