It wasn't porn, by the way.
It was softcore porn.
There was no penetration guys. Come on.
It's called the Million Dollar Arm. We find the first Major League Baseball player from India.
Like being on the road?
Words cannot express.
A lot of this was shot in India. I went there once, thinking I'd have a cultural experience,
and I was like this is actually smelly and busy and it's quite stressful.
Well, it's all of those things. It's an amazing culture shock. You're assaulted by all of
your senses, and then in fact the first day we shot, we shot on a very busy street in
Mumbai, and there was no crowd control. It just is what it is. The biggest part of working
in India is sort of submitting to India. It is what it is. You cannot control it. It was
unlike anything I have ever experienced and certainly the hottest place I've ever shot,
but there is nothing familiar about it really. It was just that different. So that was the
best part of it.
Bingo.
We have our finalist.
And in honour of the film being about baseball, what I have here in my crotch admittedly are
curve balls, which I shall throw at you.
Oh dear.
Probably not too hard.
And they're questions.
-So I just open these? -Yeah.
Okay.
This is going to sound amazing.
Okay curve ball. Smiley face. Life lesson learned from one of your characters. Okay.
I'm going to choose this particular character that I played. His name is JB Bernstein because
he's a real person, and I think the wonderful lesson that I learned from playing this guy
because in fact it's a true story was that life can kind of sneak up on you in the most
unexpected ways. He set out on this endeavor to make money. This was a business endeavor
for him originally, and what he ended up having was a profound life-changing experience. These
two boys, in fact, became sort of a surrogate family, so that was I think the nicest thing
I could take away from this was like... Sometimes life has its way with you when you least expect it.
And when you do films like this that deal with quite big topics like integrity and community,
do you find yourself getting a bit pensive? I think I would.
Sure, but I think isn't that what... That's ideally what we want out of going to see a
movie, right? You know, you want be sort of confronted with bigger questions and not just
have sort of a roller coaster ride. You want to think about something, at least you hope.
That's what art should do.
I agree with that. And here we have curve ball number two. Here we go!
You're very good at throwing these, by the way, because you've avoided a lot of...
I practiced in the office. I was doing the overhand cricket. They were hitting people.
It was...
Okay curve ball asterisk.
Did you work as a set designer on quote adult films? And there's a thing that says blame Wikipedia.
I wasn't a set designer. That would involve actually being... having talent. I was a set
dresser, which is basically like moving furniture around. And yes, that in fact was one of my
jobs pre actually working as an actor.
It was... I've said it before, but it was as soul crushing as it sounds. It was probably
the most depressing thing I've ever done in my life, and I'm glad that it's in the rear
view mirror, so yes...
And it wasn't porn, by the way.
It was softcore porn.
There was no penetration guys. Come on.
Yeah, it was awful.
What's the real life lesson you learned from that?
Yeah, don't do that.
You messing with us?
No, I'm not messing with you. You've got to try it.
Alright go ahead. Say it.
Did you kiss Ms Brenda?
No. She kissed me.
And finally, I really like you as a film lead. You remind me a bit of Scarlett Johansson
in that you're really watchable. Is there one thing that you've got your heart set on
that you want to do next or your dream role that you've got in mind?
I hope to do Lucy 2.
I hope that Luc Besson makes another Lucy, and he casts me as Lucy because I think I
would be awesome as a person that would use 100% of their brain.
Lucy 2. C'mon Luke. Make it happen.