JENNIFER: THANKS, TAYLOR.
TIME FOR A LOOK AT WHAT'S NEW IN THEATERS THIS WEEKEND.
FILM CRITIC LAUREN VENIZIANI JOINS US WITH MORE.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, JEN.
NICE TO SEE YOU AS WELL.
IN THEATERS AND STREAMING BECAUSE WE'RE ALL STREAMING THESE DAYS.
AND.
JENNIFER: ALL OF US ARE STREAMING THESE DAYS.
WHERE CAN WE SEE "FREAKY"?
>> IT'S IN SELECT THEATERS.
THAT'S THE FIRST MOVIE I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I SPOKE WITH KATHERINE NEWTON ABOUT HER ROLE IN THE FILM.
SHE'S A TEENAGE GIRL AND DERANGED SERIAL KILLER.
A FREAKY ACCIDENT HAPPENS AND SHE SWITCHES PLACES WITH SERIAL KILLER.
I TALKED TO HER ABOUT THE SCENE AS SHE WALKS INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL AS A SERIAL KILLER WHICH WE DON'T SEE A LOT IN MOVIES AND ABOUT WORKING WITH VINCE VAUGHN.
HERE'S WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCENES IN THE MOVIE IS WHEN MILI, YOU KNOW, NOW SHE IS THE BLISSFIELD BUTCHER WALKING INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL MAKING THAT ENTRANCE.
AND IT'S IN SLOW MO AND THE SONG'S PLAYING AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH.
I'M CURIOUS, TALK ABOUT FILMING THAT SCENE, WALKING IN THERE.
DID YOU KNOW IT WAS GOING TO BE IN SLOW MOTION?
TALK ABOUT FILMING IT AND HOW MANY TIMES YOU HAD TO DO THAT SCENE.
>> IT WAS AN IMPORTANT SCENE TO OUR DIRECTOR, CHRIS LANDEN, BECAUSE IT WAS JUST IMPORTANT TO HIM TO HAVE THAT ENTRANCE AS MILI BECAUSE IT'S SO CLASSIC AND YOU'VE SEEN IT IN MOVIES BEFORE.
BUT YOU'VE NEVER SEEN A SERIAL KILLER HAVE THAT KIND OF MOMENT WHERE THEY'RE THE STAR OF THE SHOW.
AND I DID KNOW IT WAS GOING TO BE IN SLOW-MO.
IT WAS CHALLENGING BECAUSE I'M NOT THAT COOL SO I WAS LIKE JUST LOOK COOL.
JUST LOOK COOL, LOOK REALLY FIERCE.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
THINK YOU'RE GOING TO KILL THEM.
NOW KILL THEM WITH YOUR EYES.
THE THING IS THERE WAS THIS CON FET FETTY THAT FELL ON MY LIP, IN MY EAR, IN MY SHIRT.
WE HAD TO DO IT SO MANY TIMES.
CONFETTI WOULD LAND IN THE MOST UNCOOL, NERDY, DORKY WAYS.
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO MAKE ME LOOK COOL.
I HAVE TO HAND IT TO CHRIS, WHO GOT HIS SHOT.
>> SO THAT WAS KATHERINE NEWTON, STARRING IN "FREAKY" SIMILAR TO FREAKY FRIDAY, CAME OUT ON FRIDAY THE 13TH.
I HAD FUN WITH THE MOVIE BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN BODY SWAP MOVIES BEFORE, BUT NOT WHEN A MIDDLE-AGED SERIAL KILLER IS IN THE BODY OF A NERDY HIGH SCHOOL TEENAGER.
IT WAS COOL TO SEE KATHERINE PLAY THE TWO ROLES.
VINCE VAUGHN IS GREAT PLAYING THE SERIAL KILLER AND PORTRAYING THE TEENAGED GIRL AS WELL BECAUSE HE SWITCHED.
SO IT'S AN INTERESTING FILM.
I'M GIVING ATE THREE AND A HALF OUT OF FIVE STARS.
VERY HARD R-RATED VIOLENCE AT TIMES BUT ALSO VERY FUNNY.
THERE'S SOMETHING FOR COMEDY AND HORROR FANS IN THE FILM.
JENNIFER: WE'VE BEEN EXCITED FOR THE SEASON OF THE CROWN TO COME OUT.
THIS IS THE ONE DEALING WITH DIANA AND CHARLES.
>> YES, AND I WANT TO SHOW, THIS IS MY MOM'S PRINCESS DIANA DOLL.
I HAVE IT HERE IN MY HOME OFFICE.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN, LIKE, LEARNING ABOUT PRINCESS DIANA SINCE I WAS A CHILD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXCITED FOR THE NEW SEASON OF THE CROWN, WHICH IS OUT ON NETFLIX TOMORROW.
THIS SEASON, YOU KNOW, COULD BE MY FAVORITE BECAUSE WE ARE ENTERING YOUNG PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCESS DIANA AND THEIR TIMELINE, AS WELL AS MARGARET THATCHER.
I ACTUALLY SPOKE TO A COUPLE OF THE STARS, INCLUDING JILLIAN ANDERSON, WHO PLAYS MARGARET THATCHER.
I WANTED TO TALK TO HER ABOUT HOW SHE GOT INTO CHARACTER, AND I ALSO SPOKE WITH EMMA CORINNE, WHO PLAYS PRINCESS DIANA AND JOSH O'CONNOR WHO PLAYS CHARLES.
HERE'S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.
>> LIKE WITH MARGARET THATCHER, WHAT WAS IT PRIOR TO THE CAMERA STARTING TO ROLL WHERE YOU REALLY FELT LIKE YOU CONNECTED WITH HER?
I MEAN, WAS IT A WARDROBE PIECE THAT YOU PUT ON?
WAS IT THE WIG?
IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR LIKE THAT?
>> I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OR AT LEAST THE HAIR AND MAKEUP TEAM WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WIG AND MAKEUP AND THE COSTUMERS, WE HAD HAD
FITTINGS, I WAS DOING MY OWN WORK AT HOME WITH A COUPLE PEOPLE HELPING WITH VOICE AND ALSO WITH MOVEMENT.
AND I THINK THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN DAY WHERE I FELT LIKE I HAD RELEASED HER VOCALLY IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND IT KIND OF FELT LIKE SHE SHOWED UP IN THE ROOM FOR THE FIRST TIME AND SO THAT WAS EXCITING.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS A WHILE BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO HANG TO HER CONSECUTIVELY BEYOND, YOU KNOW, A FEW LINES OR A SCENE.
BUT YEAH, THAT WAS QUITE EXCITING WHEN SHE SUDDENLY WAS THERE.
>> FOR THE TWO OF YOU AS ACTORS, WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATIONS LIKE THAT YOU HAD TOGETHER IN REGARDS TO HOW YOU WANTED TO PORTRAY THIS PARTICULAR PART OF CHARLES AND DIANA'S RELATIONSHIP IN
SHTHIS SEASON?
EMMA, I'LL START WITH YOU?
>> IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU TOUCHED UPON THE MUTUAL LOVE AND RESPECT THAT WE DID HAVE FOR EACH OTHER.
THAT'S SOMETHING JOSH AND I WANTED TO FOCUS ON.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO KIND OF NOT TO PLAY THE ENDING, FOCUS ON T TRAGEDY OF IT.
THAT ENCAPSULATED IT.
THE LOVE THAT THEY HAD BECAUSE I GENUINELY DO THINK THAT EXISTED AND I THINK IT WAS INTERESTING FOR TO US PLAY THE NUANCE OF THAT YOU KNOW, TO EXPLORE HOW ESPECIALLY PREVALENT IN EPISODE
6 WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK AND THEY HAVE 20 MINUTES OF BLISS.
THEY'RE BOTH THERE WHEN THEY'RE HAPPY THINKING, LOOK THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
AND IT KIND OF MAKES EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND IT ALL THE SADDER WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE EYE YOU KIND OF REALIZE IN SOME SITUATIONS, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THE OTHER
PERSON.
SOMETIMES IT CAN'T WORK.
ALSO, WE DISCUSSED HOW THEY -- THE WAY IT DIDN'T WORK WAS ALMOST BECAUSE THEY NEEDED THE SAME THING FROM EACH OTHER.
>> SO MY FULL INTERVIEWS WITH JILLIAN, JOSH AND EMMA ARE ON MY YOUTUBE, D.C.FILMGIRL.
EMMA LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE YOUNG DIANA.
IT'S UNCANNY.
THE SEASON OF "THE CROWN" WAS PERFECTION TO ME.
IT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST SERIES NETFLIX HAS PRODUCED.
IN THIS SEASON, IN PARTICULAR, IT WAS THE STORY OF YOUNG CHARLES AND DIANA AND MARGARET THATCHER.
JOSH AND EMMA EMBODY THE CHARACTERS.
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE WATCHING AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF THESE FAMOUS ROYAL CHARACTERS TERSE AND THE ACTING, THE COSTUME DESIGN, THE PRODUCTION DESIGN, THE SCORE IS PHENOMENAL.
I LOVE HOW THE CROWN TAKES DIFFERENT ACTORS IN EACH SEASON AND KIND OF MAKES IT THEIR OWN.
OF COURSE, IT STARTED IN SEASONS 1 AND 2 WITH CLAIRE FOY.
NOW OLIVIA COLEMAN PLAYS THE QUEEN.
I'VE SEEN ALL TEN EPISODES.
I HAVEN'T FOUND A FLAW IN ANY EPISODE.
I'M GIVING SEASON 4 A 5 OUT OF 5, CERTAINLY ONE OF THE BEST SEASONS OF TV I'VE SEEN THIS YEAR, NEXT TO HULU'S "NORMAL PEOPLE." I CAN'T WAIT FOR FANS TO SEE IT.
JENNIFER: I CAN'T BELIEVE I RESISTED WATCHING THE CROWN FOR SO LONG.
I'M IN SEASON 2.
IT'S OUTSTANDING.
YOU INTERVIEWED GILLIAN ANDERSON.
I HAD TO LOOK HER UP.
THESE FROM THE X-FILES.
SHE DOESN'T LOOK A THING LIKE SHE USED TO.
I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HER.
>> SHE'S KIND OF ADAPTED AN ENGLISH ACCENT AS WELL FROM LIVING IN EUROPE FOR SO LONG.
JENNIFER: SHE'S NOT BRITISH?
SHE'S BORN AND RAISED IN CHICAGO.
SHE HAS AN ACCENT SHE'S ADOPTED.
SHE'S GREAT IN A NETFLIX SHOW CALLED "SEX EDUCATION" AND HAS BLOND HAIR AND LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM HER X FILES DAY.
SHE'S PHENOMENAL AS MARK RHETT THATCHER.
COULD BE AWARDS FOR A LOT OF ACTORS IN THIS SEASON OF "THE CRO CROWN,".
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