- Try to have some dignity.
- Yeah, well we don't do anything with dignity, okay?
- So, I asked the biggest Pitch Perfect fan
I know, my mother for questions.
- What's your mom's name? - Her name is Ilene.
- [Both] Hi, Ilene.
- We love you.
- [Both] Aww.
- [Drew] My mother.
- Cool mom.
- Ilene. - Hi, Ilene.
- Thanks for the questions, Ilene.
- Aww! - No way!
- So, I had her send in some questions.
- Stop.
- That's awesome. - That's so cool.
- Yeah, so she's got some-- she did her research.
Rebel, this is for you okay?
- Hi, Ilene. - Hi, Ilene.
- Yeah.
- This is a mother, so she was very concerned,
she said, "Did you hurt yourself while filming the slide
"down the staircase scene."
She's very worried.
- Top secret, it wasn't actually me.
(laughs)
- Wow. - It was Joette.
- Joette, punk rock.
- Wearing my hair.
- I think she just wants to know that you're okay.
- You're okay.
- I'm personally okay, yep.
- Brittany.
- This is sorta my question, she kinda stole my bit but,
were you surprised at the popularity
of the movies and will number three really be the last?
See she, people are very concerned about this.
- It's always shocking to me when we show up
at the premiere or anything that people
would watch it, 'cause I guess
you can't think about that scale.
So, it's great and an honor, and
I do maybe think this is the last one.
- So Ester, this is for you.
You have an extensive musical background,
including some serious songwriting.
Did it surprise you how many people know you
from the Pitch Perfect movies instead?
- Oh my god, they totally know me more from Pitch Perfect.
Like, I'm known now. (laughs)
Before I was just back there writing songs.
So, now it surprises me, but it is welcoming.
- Chrissie, this is for you.
She said, "I'm so impressed with your background,
"you came from General Hospital."
See, she really did her homework.
- [Both] Woah!
- Do you prefer making films?
- I'm grateful for all of it, but I definitely love
film just because you get to have more time with
the characters and development them a little bit more.
- You were nominated for an Academy Award when
you were quite young, that's pretty serious stuff.
What made you choose this movie?
And how many times do you get asked if
you're Jerry Seinfeld's daughter?
- The music was a huge element
in which I was fully interested in.
And the idea of working with this cast,
obviously being a fan of the first one
I was like, "I've got to be a part of this movie."
And, funny enough, my mom's name is Cheri
and when she calls, well, this kinda used to
happen a lot, when she would call to make reservations
at restaurants as Cheri Steinfeld
they would think she was saying Jerry Seinfeld,
and we'd show up, family of four, no Jerry involved.
- (laughs) No Jerry.
- I have a daughter with an MBA,
my sister. - Nice.
- How do you transition from designer to actor?
- Well, I always wanted to be an actress
and the brains part was like, do the fashion.
The brains part meaning my family, my parents.
Get your Bachelor's and then have a degree,
and then work, and you always have something there.
But then, it's just like, you know that young,
I went to college when I was 16, so like
I was like 21 when I graduated.
and you know when you're 21, you just can't take no.
You're like, "No, I wanna do what I wanna do."
So, I went back into acting after working in fashion
for a little bit and I just like, I'm here.
I just always wanted to do it.
- As a serious and accomplished actor
with an Acadmey Award nomination,
- Already under your belt. - And loss.
- She really does her research here.
You also seem to take chances with some very fun roles.
Why did Pitch Perfect appeal to you?
- It was the kind of thing that,,.
The two sentence pitch for, no pun intended,
for this movie felt a little like,
oh what's this gonna be, is it gonna be interesting?
And the script was so funny.
I think everybody feels the same way.
Every page you turned, you were like,
Is this gonna be the part where it loses me
and it's not interesting any more?
And it was just so funny.
- Did you know Skylar before production
of Pitch Perfect one? - Oh, this is a personal one.
- And was there ever any discussion,
this is actually-- - This is very personal.
- A good question from her, was there
ever any discussion of pairing
the two of you up instead of Anna?
- So, I didn't, I had seen him on Broadway,
and he had seen me on Broadway,
and we used to eat the same restaurant
at the same time, but we never knew each other.
- Wow. - So we would go
in between our shows and get
the same salad with the same substitutions,
but we never met until we were on the movie.
And to answer your second question,
there was never any discussion of
putting me with Skylar together.