Courteney Cox has opened up about working alongside her daughter Coco Arquette on her new film Evil Genius.
Cox was speaking to ET on the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival, where the film had its premiere.
Coco, 21, is Cox’s daughter with her former husband, actor David Arquette, and has a role in the new film.
Coco Arquette and Courteney Cox attend the world premiere of 'Scream VI' in NYC, 2023. Photo credit: Lev Radin, Shutterstock
Speaking about having her daughter on set, Cox said: “I loved seeing her on the set. She’s such a good actor, it was great to see her, it was really fun.”
The Friends star then joked that getting Coco to pose for a photo with her was proving to be more difficult.
“I wish I could get her to take a picture with me!” she said.
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Cox is taking on another role behind the camera with Evil Genius, which she directed.
The film is based on the infamous 2003 “pizza bomber” case in Pennsylvania, in which a man robbed a bank with a bomb strapped around his neck.
The story was previously explored in Barbara Schroeder’s 2018 documentary series Evil Genius: The True Story of America’s Most Diabolical Bank Heist, which inspired Cox to take on the project.
Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox And Jennifer Aniston. FeatureFlash Photography, Shutterstock
Cox, who has previously directed episodes of Cougar Town, music videos and the 2014 film Just Before I Go, said she was fascinated by the people involved in the case and wanted to understand why they made the choices they did.
“The choices these people made were so absurd,” she told Variety. “I really wanted to go deeper and find out, Why? Why were these their choices?”
David Harbour. Fred Duval, Shutterstock
The film stars Patricia Arquette and David Harbour and takes a different approach to the dark true-crime story, with Cox saying she wanted to find the humanity within the characters rather than simply portraying them as good or evil.
“We needed to find the humanity, and her vulnerability,” she said of Arquette’s character.
For Cox, Evil Genius is another opportunity to combine her interest in directing with her fascination with human stories.
Having her daughter on set appears to have made the experience even more special.
