Thanks for being here.
Oh, thank you for having me.
I love the movie.
It's getting great reviews, and you're fantastic in it.
So congratulations.
Tell everybody what it's about.
It's about a woman from space, and she--
No, no.
It's about a surrogate.
Kind of like, a mid 20s surrogate who, you know,
she's kind of a loner.
And then Matt played by Ed Helms is like a single guy,
and he is looking for--
he's looking for fatherhood.
And it's kind of a little meditation
on the cis male biological clock,
but it's also about like relationships,
and all the little nuances of like friendship and love
and other crap like that.
Yeah, good sales job.
It's actually-- it's really, it's
all of those-- it's really sweet, and funny,
and really touching.
I thought-- I found it really, really touching.
And the casting is groundbreaking,
because you're a trans actress, and your character
is not trans, so I mean.
That means a lot, I think.
Yeah, I mean, I think in an ideal--
in an ideal world, it wouldn't be a big deal.
And hopefully we're getting to a place
where there's more opportunities for like any sort
of marginalized actors, not just like trans actors,
but like you know Black actors, people of color,
any intersection of people who aren't just
like cis white straight people, having those opportunities
outside of what people box them in as.
That-- that's like hopefully what
this movie's moving towards.
I know Nikole Beckwith who wrote and directed it, like her
pushing to cast me was--
I was like are you sure?
This-- You sure me?
Are you sure me?
So, I mean, it feels like a huge gift, and I'm not--
I don't omit the importance of it.
But I hope people are also able to watch it
outside of the lens of just me being trans,
and enjoy the movie for all the work that I put into it.
Yeah, I mean, I think that they will.
It's a fantastic movie, and you're fantastic in it.
I can't imagine anybody else playing that role, you were--
I mean, just, you were amazing.
Thank you, and little Greta Titelman in that little clip,
she's an amazing comedian too.
Yeah.
Ed was on for it.
I thought it was--
I mean, I love him.
He's a great guy.
And what-- has your life changed since this movie?
Since the reviews?
It's been nice.
I try not to like tunnel too much into the review
part of it, because I think will fully unwind all my DNA helixes
and I'll just go completely crazy,
but I have read some of the reviews.
It's nice, my life isn't that different now.
I mean I'm here, which is psycho, cuckoo crazy, but yeah.
I think for the most part, lock down,
we shot the movie before lockdown.
So it was like, silence for a long time.
Yeah.
And then it just comes out, and then you're like oh, yeah.
I shot something.
Yeah.
And so I like peel myself out of my bed.
It's just like hermetically sealed,
in like imitation cheese and like crumbs
and all that good crap I'm eating in bed and--
Imitation cheese?
Yeah, imitation.
I'm lactose intolerant.
Listen, all that aside, there's a cheese
called Miokos that's a vegan cheese.
And it's delicious.
OK.
And you should try that, instead of like imitation cheese.
Miokos is your answer.
If you're lactose intolerant.
Well I have some right here.
No.
Yeah.
You're off also to shoot a movie with Sandra Bullock,
and Channing Tatum, and Brad Pitt.
So that's not bad.
Yeah, and it's hard because we're all fighting right now.
And we all have-- we're just like, all not getting along.
We were in an acapella troupe together for a long time.
And it's just not working out, so it's
like, there's a lot of tension.
Oh no.
We're playing nice and it's--
I hope that changes.
I hope it gets along.
You're fantastic, please come back and see us again.
And let go of the anxiety, because you're fantastic.
Yeah, no.
Thank you.
And I want to give a shout out to Eileen, who is--
she was my fourth grade teacher, but she's
like two of my best friends in high school's mom
and we used to watch Ellen together after, when I--
in high school, not in fourth grade.
But she was right across the street,
so I would go hang out with them because they always
had the better snacks.
So hi Eileen.
Hi Eileen.
Here she is now.
Together, Together is a fantastic movie.
It is in theaters, and on digital platforms now.
We'll be back.