How The Big Sick got to the big screen
Husband-and-wife team Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon talk about bringing their critically acclaimed romantic comedy to the big screen.
Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon's new film, The Big Sick, is in many ways a case study for the ways we struggle with love and cultural difference in our everyday lives.
The romantic comedy not only addresses how the real-life couple met and fell in love but also includes dramatic elements based on a mysterious illness that hospitalizes Gordon.
Stand-up comic Nanjiani, who has appeared in Silicon Valley, essentially plays a version of himself in the film, while Zoe Kazan plays his wife.
Nanjiani and Gordon speak with q host Tom Power from New York about bringing the story to the cinematic screen.
— Produced by Ty Callender