How Madelaine Petsch & Jacob Scipio Found Authentic Chemistry in Maintenance Required | Interview

sondramedia spoke with Upkeep Required stars Madelaine Petsch and Jacob Scipio about their new film. The duo mentioned discovering their chemistry within the romantic comedy, taking part in several types of roles, and extra. The movie will stream completely on Prime Video on October 8, 2025.

“Charlie, the fiercely impartial proprietor of an all-female mechanic store, is pressured to reevaluate her future when a flashy company competitor strikes in throughout the road. Searching for consolation, she turns to an nameless on-line confidant – unaware she’s confiding in Beau, the very rival threatening her enterprise. As sparks fly each on-line and off, the reality threatens to blow the whole lot aside,” says the official synopsis.

Tyler Treese: Madelaine, what was your stage of auto restore information going into this function? As a result of I used to be so impressed by the way you had been making changes to the automobiles, and it seemed so lifelike to me. So if you happen to don’t, you fully fooled me.

Madelaine Petsch: Thanks. Earlier than the film, I had no information. I couldn’t even add windshield wiper fluid to my automobile. However I hung out in a storage and studying find out how to do all of the issues I wanted to do within the film and being actually comfy below the automobile, within the hood of the automobile, fixing issues. So all of what you noticed was actual by the point we began taking pictures the film.

Jacob, I wished to ask about your first face-to-face scene with Madelaine within the auto store, since you’re each form of equally charming and awkward in that scene. How was it that balancing act of discovering chemistry, however not totally performing on it?

Jacob Scipio: Yeah, man. I imply, it’s form of like that if you discover somebody that you’ve got that preliminary spark with, they convey out that awkward nature in you since you wish to impress and also you wish to be your self, however on the similar time, you don’t wanna present an excessive amount of and play it cool.

So working with Madelaine, that scene was superior as a result of we actually discovered a method to stroll that line and have all the weather of these feelings that you just get from a meet-cute.

Madelaine, there’s plenty of buildup and setbacks to this relationship. I really feel just like the ‘will they, received’t they’ is simply gonna hook viewers. So, what did you want most about that stress between these two, and the way they only can’t get heading in the right direction?

Petsch: Effectively, I believe it’s in the end actually lifelike to the way in which that individuals date as of late. However I additionally like, as an actor, when there’s stress or there’s stress, there’s a lot extra potential to make diamonds, I believe, in efficiency than when there’s simply open vary.

So there was a lot room to play in these areas the place you might deliver out any emotion, and there are such a lot of undercurrents of what they’re really feeling. And so it’s a lot extra enjoyable and sophisticated as an actor.

Jacob, I’ve beloved you within the Dangerous Boys motion pictures, so it was actually fascinating attending to see you do only a completely totally different kind of function. What did you discover most fascinating about attending to discover a personality’s softer aspect relatively than, you understand, kicking and doing a extra macho function?

Jacob Scipio: Yeah, man, it was a enjoyable alternative to behave in a film with out holding a gun for as soon as. I didn’t know if it was attainable, however it’s. I switched the gun for a wrench on this film, and yeah. Beau, he’s most likely the closest to me to myself personality-wise and character-wise. So it was nice to play only a common man who’s simply craving for love.

That’s good that you just’re not strolling round with a gun on a regular basis in actual life.

Scipio: No, I save that one for the flicks [laughs].

Madelaine, my final query for you. I noticed The Strangers: Chapter 2 final evening, and I had a lot enjoyable watching you combat this boar, which I used to be not anticipating in any respect. What was your response if you noticed that you just had been going into hand-to-hand fight with this large pig? That was loopy.

Madelaine Petsch: Effectively, I did a giant, “What? Are you certain? Okay. Yeah, let’s… certain!”

I imply, look, the factor is, as an actor, something that appears like intimidating or difficult or scary, I wanna do what I wanna bounce into. It was a very exhausting factor to shoot, I’ll be trustworthy with you, however I did it and I prefer it.