Addison and Tanner were not born when we made the movie.
That is the worst news I’ve ever heard.
They weren’t born– they weren’t even around?
Oh not even close, like I don’t think their parents even knew each other.
What have you been doing for 20 years?
Have you had a good 20 years?
I’ve done nothing.
What was the question?
This is going to sound a little bit strange
but I was so excited for the day that you were gonna do your epic dance.
That is not true.
That’s a lie.
Matthew, this is my story.
Okay, my bad.
Back off.
My bad–
No, but I was so excited first of all
because we were all thrilled that you took the part in the movie
and that you were elevating it in such an amazing way
and making it so much funnier than it ever was on the page.
No, I love the scenes with Kevin Pollak
– like so much. – He’s great.
– He’s so good in the movie. – He’s a great actor.
He’s a great actor.
And I love that I kind of got to take his role for this one.
When he was on the movie,
there was an actor I respected and looked up to
and walking on that set was very strange for me
because there were all these young people not born when the movie came out
and had a very,
had an impression of me that was very humbling and very sweet
and I feel like I had the same energy about Kevin Pollak in the first movie
so that was very sweet.
I was shocked that America loved it as much.
I mean, it’s an age old story right.
Uh huh, true.
And this, I feel like it’s everyone’s fantasy in high school–
they want to be something else other than what they are in that moment.
I was really honored to be invited.
I thought, you know what, it makes total sense that they’re doing a gender swap
and making it about social media makes it current.
I think this is a good idea.
You know, when you’re growing up in this industry,
and you’ve been around for a long time,
and people have seen you for so long,
that there’s something humbling about the chance of coming back to touch something
that you did so many years ago.
You walk in on set and having this moment of being a part of something
that you were a part of when you were a young man
was really kinda sweet and sensitive and I don’t know.
It was very oddly rewarding in a sort of,
in a journey of a career sort of way.
Yeah, she had that one constructed.
There was sort of the hero one and the double.
The double dress was a little bit smaller.
That was the one that I had to come down the stairs in,
so if I looked stressed, in that scene where I’m walking down,
I’m just thinking like,
“Don’t breath. Don’t breath at all.”
The first time I put on the dress, I felt
electric.
It just felt like it was me. I felt like it was time to shine.
There’s not another song like that.
There’s not another song kind of like it.
– It’s not like it sounds like such and such. – It’s a great song.
It’s only that.
True story. It’s a great song.
And the remix is awesome.
Really cute.
Super cute.
I will say right now, I think it’s infinitely worse.
I think that social media has just elevated that insecurity
and looking at the world and looking at yourself and comparing yourself times a million
so I think it’s really difficult and I think that there are kids out there
suffering all the time in the world that we’re living in
and as a parent and as like a human being, I think it’s heartbreaking
that those kids are out there looking at other people from around the world
and different positions and comparing themselves.
I think it’s brutal and I think it makes high school that much harder.
And so, if you’re a kid out there who feels lost, just know that we felt lost.
I was a total dork in high school
and a totally, socially awkward total flop as a human being in high school
and things change so hang in there, please God hang in there.