![]() “I don’t think that just because you happen to be attracted to whatever gender presentation the person you’re friends with have, that that means there’s a romantic connection there or a sexual one." Her book ”Overthinking About You: Navigating Romantic Relationships When You Have Anxiety, OCD, and/or Depression" addresses these topics. “It's kind of wild we’re even asking that question in 2023,” said Allison Raskin, a bestselling author and mental health advocate. (The answer: They both are.)Īnd while Billy Crystal's Harry in 1989's “When Harry Met Sally” was adamant that men and women can't be friends, relationship experts say it's a silly debate. Will and Sylvia also argue about who is more stuck at middle age and not living up to their potential. Sylvia's husband, Charlie, played by Luke Macfarlane, is envious that Sylvia is more carefree with Will, while their lives are cluttered with the things they have to do, not want to do. They revert back to their younger selves, pulling pranks, staying out late and partying. There's also an issue of how Will and Sylvia behave when they're together. The will they-won't they trope is more about will they be able to be the kind of friends they once were after so much time has passed. Will is recently divorced and has more freedom. Sylvia is happily married with three kids. “They reunite in very different chapters in their life,” said Byrne. The conflict in “Platonic” arises because Rogen and Byrne's characters, Will and Sylvia, are rekindling their friendship after an argument created a yearslong wedge between them. I have kids and a family we live on other sides of the world.” “We’re still very, very close friends 20 years later, but it’s harder now. “The amount of people that could not believe that we were not together or hooking up or had hooked up or were going to hook up, it was extraordinary," she said, adding that they still share a bond. What brought them comfort was a hot topic among outsiders. The two were also roommates and leaned on each other, as friends do. "I still am on a text chain with two girls who I went to an elementary school and summer camp with.”īyrne recalls a “very intense” friendship she had with a male years ago when they were both struggling actors. “I have a lot of friendships with women that I've had for decades and decades and decades," he said. ’How do we signal to the audience, ‘that’s not a thing we have to worry about'? They can enjoy the show, laugh and not have this nagging thing in the back of their heads of like, ‘Is she going to cheat on her husband with this guy?’”īoth Byrne and Rogen, who are each married, say they have longtime friends of the opposite sex. That was something that I was like so clear (on) and something we talked about a lot. ![]() ![]() “I honestly don’t like things about infidelity,” Rogen said in a recent interview. In fact, the actors had conversations early on to make sure the characters never cross a line. The pair co-star in the new Apple TV+ series “ Platonic,” debuting Wednesday, about longtime best friends who, as the title suggests, are just that. Can men and women be friends? 1989's “ When Harry Met Sally ” said no, but Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen disagree. ![]()
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