PICK UP THOSE GIFT CARDS BETWEEN
8:30 AND 5:00.
YOU'VE GOT 30 DAYS, STARTING
NOW.
ACTRESS SIENA MILLER STARS
IN A NEW MOVIE "WANDER DARKLY."
SHE TELLS CHUCK KOPLINSKI WHY IT
WAS IMPORTANT TO TAKE ON THAT
ROLE.
CHECK IT OUT.
Guest: GOOD MORNING!
SIERRA MILLER, HOW ARE YOU?
Guest: HI.
Guest: IT'S GREAT TO SEE
I'M GOING TO GUSH, MISS MILLER.
AMERICAN WOMAN ON MY TOP LIST
THAT YEAR.
FANTASTIC WORK.
I WAS WONDERING.
YOU GET A LOT OF OFFERS AND
SCRIPTS I KNOW, MISS MILLER.
WHAT WAS IT ABOUT "WANDER
DARKLY" THAT SPOKE TO YOU THAT
SAID I'M GOING COMMIT MY TIME TO
THIS PROJECT?
Guest: I LOVE THE IDEA OF
EXPLORING A RELATIONSHIP OF
GOING BACK IN TIME AND SORT OF
ANALYZING THE MOMENTS WHERE YOU
PIVOTED AND WENT WRONG.
I LOVE BEING IN THE INTERIOR OF
A WOMAN IN THE KIND OF STATE
THAT I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD
REQUIRE REAL ELASTICITY IN TERMS
OF A CHARACTER AND REALM THAT I
HADN'T EXPLORED.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN.
Guest: I READ ANOTHER
INTERVIEW IN WHICH YOU SAID "I
REALLY WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT
STRUCTURALLY REFLECTED THE WAY
MY BRAIN WORKS." AND THAT WAS
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STRUCK ME
ABOUT THE MOVIE.
WE GET ABRUPT SWITCHES BETWEEN
LOCATIONS AND THOUGHTS.
CAN YOU SPEAK ABOUT HOW YOU DID
CONSTRUCT THOSE ON THE PAGE AND
THEN ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY.
Guest: YEAH, MOST CERTAINLY,
I MAYBE LIKE MOST PEOPLE
STRUGGLE TO STAY IN THE PRESENT,
RIGHT.
Tim: --?
Guest: I'M OFTEN PROJECTING
TO THE FUTURE AND FOCUSING ON
THE PAST.
I WANTED TO DO NARRATIVE
THERAPY.
ADRIAN HAS THE EXPERIENCE SHE'S
NOT SURE WHAT IS WHAT.
AND MATEO TELLS THE STORY THE
FIRST HALF.
AND SHE TAKES THE STORY BACK.
BECAUSE HER HEAD IS NOT QUITE
CLEAR, THOSE MEMORIES ARE
SLIPPERY IN THE SECOND HALF.
THERE'S A NEGOTIATION OF WHOSE
STORY AND YEAH I THOUGHT THAT
TELLING A STORY ABOUT REFLECTION
IS PROBABLY MUCH MORE THE WAY
STRAIGHT LINE FROM A TO Z.
Guest: IT WAS EASY FOR ME TO
RELATE TO, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT
OF PEOPLE'S BRAINS WORK THAT
WAY.
MISS MILLER, THIS IS AN ARDUOUS,
EMOTIONALLY ROLE FOR YOU.
I'VE OFTEN WONDERED HOW DO
ACTORS TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES
OFF-SCREEN AFTER WE SAY CUT?
HOW DO YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF
AFTER HAVING TO GO THROUGH THIS
EXPERIENCE?
Guest: YOU JUST -- I HAD
ALREADY GROUNDED, VERY NORMAL
LIFE OUTSIDE OF WORK.
I'VE GOT A DAUGHTER I HAVE TO
SHOW UP FOR.
I SAY THE REAL ACTING BEGINS
WHEN I GET HOME FROM A HARD DAY.
LIKE, EVERYTHING IS FINE.
AND MOM TIME, DINNERTIME AND
BEDTIME AND YOU COLLAPSE.
THERE'S A CATHARSIS PUSHING
MYSELF.
THE ARTISTIC THINGS I WANT TO
EXPRESS COMES FROM A PAINFUL
PLACE.
THERE'S SOMETHING INTERESTING
ABOUT GETTING INTO THAT MESS.
WINE.
THAT KIND OF THING.
[LAUGHTER]
Guest: SOUNDS AS THOUGH IT'S
THERAPEUTIC FOR BOTH OF YOU.
WROTE THIS AFTER YOU HAD A
HORRIFIC CAR CRASH.
THERE WAS A TIME PERIOD BETWEEN
WERE THERE REVELATIONS IN
FILMING THE SCRIPT ABOUT YOUR
RELATIONSHIP O. THINR THINGS YOU CAME
TO?
Guest: OH, MY GOSH, THAT'S
SUCH A BIG QUESTION.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A MIND ERASER
IN SOME WAY OF THE PROCESS OF
MAKING THIS WHOLE THING.
IT DID TAKE YEARS, RIGHT.
SO WE HAD A SIX-MONTH OLD WHEN
THE ACCIDENT HAPPEN.
I PROBABLY WROTE THE SCRIPT WHEN
SHE WAS 18 MONTHS OLD.
I'VE BEEN MAKING THE SCRIPT.
MY OLDEST IS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND SHE GOES MOM YOU WERE MAKING
THIS SINCE I WAS IN
KINDERGARTEN.
SO SO MUCH LIFE HAS HAPPENED.
CERTAINLY, THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED
IN THIS PERIOD.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE IN A GOOD
PLACE THANK GOODNESS.
WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 20
YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE
BETWEEN THE YEAR 16 AND 18.
IT'S A BLUR.
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT CERTAINLY HE WAS A CHAMPION
FOR THIS.
HE'S A CAMERA OPERATOR AND
CINEMATOGRAPHER.
SO HE WORKED ON THE MOVIE A BIT.
BUT YEAH, IT'S BEEN LOVELY TO
REFLECT BACK ON THIS WITH HIM IN
SOME WAYS, BECAUSE HE'S JUST
SUCH A BIG SUPPORTER OF MINE.