First questions to you both.
There's a love triangle at the center of Rosalind,
which obviously turns everything on its head, but
also makes it definitely not the Romeo and Juliet that we all read at school.
I just wondered, in terms of having that
freedom to play with the story,
how you guys approached finding your Romeo and Juliet.
How do you and I go?
I mean, I really it was all it was all there for me.
It was all there in the script, in the words.
I mean, just from the audition, I knew exactly who this person was.
And then just seeing everyone on set, I was like and their performances,
I was like, okay, perfect. Yeah.
My character is is honestly a lot like the,
you know, traditional Shakespearean version.
Because if you if you read it and you try and you kind of
get up against reality, these these kids are clueless.
And I feel like my character is an embodiment
of like the actual Romeo, who is actually a clueless individual.
And it definitely felt much more like one of Shakespeare's comedies.
You know, you both got to play with some physical comedy.
You both got to really embrace that that more joyous side of it, I guess.
Isabela, what was your experience?
I think it was such a fresh, fun, new experience
for me because, well, I find as though I'm usually playing tough characters
that have sort of a lot of independence from the get go.
And Juliet kind of finds it throughout the movie,
her own independence and sense of self outside of love and falling in love
and whatever society's told her she needs to be or do in order to live a full life.
And I think Rosaline,
even though it starts off as kind of like a toxic relationship,
I think it grows into something beautiful once the truth comes out.
You know,
they're both
amazing, incredible individual women.
Absolutely.
I mean, it struck me actually, that in the ten years that your career spanned,
there has been a real evolution for the kind of roles that were available
for young women and the breadth of,
I guess, expression and complexity, the diversity.
Have you noticed a change in the calibre of roles that you're being offered?
Absolutely.
I don't I don't know if ten years ago they would have,
you know, went to a Latina woman and offered stellar art,
you know, for a leading role in such a, you know, huge movie like this.
And I felt honored that they came to me with such excitement and I was like,
are you sure you got the right person on the phone?
Like, I'm
very I'm very honored, obviously, but I just didn't I didn't see it coming.
And I think it's great that we're we're headed
in such a good direction, in my opinion.
And and there's so much diversity in this movie.
And we're very refreshing.
It's very nice to see. Absolutely.
Now, for both of you, you're about to make
massive steps into a whole other universes.
Obviously, Shakespeare is kind of a classic of the literature of the past.
You're both moving into new universes, Kyle,
as a master of the universe and Isabella, you're moving into this void.
But I wonder how you guys felt about.
Well, if we can kind of slightly spot the quality of your roles,
you both had to take on roles that have some quality.
How has that experience been for both of you?
I'm so excited for Isabela.
I'm I'm just like I'm when I heard that, I was I was through.
That was the best idea I think Marvel ever made.
You know
her or.
Yeah, I'm sure I'm not added.
You know, I can't really say much.
I'm still filming.
Actually, we're not. We're not finished yet.
But, you know, there are theories out there
and some of them are right and some of them are wrong.
That's all I can really say.
It just seems incredible that, you know,
I mean, I guess there's not too much of a spoiler to say that.
Carl, you're Prince Adam and He-Man.
So there is.
But it was just common ground that I'm I'm also very, very excited about that.
I think it's perfect casting.
I mean, you're so concerned that.
But you're so so Kyle is actually like an action star, right?
Because he's so incredibly, you know, physically
just he's an actor that work with his body as well as his face.
And I think it's it's perfect casting.
I mean, he he's a firecracker, for sure.
I mean, the first day
we went into rehearsals for Rosaline, you were rolling on the ground
and like jumping over a table.
We had to pretend there's an unexpectedly physical.
Sorry. Incredible. Incredible. I love it.
Just just to just to point out, I just want you to say to both of you,
you're you're about to be, I guess, Romeo and Juliet for the whole next generation.
What would you like people tuning into?
Hello, twins and teenagers tuning in.
What would you like them to take away from the Romeo and Juliet that
you guys found?
Hmm? Mm hmm.
I'm a really big fan of of of
if someone can look at Romeo and be like, Oh,
don't do that.
I think that would be great.
That's a lesson that's a lesson learned there.
I think we do need to look at the old traditional form of romance
and kind of throw it out the window and look really closely at kind of like
what is valid, what Juliet
learns in this and also what Kaityln [Dever]'s character,
Rosaline learns and then, you know, maybe, maybe
look for like a strong sensitive type who's at their wits about them.
Like, like Sean Teale plays.
Oh yeah. There's a bromance there for sure.
That man that I'm sure he loves you, too.
I will make sure to send a really positive message from you to him.
And I think you know something.
Obviously there is the independent and find yourself
instead of love kind of narrative that this in the movie.
But I also think you know what's interesting to me is
Kaitlyn's character, Rosaline sort of represents a sort of modern day
feminism where it's almost like an extreme where she's so against it.
But what I love about Juliet's character is that she's so sensitive
and sweet and gentle and still very she carries
very feminine traits about her, but she's still a very strong woman.
And I think that in modern feminism, we also need to leave room in space
for people who are delicate and feminine, who are also independent and strong.
I think that's the beauty of being a woman, is our ability to
to do both simultaneously.
And that's what I love about Juliet's character.
That is an absolutely perfect note to end on.
Thank you both so much and best of luck.
Thank you so nice to meet you.