(whooshing)
- I'm gonna begin with you Zack, actually.
I was wondering, because obviously, you know the guys,
you've known them a while.
When they first told you
they were thinking about writing this movie
and thinking about writing a movie for you,
what was your first reaction?
How did you feel about that?
- I would say good.
And, just for like, you know,
having some fun
and just wanting to get the people
just to see this film
and get to make me, you know, feel good
and make me feel happy and exciting,
and give the whole world.
- Have you got used yet to seeing yourself
on the big screen?
Was that quite, still quite surreal for you?
- Actually, great.
(laughs)
I just love doing it.
- Shia, I've read somewhere
that you said this project sort of changed your life,
and it seems to have had a really profound effect on you.
I was wondering if you could just elaborate on that,
what it was about this experience that,
that meant so much to you?
- Not even the experience,
just being around Zack.
Like, he softened me,
and if you were around Zack long enough,
he'd soften you too.
It was like, I think, you know,
I was raised on Nirvana and the Simpsons
and I have like a really cynical gene in me
that sort of overwhelms the naive, cutesy part of me.
And then you get around Zack long enough
and you start feeling the effects.
So I would just say, Zack.
Zack has an effect on everybody he's around.
It's a softening effect.
- Because even just seeing you guys yesterday
on the red carpet,
you can just tell that you've got such a close friendship.
- Yeah.
- I mean, that's one of the things
I feel we take for granted, as audience members,
is the friendships that come from this.
We just see what's on screen.
But one of the things
I guess you've both taken from this project
is this friendship that you've developed.
- Yeah.
Somebody asked us before you came in here,
what was it?
Some kind of, what'd he say, trinkets?
What trinkets did you get from the movie?
And I can't remember any like physical trinkets
or anything like that.
You know, I have his phone number
and we text each other.
And I'd say that's the biggest takeaway
I have from the movie is
I walked away with like a real, a dude I love.
- And Zack, I mean, in the film,
the character is pursuing a dream.
Obviously, in this instance, it's wrestling.
He wants to become a wrestler.
And I was wondering,
cause it sounds like being a movie star
is one of your dreams.
Did you see parallels between yourself
and the character you played?
- I want to say except for my dream
is to be on part of this film because,
because...
... I just couldn't do it.
You know, alone without, you know, without,
Shia and of course,
Dakota Johnson had been doing,
like so many movies and TV shows and...
... they have been,
you know, the two of them show me
how to be a part of this film, of this movie.
So...
... That had to have been, you know,
changed my life to be the bigger star
and to be part of this film and just to be,
in the movie because I was going to do it without
those two have been doing a lot of things for like,
you know, the past years.
- He's really good at these interviews, because like,
no matter what you ask him, he's going to say
what he wants to say for as long as he wants to say it.
And it's something to learn.
If you're ever stuck in these situations,
this is something to learn from Zack Gottsagen,
how to deal with junkets.
Say what you want to say for as long as you want to say it,
no matter what's asked of you.
- Yeah, That's right.
- Very sleek.
- He always-
- Very sleek.
He's a pro Gene, he's a pro.
- No matter what you asked him,
I'll gonna say whatever I want to say
for as long as I'm going to say,
Go ahead, go.
I'm learning lessons.
- Okay, well I was going to ask you...
- Yes, it was a very good experience,
and we love each other very much,
and we're going to stay together in each other's lives
for as long as we are alive.
And...
(laughing)
Also... no.
- Because also on your part-
- Yes, as a matter of fact, I agree.
Sorry, Doug.
No, this joke is dead.
Go ahead.
(laughing)
- I don't know what to ask now.
Wrestling is obviously a big theme in this.
I was just wondering if in real life,
what would be your your wrestling names,
and have you thought of what your signature move might be?
- Gafilter Gary!
- Okay.
(laughing)
- [Stefan] Okay with that.
Okay, yeah.
So Shia, I was wondering about the...
... I was speaking to the guys yesterday
and they said that when they got you onboard,
you gave everything to the role
and it was a very collaborative experience.
I think that you said, that I think it was your idea
that how the character might smoke,
and I think he was, I think it was just little things,
and they allowed you input.
How important is it for you when you get involved
in a project that it is a very collaborative process
between the actors and the filmmakers?
And how thankful were you
that they gave you that in this instance?
- Really my whole role was this dude,
really like listening to him and watching him
and falling in love with him.
I wouldn't take any credit for any of my input.
My input, you know, all these like little gestures
came out of fear before you show up on set
and then they disappear when you get to set.
- Excuse me.
- Oh, what you weren't interested?
You're just going to burp on my answer, dude.
I never burp on your answer, dude.
- No.
- No, but yeah, just like that kind of what just happened,
that was what shooting was.
So I'd be in the midst
of whatever my pre-packaged thing would be,
whether it's an answer or an idea,
and then he would burp on my idea,
and we would go with his,
and that was sort of the filming process,
which actually, you know,
brought some of my best stuff.
I think I get in my own way, and he buffered me from myself.
- Thank you so much for the time.
- Yeah.
Cheers, thank you.
- Yeah, cool.
Nice to meet you.
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