Zoey Deutch and Nick Robinson star in exclusive, first-look photos of Voicemails for Isabelle, a new rom-com coming to Netflix on June 19.
Voicemails for Isabelle centers on Jill (Deutch), an aspiring pastry chef, who copes with the death of her little sister Isabelle (Ciara Bravo) by continuing to leave her voicemails. But when Isabelle’s phone number gets reassigned to an enigmatic real estate agent, Wes (Robinson), things get a little complicated.
Wes hears all of Jill’s issues: From her particular boss Chef Bastien (Nick Offerman), to dating horror stories and lament over her seemingly never-ending search for a breakfast taco in San Francisco, Wes listens, and he gets to slowly begin to know this disembodied voice. As he listens to these voicemails he starts to fall for her, despite having never met her. A sort of You’ve Got Mail and Sleepless in Seattle for the tech generation, writer-director Leah McKendrick explains why voicemails are our new confessionals. “Voicemails cannot be edited or rewritten,” she says. “They’re usually messy, awkward, inarticulate, sometimes confessional. Like a stream of consciousness, they always go a little off the rails.”
That certainly seems to be the case for Jill’s voicemails, but it is the messy realness of it that attracts viewers just as much as the romance. That core romance between Jill and Wes is supported by a truly stellar cast. Lukas Gage, Harry Shum Jr., Bravo, Megan Danso, Toby Sandeman, Spencer Lord, and Gil Bellows also star alongside Offerman.
McKendrick is just as excited as us for the sight-unseen trope to resonate with fans, saying, “I think we all want to believe that what makes us most special–most us–is that which cannot be seen. We all contain our own invisible, magic cocktail of heart and humor and whimsy and favorite movie quotes.”
Voicemails for Isabelle premieres on Netflix June 19.
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