Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites. The Roses is a reimagining of the 1989 classic film The War of the Roses, based on the novel by Warren Adler.
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This video features Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch discussing their roles in a satirical reimagining of *The War of the Roses*. They explore the toxic yet witty dynamic between their characters, Ivy and Theo, as they navigate a role reversal in their marriage and a descent into mutual hatred.
Okay, so ten things you love about each other.
Theo, you first.
The shape of her head is somewhat pleasing at a distance.
She smells pleasant on occasion.
The Roses is a cautionary tale about romance.
A loser, a wanker.
Number ten, Theo, what a c***.
That's actually quite funny.
Theo, Rose, falls quickly, lustfully in love with Ivy.
It was love at the beginning at least.
And it's still there, but it's really being stretched thin.
Theo is an architect and he has a disaster with a building
and it collapses along with his ego.
It's not going to fall.
I think it might.
No, stop filming, guys.
So they swap roles.
He looks after the kids.
And Ivy ends up taking over the breadwinner role.
Then she starts to love it.
How was your day?
The neighbour's dog shat in the laundry.
The kids have got knit together.
My left eye's twitching.
More champagne for me, please.
I sense trouble.
I don't think you have the capacity to fix your problems.
Are you actually allowed to say that?
I read the script and I was like, this is fantastic.
Tony McNamara, who wrote this script,
is kind of reimagining the original film, The War of the Roses.
No one writes bad behaviour like Tony McNamara.
This is the easy bit, smother me with a pillow.
Easy.
Said a little too quickly for my liking.
It's grounded and it's satirical at the same time.
It's that beautiful, dry, British wit
that only Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch could pull off.
Everybody seems to think...
We hate each other?
I suppose sometimes I do hate you.
Sporadic hatred.
Olivia Colman, national treasure.
Put that aside.
She's just a lot of fun to work with.
She's just very...
Hello.
Benedict was an amazing dance partner.
He always does everything better, though.
He always says everything better.
I'm going to leave some long pauses in the conversation
for you to insert an apology.
I'm so sorry.
My deepest regrets.
Banter was a whole other level
and it was a dream supporting cast.
You guys are so cute.
Like a sack of kittens.
Near a rushing river.
I don't get that.
Some people side a little more with Ivy
and some people actually side with Theo
and they sometimes change during the course of the film
and all you can do is just root for them to figure it out.
It's fun behaving badly.
It really is.
Things are getting a little out of hand.
