nice congratulations on the show thank you i watched it last night i only watched three because
i feel like blitzing things is not i'm not a big blitzer of shows like that are you do you tend
to do that you tend to blitz shows when new shows come on because it's the thing now isn't it normal
to just sit and watch 10 episodes or something i think it depends on the show doesn't it like
some of them some might be too intense to kind of been or it might be too you know long and yeah i
feel like it depends but i do kind of like you know when you just keep going and then and then
watching when the sopranos like 24 was only a teenager but you had to wait until next week
and while you don't have the same twists as 24. i mean you can't do it we kind of don't it's nice to
wait yeah i feel like wow um boring question first then how did you both kind of get involved with
this project how did it come about and did you had you read the book beforehand alison maybe i'll
start yeah i read the book before and and so kind of had a relationship to it already and
absolutely loved it and then i yeah got got a self tape in and i did a couple of different auditions
um and then eventually kind of got the part and uh yeah it was smart it was a momentum
of you i've been oh bless you
yeah in a pretty conventional way um i was sent some scenes to audition with i made a tape and
then quite quickly which is always nice to get you know not things strung out for too long got
a thumbs up and then uh was very very happy and excited i was a big fan of Sally [Rooney]'s books before
and i was a big fan of Lenny [Abrahamson] as a filmmaker and um yeah and it wasn't long after that
we all started chatting on zoom and he was sending over the scripts and asking what was working or
talking through ideas and talking through scenes so um that's how it came about yeah
Lenny i've interviewed him a couple of times he's like one of the nicest guys
given what this is about and what you guys kind of have to do you know the intimate scenes all that
kind of stuff having someone like him must make it easier than maybe you had anticipated beforehand
yeah i mean he makes every situation better like he just he's just like as you say the kindest
most generous person i think he's so talented and gifted at what he does but i think when you
come at something like with that kindness and that generosity and that humor i think that's why his
work is so amazing because of of who he is as well um and yeah and when you are doing things that are
quite sensitive or or intimate like having someone like him just just makes it so much kind of more
you know easier and and all of that yeah this is your debut yes kind of you obviously made your
debut under the tutelage of Ang Lee which is a good a good place to start any words of wisdom
for the first time because you you were not with Ang Lee, you had Kristen Stewart you had Steve
Martin, who is my hero, Vin Diesel any you know how did you feel protective about her given it was their first
um i mean she was so brilliant she didn't really need much oh my steering but um no we were saying
earlier like i remember like because it was such a full-on job like this is for alison like because
it was so relentless and you're in every single scene it was quite nice i remember like being
consumed in that way and almost not having time to kind of fret or like get nervous on the side
too much you're just in it all the time with people that you trust and like working with
makes a big difference totally totally there's a wonderful cast as you too and obviously Jemima [Kirke]
and Sasha [Lane] who have done amazing amazing work and it feels like it's one of those projects where
you necessarily wouldn't get you guys together in a series or in a show like this so it's kind of
there's almost like a great energy between you and that you've come from all different backgrounds
and different things it must be great on set with with those guys because they've done amazing
things you guys have done things and you kind of be brought together in this in this world together
yeah yeah i guess and it's it's so cool because the you know those characters in the book are so
exciting and rich and well written and seeing kind of actors as incredible as as the guys like embody
those characters was just so exciting and just when you see see them doing it it just all felt so
right and i think yeah it kind of makes it all the more exciting and kind of interesting to us yeah
as a final question before i go what was your catch word for your accent because
not only do you do that irish unless you're doing your Paul Newman oh yeah yeah yeah
i don't know if i had to catch cash word but you do get like when you work with dialect coach you
have like phrases that are the most ridiculous phrases to say you know um i can't remember the
top in my head but um a bunch of ridiculous sentences that are buried in there somewhere
that will come out one day exactly i'll just blow them out like tourette's
maybe you'll get to do Cat on a hot tin roof one day maybe there you go maybe i would love to guys
wish you all the best thanks for watching thank you thank you thank you guys so much ladies and
gentlemen you're watching hey you guys hey you guys how are you guys is that from the goonies yes