In the trailer for The Friend, the emotional support animal comes in a large package. Based on the Sigrid Nunez novel, The Friend follows Iris (Naomi Watts), a writer and teacher, who is grieving the loss of her friend and mentor Walter (Bill Murray) when she learns that he has left her his dog,

She and Crudup caught each other's eyes, and things appeared to be going well until Watts had a moment of panic before they spent their first night together. Watts recalls in her