It’s not hard to win me over on a shoot if you bring your dog. The first person I meet when I arrive to shoot South African actress @charlbi143 , playing opposite Harris Dickinson in Triangle of Sadness, is not a person at all but Dean’s Brussels Griffon, Kanicki. I lean down and give Kanicki a pat and a snuggle — my anxiety about the day melts away immediately. Dean and I compare dog pictures on our phones for 20 minutes and decide to let Kanicki run loose. The dog gets the zoomies, and she’s off running Monaco Grand Prix-paced laps around the yard. We let her tire herself out to sit still for one brief moment, and we’ve got our shot