- When I saw Alex, I was actually kind of fangirling
because I used to watch his videos, I was like, Oh my God
Oh my God.
- My first impression of Lindsay, we sang together
for the chemistry read.
And we did like all of this, like banter back and forth.
And I remember in that chemistry read
and with all of that banter, I was like, this felt
and I think Lindsay would agree to this
it was all like our characters throughout the thing,
like was our actual demeanor with each other
off camera as well.
So from the jump we were snappy with each other,
we were roasting each other,
we were like joking with each other.
- All we had to do
was memorize our lines because our characters were us, so.
- When I saw Alex, I was actually kind of fangirling
because I used to watch his videos.
I actually recognized him from his voice.
Like, I didn't even see him.
I was like, wait, why does this voice sound so familiar?
And then like, from the little crack of the door,
I was like, Oh my God, it, Oh my God.
And I didn't get to like meet Owen yet
but I know Jude's daughter Harper.
She told me that it was Owen
and I was fangirling over him too.
'Cause I actually watched his movies before.
So I was like, Oh my God, like this is crazy.
- You know, he came in with this, like he's been in movies,
he's already done it before.
And so I think where me, Lindsay and Kea
were super like jittery and nervous,
he had this like cool, demeanor about meeting
with all the producers and meeting with the director
and all of that, that we were all like,
Oh, that's how we're supposed to act.
Right? We're gonna act like that too.
- Well, let me first start off by saying
I was just as nervous as everyone else.
It's always kind of scary going on the set
and meeting people for the first time because you know
you're gonna be with these people for so long.
Luckily everyone in our cast
and crew was absolutely incredible.
Kea, I remember the first time I met you,
you gave me a hug right away and right from then
I was like, okay, perfect.
Like this whole entire cast, it feels just like
you know, an ohana, if you will, a family.
- First day shooting, first shot of the day,
it's me and Alex simple scene.
We're just gonna lay in the hammock.
Really chill.
- Oh my God.
(laughing)
- So we're this is like first shot.
We just got to O'ahu feeling still kind of nervous
we get there and they're like, it's all good.
So Alex, you're gonna lay in first and then Lindsay
you're just gonna get in next to him and cuddle next to him
and I'm like, okay simple.
He gets in, I get in, I mean
not five seconds before the entire thing
bust from the tree and crash right to the floor.
I land right on top of Alex.
- I had the wind knocked out of me
but I'm like first day of shooting.
I'm nervous as heck.
They're like, are you okay? Oh my gosh. Are you okay?
And we're like, oh my, it's great.
(laughing)
(screaming)
- I think that's probably the most fun scene.
I think it was my favorite.
- Yeah water fall.
- In that one scene it's three different locations.
Like multiple setups were indoors for the beginning part.
We make the initial jump inside the soundstage.
Then it cuts to us
on the outside fake waterfall on the set that we're hanging.
And then it cuts to us crashing
into the water at the actual Erawan waterfall in Thailand.
They would just drop us
from 30 feet all the way down to the bottom of the water.
And we were screaming and they're like, okay, one more time
drag us right back up and drop us again.
And then you guys remember in the Erawan forest
where there were fish in the water
eating at our legs.
- When we say big fish,
those little fish that are like at the salon,
that will eat your dead skin off your toes,
it was like those, but they were that big.
They were literally this big.
- I'm actually, Okay.
I'm kind scared of fish.
I don't know why fish but am scared of fish.
So when I was in the water, I would move a lot
and people probably thought I was drowning or something
but I just didn't want the fish to touch me.
(coughing)
In Thailand when we're off set we actually got like a break
I think it was the weekend
and there was a really big pool where we were staying at
and there were like these boards that could go
into the pool because of how big it was.
There was literally like a bar there.
So we would always like, Lindsay would always be
on the chairs, filming us, doing everything.
And I remember I got on the board
I got comfortable and Alex and Owen flipped me over.
And it was just, they literally got under the water
and they flipped me over.
And that was a really fun experience
because we got to connect with each other
and not just like as actors but like, as people.
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- In regards to culture, it was a huge part for me
from the beginning that we did it right.
Correct to the point down to words pronunciation, you know,
certain practices that we do as Hawaiians
showing our land and all these little things.
And even carrying that on behind the scenes, you know
how we cared for each other and how we cared for the land
and all these little things were so important to me.
- I remember going into the film and reading the script
for the first time in pronouncing Hana's name as Hanna.
So that was my jumping off point.
That's where I started
God that's embarrassing now looking back at it.
But Lindsay, she taught me how to read the Okinas.
I think they're called they're like,
- Hey look at you.
- Okinas.
- Look at that retention.
- And then the lines about the letters.
So like songs like "Hana Hana Quokka"
I learned how to pronounce all the words.
I still think I probably, every once in a while, I go back
and I listen to it,
to make sure I still have that song memorized.
- That's my big thing as a Hawaiian.
As long as you're open to learning
I'm so happy to teach and show you guys.
So it was so nice for me because I could sleep
at night comfortable knowing
that we were gonna put a really awesome project out there.
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