Breaking News in Yuba County pokes fun at the scandal-obsessed media and how one story can snowball into so much more than itself. The star-studded crime comedy arrives on digital and in select theaters on February, and is directed by actor and filmmaker Tate Taylor (The Girl on the Train).

The satirical film starts when neglected wife Sue Buttons (Allison Janney, Mom) reveals that her husband has gone missing. At first she confides in her sister Nancy (Mila Kunis, Family Guy), who is a reporter ready to jump on the story, but soon talk show host Gloria Michaels (Juliette Lewis) is also competing for a piece of the fame.

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The acclaimed actresses spoke to Screen Rant about their characters' roles in the media and their collaboration with the director.

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Nancy and Gloria want the same thing, which is to break the biggest news they can as quickly as they can, but their approaches are very different. Can you talk about how they each approach their job?

Juliette Lewis: My character is a little bit inspired by Nancy Grace. She makes sure that she is the center of the show, but she needs to showcase a new victim or story. So, there's all that nuance and that dance of false sincerity, but she's really trying to get the juicier story.

It was really fun to lean on Tate Taylor's direction, because he would go like, "Why don't you try putting your hand on her shoulder?" It was just the littlest things that could be over the line, but we played with it. It was funny doing that type of interview style.

Mila Kunis: Nancy wishes she was Gloria. I think Nancy idolizes Gloria, and I think by the time someone gets to Gloria, they've already gone through a couple Nancys. That's the difference; I'm just a stepping stone upon Gloria's pedestal.

That is how I view Nancy. Poor, sweet Nancy tries real hard to hold on to a story, but there's always bigger fish in the sea.

Nancy also has a really fascinating dynamic with her sister, Sue. Can you talk about how she uses her sister at the start of the film?

Mila Kunis: I wouldn't like to say the word "use." I think that she's just trying really hard to keep it together. She's trying to find a story where one may or may not be, and finally something opened up for her, and it was in her hands. It was her sister, and she was like, "This is going to benefit both you and I." And then Sue left her for Gloria.

But I think that it was a give or take; it was gonna be 50/50. I think they both were using each other, and then that didn't end well.

I love the back-and-forth with you and Sue, where you're maybe one-upping each other. Can you talk a little bit about how that becomes a competition instead of a joining of forces?

Juliette Lewis: Yeah, I think you might be talking about the last interview they do, which was so fun to shoot. Tate just sort of let us roll with it, or he would feed us a line here and there. Tate's such a brilliant director, because he was an actor first, and he has great taste. The things that he feeds you to do are fun, and then he also pushes you.

We improvised a lot toward the end there. Then early on, it was just so neat watching Alison playing this little mousy character, and then her eyes lighting up when she gets bitten by that little narcissist bug. So, the whole thing was pretty fun to do.

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Breaking News In Yuba County will premiere on digital and in select theaters February 12, 2021.