‘Suncoast’ Cast Gushes Over How Well Director Laura Chinn Brought ‘Humor and Life to Grief’ | Video

The cast of “Suncoast” couldn’t get over how well the film’s director Laura Chinn translated the struggles of grief on screen.

During a panel discussion for “Suncoast” in TheWrap’s Sundance Portrait and Interview Studio presented by NFP, the cast and crew opened up about their experience working with Chinn and their journey as a cast telling a story about loss. The panel included Chinn, Laura Linney, Ariel Martin, Daniella Tayor, Ella Anderson and Amarr M. Wooten.

“I think it’s easy to write the stereotypical mean girl, the stereotypical high school girl,” Martin said. “I think what Laura does so well is that each character has so many levels and so much dimension.