So that is the new movie Run.
And let's meet your co-star, this is Kiera Allen.
Hi.
Kiera, it's so nice to meet you.
You're amazing.
This is your first movie and this is your first talk show.
Yes, it is.
Thank you so much.
It is such an honor to be on your show.
I've watched your show for years.
I've watched Sarah on your show before I had even met her,
and so this was just crazy, and thank you for having me.
Oh, of course, of course.
I'm so glad to meet you.
You're incredible in the movie.
And you're still in school.
What class are you missing right now?
I had to leave my neuroscience class early this morning
to come be on Ellen, which is something
I never thought I'd say.
Life is wild right now.
Yeah.
Sarah, have you ever missed a neuroscience class
to be on my show?
No?
And you're one of the first wheelchair users
to star in a major film, and that is a lot
of pressure for a 22-year-old.
And you consulted on the script and on set design, right?
Yeah, I was not an official consultant,
but one of the most amazing things about being on this set
was that I was really given a voice.
The whole team behind the movie cared so much
about authenticity and about doing it right,
and so there was always space for me to come forward
and say, you know, actually I wouldn't do it that way.
I would do it this way.
I would use this word.
And they had done so much research already
to make it authentic, but the fact that I had that space
made it such an incredible experience.
And yeah, I'm so glad you said that.
It is a decent amount of pressure,
because I care very much about authentic representation.
It's such an honor to be a part of this movie.
I can't represent the whole disability community,
because I'm just one person, but to be
a part of this really groundbreaking moment
is really exciting and an honor.
Isn't it the first time in 70 years
that there's been a leading role played by a wheelchair user?
It's the first major thriller in over 70 years, since 1948,
to star a real wheelchair user.
Amazing.
And you're in school for writing,
and you're doing something cool I
think would help a lot of people right now.
Tell everyone about your journal.
Yeah, I do daily gratitude journaling.
It's one of my favorite things to do.
I've done it for years.
It's great as a writer, because as we were just
talking about pressure, it takes the pressure off.
You don't have to write well.
The purpose is just to make yourself
feel good by talking about the things you're grateful for.
And it leaves me with a record of my past few years
with a very positive bias, which is
nice to go back to any good time or even any hard time
and be like, this is what was really
making me happy at that time.
Yeah, well, you have a lot to be grateful for,
and you should be so proud of your performance in this movie.
Sarah is fantastic, as you know.
She is a wonderful human being.
She's hilarious, which is so weird that she's always
in these scary, weird, horror movies,
and she's really hilarious.
By the way, did she try to scare you on the set?
She didn't try to scare me.
Oh God, now that I'm talking about fear,
I'm scared that you're going to scare me.
Someone's behind the curtain.
Just kidding.
Yeah.
No, we're good.
She didn't try to scare me, just scared me with how good--
Ahh!
[SCREAMS]
I knew it!
I was not planning on doing that until you said that, and then I
thought, well, why not?
Yeah, but look at Kiera once again, superior in every way--
doesn't even scream.
Oh my gosh.
That's how you know that I'm a fan of your show.
I know when fear comes up, there is this danger.
Yeah.
Yeah, but Sarah is so incredible,
and just watching this performance
being two inches from her face, watching the incredible work
that she's doing.
There was a day--
I don't want to give anything away about the scene,
of course-- but there is a scene that we shot in a basement--
you'll know it when you see it--
very, very emotional, intense scene.
And the day I came on set to shoot that scene,
I had a terrible headache.
And I was lying in my trailer in the dark,
being like, oh God, of all days to get a terrible headache,
they were shooting this really important scene.
And I got on set and I did one take with Sarah
and it was gone.
She scared the headache right out of me.
My adrenaline was pumping.
All of my body is like natural painkillers.
She's so good, she will scare your headache away.
Yes.
I think the New York Times wrote that.
That's one of the reviews.
They should.
Yeah, she will scare the headache away.
Listen, you two, I can't wait for people to see this.
It is such a great thriller.
You're both brilliant in it.
Sarah, you are a master.
I just love watching you work.
You're so beautiful in everything you do.
It's called Run.
It's available on Hulu starting this Friday.
And we'll be back.