So there are many highly
memorable, chaotic scenes throughout this film.
What was the one that made you say yes to the script?
I didn't have there wasn't one scene.
It's to me, I was hooked from the very first scene, the first page,
that weird conversation between James and Em
about the white sand brain dead
dream that he has.
I didn't understand it, but I was fascinated.
Then I started reading it and it got the whole journey was so crazy.
And I got more and more excited.
The deeper into the script I got the whole.
There's again, there's so many crazy, fantastic big scenes.
The doubling process, the first time you see James go through
that whole thing was deeply disturbing, but really fascinating.
So that was something I was really excited to jump in and start doing.
What about you?
What fascinated you most?
Yeah, well, when I received the script and when I received the email
and had all the information with Brandon Cronenberg's name on it and Alex was attached
and I had a short synopsis, I felt pretty confident that I was going
to to, to be a part of this even prior to opening the script.
I've been a fan of Brandon's work for a long time, and I always thought
that he's a really unique filmmaker with with a very particular point of view
and, and, you know, four or five pages into that into,
into the script, I, I,
I was right and I was completely
just thrilled by it, by what I was reading.
And, you know, I would turn the page.
And as the story was progressing, it became more wild.
And the character was going through it,
you know, more and more
just kind of unhinged situations and revealing himself
to be a far more primal, manipulative
character.
And I just kind of fell in love with it the more
the deeper I got into the story.
You just mentioned Bradon, the director.
How was working with him, would you say?
A Dream.
He's such an Actor's director.
He's a he's very
invested in performance and
and gives you a lot of space to to to do
as you please of the character while
also maintaining
a parameter that is necessary to to exist within.
But you just in such a sweet and gentle
person and that energy also kind of
just has a way of kind of
affecting everyone else on on set.
And and there's, there's just a really good energy,
pretty good vibe on set.
This film pushes so many boundaries.
How did you protect yourselves from some of the material,
or do you have to embrace it fully?
I think if you commit to doing a movie like Infinity Pool
with a director like Brandon Cronenberg, you kind of had to
commit fully and and just jump into the deep end
and go for it and and build that trust.
And once you have it again,
it doesn't take long with Brandon because he's so, so wonderful.
And then it's all about you can't really hold back.
But I think
anyone who's drawn to a project like Infinity Pool,
the two of us and obviously the rest of the cast
are drawn for that reason.
And you want to go crazy and you wanted to push the boundaries.
Otherwise, I don't think this is a project for you.
So everyone felt game and excited
to just go crazy for a couple of months.
Mia. What about you?
What was the question? What was that like?
Sorry.
What are your 5 favourite things about Alexander Skarsgårdfor I believe that was the...
Well, I remember the
quote.
You know, I think trust is everything.
And in, in, in,
in making a movie generally and especially in this kind of movie
where you're required to go to really vulnerable places.
And so that was something that was established
immediately with me because I had seen Brandon's
previous movies and I knew what he was an incredibly capable director.
And so that that came very naturally for me.
And so because I was able to trust him to that level, it was really
a I felt protected.
And and I felt and I felt
like, yeah, I just felt pretty.
It wasn't really something that I had to grapple with
in any way, to be honest with you.
The, the, the work on set was always incredibly fulfilling.
And so that
because I felt so satisfied with the work that we were doing,
I was able to let it go at the end of the day.
I actually find it more difficult
and challenging
when it feels as though the scenes when we're not getting
what's required, it doesn't feel like
we're hitting the scenes in a way that I had been anticipating.
And and that ends up staying with me for a lot longer.
But when we're doing these challenging scenes and it feels as though
the work is but we're achieving what we had set out to, it's it's thrilling.