Jerrod Carmichael consulted mental health experts for ‘On the Count of Three’ – Page Six

Jerrod Carmichael made sure to openly discuss mental health while filming On the Count of Three.

His new movie, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday, follows two best friends (played by Carmichael and Christopher Abbott) who decide to make a suicide pact but have some unfinished business.

There are people we consulted with, and again you want to make sure you play it as true to the experience as you can because thats what the texture of the film is based on, 33-year-old Carmichael, who directed the film, said over Zoom in a Q&A following the premiere.

We talked to people, of course, and its also personal experiences and personal things that you know to be true, he continued, and you dont want to change or adapt that based off of what could potentially be the popular or more palatable choice.

Given the heavy material of the moviethough its technically a comedyCarmichael made sure to keep an open line with his cast, which also includes Tiffany Haddish and Henry Winkler, and crew.

We definitely had conversations with people, he said.

Although nearly every scene features Carmichael and Abbott discussing their death, Carmichael said he wasnt concerned with the film being seen as glorifying suicide.

Im really big on the intelligence of the audience and their ability to interpret from an ending like their own emotion and trusting that, he said. We played the story out to its logical conclusion.

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