Britt Lower Talks Acting Alongside A Taxidermied Cat In ‘Psycho Therapy’ & Her Viral Trumpet Performance Of The ‘Severance’ Theme On ‘The Tonight Show’

Britt Lower as “Suzie” in the Dark Comedy, Thriller PSYCHO THERAPY: THE SHALLOW TALE OF A WRITER WHO ... More DECIDED TO WRITE ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER , a Brainstorm Media release.
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Would you read a romance novel about a blossoming relationship between the last-living Neanderthal caveman and a Homo sapien woman in prehistoric Slovenia?
Probably not, right? Tell that to Keane (September 5’s John Magaro), the struggling New York City author depserately trying to make it the focus of his sophomore book in writer-director Tolga Karacelik’s Psycho Therapy. Or, as the full subtitle reads, The Shallow Tale of Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer.
If any movie could pull off a mouthful like that, it’s this odd, refreshingly original, and oftentimes hilarious dark comedy in which a “retired” serial killer by the name of Kollmick (Boardwalk Empire’s Steve Buscemi) inadvertently becomes a marriage counselor while advising a bestselling, albeit timid and clueless, writer — the aforementioned Keane — on the psychological makeup of career murderers.
This unexpected creative partnership inexorably draws suspicion from Keane’s wife, Suzie (Severance lead Britt Lower), who mistakes the ex-killer for an avant-garde professional who can save her miserable marriage to a man incapable of thinking for himself. Outrageous hijinks invariably ensue from this profound misunderstanding that defines most of the film, which needs to be seen to be believed.
As fate would be have it, I recently had a chance to sit down with Lower to discuss her role in the project (currently playing in New York theaters), viral trumpet performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and more.