- [Interviewer] These characters have sort of a strong bond
it seems like from when they first meet in the film.
How did the two of you develop that?
Was it rehearsals, or was it just kind of understanding
how the characters were?
- No, I think it was a mutual,
I mean, I've had a crush on Kristen
since I met her at JFK.
(Kristen chuckles) And she wouldn't speak to me.
And she was with a bunch of rude people, but--
- What? (men laughing)
- You don't remember that? - We've never,
we've never gone over this! - You remember this!
(laughing)
- (laughs) What are you talking about?
- It was an awkward moment.
I got past it.
(Interviewer laughs)
- We're gonna digress. - I got past it!
- My team is very sweet. (Anthony laughs)
(all laughing)
- We were in the lounge.
You were in a bunch of mean people.
- Oh my god.
- I don't wanna talk about-- - But I was, but I was
the diamond in the rough. - You were dope.
You were dope.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - You were dope.
- I surround myself with jerks.
- Yes. - So I can be like,
"Hey, sorry, I'm just."
(Anthony grunts)
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- "Seberg" is the story of three years
in the life of the actress Jane Seberg
from the 1968 to 1970,
when, for her political involvement
with the Civil Rights Movement,
she was subjected to a campaign
of surveillance and lies
by the COINTELPRO
FBI secret program.
And the movie is a kinda window
into what happened to her in those years
and the FBI surveillance operation on her.
- There were certain hooks we could really,
like, hang our hat on, in terms of getting her right
but not necessarily doing a sort of perfect impression.
The few Googleable moments, we tried
to be really finite with and really specific.
But what was seriously more important was that
it had, like, a flick of energy
that felt like her, whether or not it had the perfect timing
or looked exact.
There is just this impression that you get immediately
from, like, the glance away at the end of "Breathless"
and the certain way that she presents
in the screen test for Preminger in the beginning
is, you know, she let her face hang out
in a way that was, like, spectacular.
And she was so young.
She was 17 years-old, and I,
when I was 17 years-old was (chuckles)
completely incapable of doing that.
- [Interviewer] And Anthony, for you what was it like
to sort of step back into this time period
and play this character who was really,
you know, active in sort of helping
young men of color find their way at the time?
- Well, for me it was all about the wardrobe.
I feel like when you go back to the '60s,
just to that decade, you know,
the African American experience was so specific
in the '60s and '70s, early '70s.
And it was so specific, coast to coast.
The idea of who this man was
and how he fit into that movement was somethin'
that I felt paralleled what I believe
right now, in this day and age.
You know, I feel like we should be focused
and very spoken out,
not about everyone's problems but about our communities.
The thing about
Hakim that was so great was
he wasn't a Black Panther.
You know, he was a civil rights leader
for himself and, you know, everything
that he knew to be his.
And they supported him in that.
- [Interviewer] I feel like we should definitely
just do a couple picks from the fish bowl
because I think you'll have a lotta fun with this.
So if one of you wants to grab it
and dig one outta there.
- I'll--
If your cast were to rob a bank,
who would be the mastermind,
who would be the getaway driver?
- Okay.
- Hm.
- I'm not the most pragmatic person.
But I, you know, carry out orders, like, fervently.
So I would prefer to drive.
- Okay.
- But--
- I watch a lotta crime TV.
- Yeah! - Like, a lot.
That's all I watch.
Like, I could off this whole room
and get away with it. - I was just gonna say
we should be very afraid
of this man. (all laughing)
- That's all.
"Wives with Knives."
Like, I loved you, and then it,
like, all those shows! (Kristen laughs)
Oh, that's what I watch.
- And you're gonna get everyone on point.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I feel like that could, yeah.
- You're the mastermind. - I feel like--
Mackie's the mastermind. - No, but you're the director.
So you could-- - I know.
I was gonna say it. - Yeah, I'll just,
I'll just kinda make sure it's goin' the right away.
(all laughing)
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