IT'S
IT'S A
IT'S A BRAND NEW THRILLER THAT JUST HIT STREAMING SERVICES TODAY FEAR OF RAIN STARS
KATHERINE HEIGL AND HARRY
CONNICK JR. THEY PLAY THE
PARENTS OF A TEENAGER DEALING
WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA. I SAT DOWN
WITH BOTH STARS FOR A VERY
CANDID CONVERSATION ABOUT
MENTAL HEALTH. KATHERINE HEIGL
WHO ALSO STARS IN THE HUGELY
POPULAR NETFLIX SHOW CALLED
FIREFLY LANE REALLY OPENED UP
ABOUT HER PERSONAL BATTLE WITH
ANXIETY AND WHAT SHE ULTIMATELY
TURNED TO TO OVERCOME IT. SHE
SAID SHE WAS FEELING BETTER. WE
SEE THAT REGULARLY WITH
SCHIZOPHRENIA BUT IT CAN'T BE
CURED. SO I'M HARRY CONNICK JR.
AND KATHERINE HEIGL. I HAVE TO
BE HONEST, THIS FILM LITERALLY
HAD ME ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT.
IT IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE
IT MAKES A JUMP. IT'S NOT REAL
.I AGREE. I'M RIGHT THERE WITH
YOU. YEAH, WE LIKE THAT FILM
AND SOMETIMES KATHRYN, I READ
AN ARTICLE ABOUT YOU RECENTLY
AND I LOVE THAT YOU WERE SO
BRAVE AND HONEST IN SHARING THE
STORY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE
ESPECIALLY AFTER THE YEAR THAT
WE'VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE CAN
RELATE TO DEALING WITH ANXIETY
.WHAT WAS THAT JOURNEY LIKE
FOR YOU AND HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO
SORT OF GET TO THE OTHER SIDE?
YEAH, THAT THAT'S A BIG PART
OF WHY THIS MOVIE APPEALED SO
MUCH TO ME IN THE STORY WAS SO
RELATABLE TO ME IN A WAY I DO
NOT SUFFER FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA
BUT I DO FEEL THAT THERE IS
SUCH A SORT OF A LONELINESS AND
MENTAL ILLNESS WHERE YOU'RE
YOU'RE AFRAID TO TO TALK ABOUT
THAT BECAUSE THERE IS STILL OR
THERE CAN FEEL LIKE THERE'S
STILL A STIGMA ATTACHED TO IT.
AND FOR ME IT WAS REALLY ABOUT
ASKING FOR HELP. I GOT TO A
POINT WHERE I I REALIZED I
REALLY I COULDN'T SIT WITH IT
ALONE ANYMORE AND TRY TO MIND
OVER MATTER IT OR PRETEND IT
WASN'T HAPPENING. I NEEDED TO
ASK FOR HELP AND I'M SO
GRATEFUL I DID BECAUSE THE GIRL
I WAS YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS AGO
IS THANKFULLY I AM NOT THAT NOT
THAT WOMAN ANYMORE. I FEEL LIKE
I NEED TO KNOCK ON WOOD WHAT
ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE SITTING IN THAT SPACE
THAT YOU WERE TWO YEARS AGO AND
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO? I
THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
TO DO IS ASK FOR HELP. I REALLY
DO BECAUSE I COULDN'T DO IT BY
MYSELF. I TRIED I TRIED
EVERYTHING. I PRAYED. I TRIED
TO CHANGE MY DIET. I TRIED TO
MEDITATE. I TRIED EVERYTHING
AND I THINK ALL THOSE THINGS
CAN HELP. BUT ULTIMATELY FOR ME
IT WAS MEDICATION AND AND THE
THERAPIST AND THE THERAPIST
SORT DIAGNOSING THE DISORDER
AND HELPING ME FIND THE RIGHT
MEDICATION TO TO EASE MY MIND.
I GUESS TO MY MY BRAIN DIDN'T
FEEL LIKE MY OWN ANYMORE. SO I
THINK THAT I THINK THAT'S THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING PEOPLE CAN
DO IS NOT TRY TO MANAGE IT BY
THEMSELVES AND NOT FEEL ASHAMED
OF ASKING FOR HELP AND NOT FEEL
ASHAMED OF SUFFERING BUECHEL
HARRY, I THOUGHT THAT THIS
MOVIE REALLY SHOWED WHAT A
TEENAGER CAN BE DEALING WITH. I
KNOW THAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE
GROWN OR THE TEENAGERS AND
WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE DURING THE
PANDEMIC FOR THEM AND FOR YOUR
FAMILY AND HOW'S EVERYTHING
GOING? THE HARDEST THING IS FOR
ME TO WATCH THEM AS THEY'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE OUT THERE SORT
OF DESIGNING THEIR LIVES AND
YOU KNOW, FLYING THE COOP THEY
THEY'RE AT HOME AND YOU KNOW,
LISTEN, IT COULD BE A LOT WORSE
.THANK GOD WE HAVE EACH OTHER
AND WE HAVE OUR HELP. BUT IT'S
HARD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO TO
NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS TIME
ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY WITH
REGARD TO MENTAL HEALTH. BUT
IT'S BECAUSE OF LEADERS LIKE
CATHERINE AND ALSO BECAUSE
OF THE DEEP STIGMATIZATION I
THINK THAT'S HAPPENED AS A
RESULT OF US KIND
OF MODERNIZING US AS A SOCIETY
,WE'RE SORT OF UNDERSTANDING
THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED AND
SHOULD BE AND WILL BE DISCUSSED
OPENLY WITHOUT JUDGMENT AND
MOVIES LIKE OUR MOVIE FEAR
OF RAIN I THINK HELPED TO TO AT
LEAST AT THE VERY BEGINNING
RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO ARE SUFFERING SO YOU KNOW,
I THINK WE'RE HEADED IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION. THIS WAS SUCH
A PLEASURE AND I APPRECIATE
BOTH OF YOU FOR BEING SO HONEST
WITH ME AND WITH OUR VIEWERS.
KATHERINE HEIGL, HARRY CONNICK
JR. THE MOVIE