I Want You Back: Gina Rodriguez & Manny Jacinto on Dream Projects, Telenovelas, and Ensemble Casts

Sometimes after a long time in a relationship, we realize that it isn’t going to work out like we thought it would. The new rom-com I Want You Back deals with difficult breakups but also with finding new love. Starring Charlie Day, Jenny Slate, Gina Rodriguez, Scott Eastwood, Manny Jacinto, and Clark Backo, the movie follows protagonists Peter (Day) and Emma (Slate) after they have been dumped. After a tearful meet-cute in a stairway, the two concoct a plan to get their exes to take them back. After a long relationship that’s perhaps lost some of its initial passion, Anne (Rodriguez) breaks up with Peter. Not long after, she finds a new romance with her co-worker at the middle school where she is a teacher. Drama teacher Logan (Jacinto) is dramatic, zen, and in touch with his feelings. Peter and Emma’s plan involves Emma seducing Logan in order to push Anne back toward Peter. But what starts as a relatively simple scheme soon turns complicated when Anne tries to accommodate to the new chang