Rental Family has quickly risen up high among my favorites of the year. Not only is it the latest movie to come out of the “Brenaissance” following Brendan Fraser's win at the 2023 Oscars for The Whale, it has a powerful message that has stuck with me since I got to watch the movie a month ago. The Rental Family cast told CinemaBlend about why it’s a real career highlight for each of them as well.

The movie has Fraser playing a struggling actor named Philip living in Tokyo, Japan who takes a job for a “rental family” service where he’s hired to play real roles in people’s lives. (And as it turns out, this is an actual service you can seek out in Japan!)