NEVER SEEN. OF COURSE. HE WENT ON TO GREAT SUCCESS. AND WE WISH EVERYONE BORN ON THIS DAY. VERY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY. SHE’S AN ACADEMY
AWARD WINNER WHO WON THE OSCAR
FOR PLAYING A DIVORCE ATTORNEY
IN MARRIAGE STORY. NOW SHE’S
PLAYING A DIVORCEE, OPPOSITE AND
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE AND A NEW
MOVIE, WHICH FOCUSES ON THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILIES
AND PARENTS AND THE IMPACT THAT
IT HAS ON THEIR CHILDREN. HERE’S
LAURA DERN IN THE SUN. LOOK THE
OTHER DAY. I ASKED HIM. TO I
DON’T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT GETS
PLAYED OUT OR SOMETHING AND HE
JUST LOOKED AT ME. UM WITH THAT.
IT WAS SO MUCH HATRED. I THOUGHT
I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA WHAT.
SCARES ME, OKAY? JOINING US NOW
TO TALK ABOUT THE FILM IS LAURA
DERN AND DIRECTOR AND WRITER
FLORIAN ZELLER. GOOD MORNING TO
BOTH OF YOU. GOOD MONEY. WELL
LAURA, THE MOVIE LOOKS LIKE
SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE PARENTS
REFLECT ON THE IMPACT THEY’RE
HAVING ON THEIR CHILDREN IN MORE
WAYS THAN ONE. TALK TO US ABOUT
YOUR CHARACTER AND THE
COMPLEXITY OF EMOTIONS THAT SHE
HAS TO DEAL WITH AS BEING A MOM
AND AN EX WIFE. I THINK FOR ALL
OF US, YOU KNOW, AS FLOREN HAS
CAPTURED BOTH IN HIS INCREDIBLE
SCREENPLAY, AS WELL AS THE FILM
ITSELF, THAT, UM WE ARE ALL
HUMAN BEINGS. WE ARE ALL SONS
AND DAUGHTERS WHO BECOME PARENTS
WITHOUT ANY DEGREE AND WE ARE
NAVIGATING HOW TO ADVISE AND
SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF ANOTHER
HUMAN BEING. AND IT IS OKAY TO
NOT HAVE ANSWERS. UM WHICH IS A
STARTING POINT THAT MOST OF US
WERE NOT TRAINED IN. WE WERE
TRAINED THAT AS A PARENT, YOU’RE
SUPPOSED TO BE STRONG. ACT LIKE
YOU HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS AND
GIVE THEM THE CONFIDENCE THAT
YOU DO, WHICH IS ALREADY
SLIGHTLY DISASTROUS. AH AND IN
THIS CASE TO REMEMBER THAT YOU
ARE NOT ALONE THAT YOU ARE IN A
COMMUNITY WHERE MOST PEOPLE ON
THE PLANET TODAY HAVE HAD THE
EXPERIENCE OF A MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS IN THEIR FAMILY WITHIN
FRIENDS OR THEMSELVES. AND SO WE
HAVE TO HAVE THESE SHARED
CONVERSATIONS. I’M SO GRATEFUL
TO THE FILM TO CONTINUE TO
INVITE THE CONVERSATION THAT IS
ESSENTIAL. THE SUPPORT OF HUMAN
LIFE. ALRIGHT NOW FLOOR IN THE
MOVIE IS BASED OFF OF YOUR PLAY
. WHERE DID THE STORY ORIGINATE
WITH YOU? WHERE DID IT COME
FROM? I MEAN, PROBABLY COMES
FROM A PERSONAL PLACE, NOT AS A
STORY, BUT YOU KNOW IT’S
EMOTIONS THAT FAMILIAR WITH AND
I’M A FATHER, TOO. AND BUT
YOU’RE NOT MAKING A FILM OR
WRITING OR PLAY JUST TO TELL YOU
ONE STORY. SOMEHOW IT’S NOT
ENOUGH. IT’S MORE BECAUSE YOU
HAVE THE INTUITION THAT YOU KNOW
EVERYONE COULD BE RELATED OR
RELATED TO THESE EMOTIONS, AND
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE
DID THE PLAY IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I REALLY EXPERIENCED. YOU KNOW
THEY’RE THE RESPONSIBLE AND I
FELT STRONGLY THAT AS LONG AS
JUST SAID SO MANY PEOPLE, YOU
KNOW? KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE AS
PARENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO BE IN A
POSITION WHERE YOU DO NOT KNOW
WHAT TO DO ANYMORE TO HELP YOUR
SON OR YOUR DAUGHTER GOING
THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME. AND
THIS IS WHAT ELSE IS ABOUT IS TO
MAKE YOU EXPERIENCE THIS AND TO
MAKE YOU MAKE YOU SHARE THESE
EMOTIONS, SO THAT’S WHY I REALLY
WANTED TO MAKE THAT FILM. WOW
I’M SURE IT’S GOING TO MAKE US
THINK I CAN SEE THAT ALREADY.
BUT DID YOU HAVE SPECIFIC PEOPLE
IN MIND WHEN CASTING THIS FILM?
BECAUSE THIS IS AN ALL STAR CAST
THAT YOU BROUGHT TOGETHER? THERE
IS A SMALL SCENE WITH ANTHONY
HOPKINS, AND IT’S AN ADDITIONAL
SCENE FROM THE PLAY, AND I WROTE
THIS SCENE WITH ANTHONY IN MIND
BECAUSE WE DID THE FATHER A FEW
YEARS AGO TOGETHER, AND I REALLY
WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, COME FROM
THEATER, AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF
BEING PART OF A TROOP TO WORK
WITH PEOPLE YOU LIKE FAMILY, AND
SO I REALLY WANTED TO WORK WITH
HIM AGAIN. AND THEN I STARTED TO
DREAM ABOUT WHO COULD BE THAT
FAMILY AND I’VE ALWAYS ADORED
LAURA AS AN ACTRESS, AND WE MET
ZOOM AND IT WAS CLEAR RIGHT AWAY
THAT SHE WOULD BE YOU KNOW WHAT
SHE IS ON SCREEN LIKE A POWERFUL
, VERY EMOTIONAL AND SETTLED
MOTHER, SO I WAS SO EXCITED
ABOUT THAT IDEA. AND HUGH HIS
THE ONE WHO CONTACTED ME IN A
VERY UNUSUAL WAY. VERY I MEAN,
HE CONTACTED ME TO SAY, YOU
KNOW. GIVE ME YOU KNOW, A FEW
MINUTES TO LET YOU KNOW WHY I
SHOULD BE THE ONE TO DO THIS
PART AND IT WAS SO IMPRESSIVE
FOR ME TO RECEIVE THAT LETTER
FOR WHAT IT MEANS IN TERMS OF
HUMILITY, HONESTY, COUR AGE MIND
EVERYTHING THAT HE IS AS A MAN.
ALRIGHT WOW. WELL, THIS IS
INDEED GOING TO BE AN EXCELLENT
MOVIE. I CAN ALREADY TELL. THANK
YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK
YOU. TAKE CARE. SON IS IN