Rose Byrne on Playing a 'Political Animal' in Jon Stewart's 'Irresistible': 'It's a Blood Sport'

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Rose Byrne chats with THR about playing a 'political animal' in Irresistible, working with Jon Stewart and, yes, having to lick Steve Carell's face on her first day working on set: 'It was so funny and I kept falling over in his bag and I was nervous'

Rose Byrne on Playing a "Political Animal" in Jon Stewart's 'Irresistible': "It's a Blood Sport"The actress, who makes the leap from playing Gloria Steinem in 'Mrs. America' to a "political animal" in Jon Stewart's ‘Irresistible,’ talks to THR about the Focus Features release, debuting June 26 on VOD.IrresistibleWhile that may have been too easy, describing her character is anything but.

It's a very specific world, this Washington machine. He was so specific about how it works, the people and the world that they live in and revolve around, and the relationship that Gary and Faith have. He referenced that famous documentary, [1993’s] as there were characters in that he was inspired by and wanted to talk about. He’s also disarmingly down to Earth. Jonny loves to get your instincts on things. He’s very collaborative. It was also a very fast shoot.

I have to apologize because I'm sure everyone is bringing this up, but I must ask about licking Steve Carell's face …Yeah. That was my first day, my first thing on set. And we were dying, we were laughing. It was so funny and I kept falling over in his bag and I was nervous. It felt like, oh god, this is terrible, I’m doing such a bad job.

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