The Rental, the directorial debut from actor Dave Franco, is about two couples who find a beautiful vacation rental that isn't as idyllic as it seems. There's a very engrossing build in the script, when things get almost impossibly suspenseful, and one of the reasons it's so effective is because of Dan Stevens and Sheila Vand, our guests today. They bring a grounded, can't-look-away dynamic to the film.

Vand (Argo, A Girl Walks Home at Night, Triple Frontier) and Stevens (Downton Abbey, Beauty and the Beast, Eurovision Song Contest) also talk about the racial dynamics of The Rental, surveillance, and bro culture, among other subjects. And they talk about their interest in becoming directors themselves,

The Rental also stars Alison Brie and Jeremy Allen White, and it's now in select theaters and drive-ins, and on demand.

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