After being romantically linked to Brad Pitt, Alia Shawkat is opening about the actor's response to the rumors.

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We see best friends drift apart and reconnect on the big screen fairly often, but with her second feature film, director Sophie Hyde works with a script by Emma Jane Unsworth based on her own novel to dig into the complexities of female friendships, growing up and finding independence. Animals stars Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat as Laura and Tyler, respectively. They’re two friends who are close as sisters sharing an apartment in Dublin and living a “play hard” lifestyle. Laura is an aspiring writer and there is a little work in the mix to make somewhat of a …