>>> THEYRE AT THE TOP OF THEIR
GAME IN HOLLYWOOD, STARRED IN
FILMS LIKE "SELMA," "RENT,".
>> THEYRE TEAMED UP FOR A NEW
FAMILY ADVENTURE FILM CALLED
"THE WATER MAN" ABOUT A YOUNG
BOY WHO GOES INTO AN ENCHANTED
FOREST TO TRY TO FIND THE CURE
FOR HIS MOMS ILLNESS.
THEY PLAY AS PARENTS.
>> ROSARIO, WE HEARD YOU FIRST
MET DAVID AT AN AWARDS SHOW AND
YOU BECAME INSTANTLY OBSESSED.
TELL US ABOUT THAT MOMENT.
>> IVE BEEN INSTANTLY OBSESSED
WITH HIM FOR A WHILE
SO THIS IS JUST MY -- FAN GIRL
IN PERSON, I GUESS IT WORKED OUT
AS A CASTING EXERCISE.
BECAUSE HE ENDED UP THINKING
ABOUT ME FOR THIS ROLE, I
COULDNT BE MORE GRATEFUL, THIS
IS A MAGICAL EXPERIENCE BRINGING
THIS VISION TO LIFE WITH HIM.
>> DAVID, THIS BEAUTIFUL FILM IS
ALL YOUR BABY, YOURE THE
PRODUCER, YOURE THE DIRECTOR,
YOU STAR IN IT
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BRING
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, LIKE
STRAIGHT FROM YOUR HEART, OUT
INTO THE WORLD.
>> WELL, ITS A HUGE PRIVILEGE
WHEN ITS SOMETHING YOU REALLY
BELIEVE IN AND YOU GATHER GREAT
PEOPLE LIKE ROSARIO AND OUR
GREAT CAST
YOU MANAGE TO GET EVERYONE
BELIEVING IN THE SAME VISION AND
IT RESULTS IN SOMETHING YOURE
REALLY PROUD OF.
I AM JUST ELATED IT CAME OUT
JUST AS I SAW IT IN MY HEAD.
>> IS THIS JUST SOMETHING DAVID
THAT CAME OUT OF YOU BECAUSE IT
WAS SOMETHING YOU WOULD HAVE
LIKED TO HAVE SEEN WHEN YOU WERE
A KID?
WHERE DID IT COME FROM
>> I LOVED FILMS LIKE THIS WHEN
I WAS A KID, YOU KNOW, FILMS
LIKE E.T., PARTICULARLY, BUT
"STAND BY ME" WAS ANOTHER
FAVORITE, THE GOONIS
BECAUSE THEY WERE ADVENTUROUS
AND IMAGINATIVE, BUT ALSO
BECAUSE THEY WERE ROOTED IN REAL
LIFE ISSUES AND THEY WERE
THROUGH THE EYES OF KIDS I COULD
RELATE TO.
I DIDNT FEEL LIKE THOSE FILMS
TALKED DOWN TO ME.
I FELT LIKE THEY REALLY
RESPECTED MY OWN EMOTIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
AND NOW THAT I HAVE KIDS MYSELF,
THIS IS THE KIND OF FILM I LOVE
TO SHARE WITH THEM
I DECIDED TO MAKE ONE.
>> DAVID, WE READ SOMETHING
ABOUT A CONVERSATION YOU HAD
WITH YOUR OWN SON, WHERE YOU
SAID, LOOK, IM GOING TO BE IN A
WALT DISNEY FILM, LOOK AT THIS,
AND HE SAID, BUT YOURE PLAYING
THE BEST FRIEND.
HOW IMPORTANT IS REPRESENTATION,
AND HOW DID THAT CONVERSATION
CHANGE YOU
>> WELL, YEAH, THAT WAS, INDEED,
A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH MY SON
WHO ASSUMED I WAS GOING TO BE
PLAYING THE BEST FRIEND IN A
FILM WHEN I TOLD HIM I WAS DOING
A FILM FOR DISNEY.
THAT IS INDICATIVE OF WHAT HE
ASSUMED WOULD BE THE CASE
BECAUSE OF WHAT HED SEEN IN
TERMS OF PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE
ME
EVEN THOUGH I LOVED THOSE FILMS,
I DIDNT SEE MYSELF REPRESENTED
IN THEM.
SO, YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT FOLKS
LIKE ME AND ROSARIO ARE TRYING
TO DO, TO MAKE THE WORLD A BIT
MORE LIKE THE WORLD WE WOULD
HAVE LIKED IT TO BE WHEN WE WERE
KIDS, AND WE CAN DO THAT NOW FOR
OUR KIDS.
>> ROSARIO, WHAT DID YOU CONNECT
TO WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER AND
LOOKED UP ON THE SCREEN AND
SAID, YEAH, I IDENTIFY WITH
THAT.
>> I MEAN, I LOVE SO MANY
DIFFERENT MOVIES, A LOT OF
FANTASY, AND SCI-FI, LABYRINTH
AND NEVER ENDING STORY, AND
LEGENDS.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU DIDNT
OFTENTIMES SEE PEOPLE OF COLOR
OR WOMEN AS THE PROTAGONIST, OR
A GIRL
SO FOR ME I THOUGHT THIS FILM
TOUCHES ON ALL OF THE EXCITEMENT
AND SENSE OF ADVENTURE AND
MAGIC, AND THE TYPE OF JUICY
DRAMA THAT ENTIRE GENERATIONS
CAN GET INTO, WHILE ALSO STILL
SHOWING THAT YOU CAN EXPERIENCE
THOSE STORIES WITH DIFFERENT
TYPES OF PROTAGONISTS THAN WEVE
HAD BEFORE AND STILL COMPLETELY
DIVE WO INTO IT.
NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME
AND DAVID CAN SEE OURSELVES
REPRESENTED UP THERE, BUT OTHER
FAMILIES CAN GO THROUGH THAT
EXPERIENCE AND LOVE A FILM LIKE
WE HAVE AND CHERISH AND
RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING
THATS ACTUALLY QUITE RUNVER
SAL.
>> ROSARIO, SPEAKING OF PEOPLE
WHO LOOK LIKE YOU, WE HAVE
SOMEONE ON OUR STAFF WHO IS A
DOPPELGANGER FOR YOU, SHE GOT A
FREE CAB RIDE BECAUSE THEY
THOUGHT SHE WAS YOU.
HER NAME IS LANA, AND THERE SHE
IS.
>> I HEAR THIS A LOT, AND IM
ALWAYS WONDERING, DID I NOT CALL
IN FOR WORK ONE DAY?
>> THATS PRETTY GOOD.
>> LANA WANTS TO BE YOUR BODY
DOUBLE.
>> IF YOU EVER NEED A BODY
DOUBLE, HERE SHE IS, BUT YOU
CANT TAKE HER ON A WEEKDAY, SHE
RUNS THE SHOW.
>> THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH.