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- Hi, welcome to another edition of "Between Two Ferns".
I'm your host, Zach Galifianakis.
My guest today is Brie Larson.
People often get you and Alison Brie confused.
I'm speaking from experience because I told my producer
that I wanted to interview Alison Brie yet,
you're here, so here we are.
You won Best Actress.
Have you ever thought of aiming higher
and trying to win Best Actor?
- Yeah. - Good question
- It is good, it's thought provoking.
- 'Cause the people that have won Best Actor
like Pacino, Robert De Niro.
- No
- Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, men.
I heard that Brie Larson isn't your real name
that you change it for show business.
Is your real name Gorgonzola Lars'Son?
Do you understand the humor there?
- I do, it's just that it's not.
- It's what you understand the humor,
the humor there is that your first name is a cheese,
and that what I've done is...
- Okay, I don't need you to explain it.
- Your superhero character is called Captain Marvel.
- Yes.
- Well they really have stopped trying, haven't they?
I mean, why don't they just call it Captain comic book?
Or captain We can't think of anything else.
- And what would your superhero name be?
Captain Crunch, The bulk?
- Like the incredible bulk?
- Yes.
- Well, all of those you just said
are much better than Captain Marvel.
I read online that you're very private and decline
to answer questions that make you feel uncomfortable.
This is a two-parter, is that true?
And how old were you when you got your first period?
It's weird about that, isn't it?
Is it that sentence with a period and a question mark?
It is funny.
You were homeschooled,
are your high school reunions lonely?
Did you go to the prom with anyone?
I was homeschooled.
- Oh, were you? - Yes.
- And did you go to homeschool prom?
- Yeah, I live with my teacher slash mom.
It was uncomfortable at first,
but once we had some booze in us it was fine.
Did I ask you about Gorgonzola?
- You did ask me about the Gorgonzola.
- What do you do in your spare time for fun?
- I like to play video games, I read...
- I can talk books with you if that's your comfort zone.
- Okay, yeah, let's talk about books
but what are you reading right now?
- As Bad As I Wanna Be, by Dennis Rodman.
It's a New York post best seller.
Do you have a sizzle reel?
- I don't think I do.
- For those watching at home a sizzle reel
is a highlight of an actors or actresses work.
Check out my sizzle reel on YouTube.
That's Y-O-U-T-U-B-E .com,
YouTube slash sizzle, S-I-Z-Z-Z-L-E,
reel, R-E-E-L slash Zach G slash four,
I don't know what this means but slash four h 1694
equals then percentage mark
and then there's a period
remember we were talking about periods?
Yeah, that's it.
And then if you need me to repeat that,
- please don't repeat that.
- We'll put it up on the chyron,
Do you know what a chyron is? - No
- A chyron is a super impose
when we put your name up here...
- I would actually prefer
to just like look it up on my own than hear you explain.
- Well, let me tell you how it's spelled.
It's a tricky spelling.
It's spelled C-H-Y-ron
Did I ask you about the Gorgonzola?
- Yes You asked me about the Gorgonzola.
- Just 'cause you get it a lot
doesn't mean the audience at home has not thought about it.
- That was like the cornerstone of the whole interview
is do this thought I'll just mention other cheeses.
Like that was it, that was as far as it went,
it was just like, oh, he thought Gorgonzola.
And I'm just like, that's good.
- No, some of the art of interviewing people
is to make them feel comfortable,
if I'm doing a nice
- But am not comfortable, I still don't feel comfortable.
- Because of the cheese questions?
- It wasn't a question, It was not a question.
- Okay, we're gonna wrap it up.
- Great.
- I'd like to thank my guests, Brie Larson.
If you ever see her out in public,
don't call her Gorgonzola.
She'll flip the fuck out.
- Okay, that's...
- Between Two Ferns the movie,
it's streaming now on Netflix.