Hey, Jodie, Scott from HeyUGuys, how are you?
I'm well, how are you? Good, I'm good.
We met through Zoom now a real person. It's so nice.
I get recognized you a little bit too. People in the flesh....
You can't beat it!
Congratulations on the film.
Obviously, it's a historical epic, but it's told in such a unique way
with the two kind of unreliable male narrators and
and obviously Marguerite's story.
Tell me about reading that script for the first time.
What drew you to it, given the uniqueness of it?
Yeah, well, initially I was like, OK, where is she?
You know, and then I realized that that was part of their intention, you know.
For me, I thought it was fascinating and I thought it was a really unique way
of exploring it.
You know, you could tell this in a very different way,
and I'm not sure it would have the same effect.
And it was also interesting for me, because I had to know
my own intentions and motives, but then I had to really lean into the,
you know, LeGris and Carrouges's idea of who I was
and also give the actors what they needed from me in their stories.
So that was like a really playful part of doing it.
And it was also kind of confusing.
You know, sometimes when I'm looking at Ridley [Scott], I'm going,
yeah, but have we got Marguerite's?
You know, can you just, you know, let me know that we have that.
And then I can I felt like then I could kind of push
the boundaries a little bit. So.
And it's so it's so subtle, you know, it's so kind of nuanced in the writing.
And yeah, it's such a pleasure. And I mean, it's a fantastic cast.
But tell me about working with some like Ridley Scott. He's been there.
He's done it for 40, 50 years.
Tell me about the thrill of that
as a as an actor going to work for someone like him?
Well, I mean, that's the dream, because I think, you know, as an actor,
as an actress, you're like when you feel the confidence that a director has,
you immediately settle and kind of breathe a little easier.
You know, you know, when you can rely on someone to tell you when
to push it a little bit or to change it or when they're not necessarily
feeling something that you're intending to give
and you just know that he knows what he's doing.
And, you know, so that really gives you a sense of ease.
And he has like four or five cameras rolling the entire time,
which really forces everyone to kind of be really present.
And it really creates an energy.
So when you come away from that, you feel so spoiled.
When you get back to a set
and it's one camera and you're like, oh, no, we're going to be doing this all day.
So yeah. Yeah. And I was working with Adam [Driver], Ben [Affleck] and Matt [Damon]
who have co-written a screenplay, haven't done it for 25 years.
They record in terms of Oscars is one for one.
So are you are you in the do you think you're in the mix here
or do you do you not think about that stuff?
Do you think about the film and the impact is going to have on audiences?
Yeah, I think I just think that all that stuff is so far out,
you know, and the main thing is that people watch what you do
and it resonates with them and they connect to it. And
I think that's the first and foremost thing.
So hopefully people do, you know. Yeah.
I just finally, I want to ask you about the success of Free Guy.
I think it's 300 million dollars. People have embraced it.
It's original IP.
And what a tough girl, your character
has had all these amazing kind of people have been impacted by her.
How does that make you feel that it's had an impact on audiences,
given that cinema isn't still quite where people would like them to be?
I love it because you know what I love about Free Guy?
I was like it was pure joy.
And I feel like it was really what everybody needed right now.
And and again, the fact that it provided people of that and it landed
at the right time and you know, we all kind of fell into place the numbers thing.
That means I don't know what that means in box office terms, but. Great.
Well, no, it's it's you know,
it's again, felt first experience being on a film set, working
with Ryan [Reynolds] and Shawn [Levy], and they're just like the nicest guys in the world.
So it was it was great.
Ironically, it's getting the sequel now.
You know, that he's trying to play it.
I've said I don't know if that's hundred percent, but, you know, I don't know.
I mean, who knows?
I guess the world is open to so many possibilities.
I haven't had anything, but I'll try.
And once you say I guess it's all think outrageous.
Honestly, he's all right. Yeah, he's been hinting.
He's been dropping hints, but he knows.
Yeah. Yeah, I think so. I'm a pleasure, Cheers.