-We are joined right now by one of my favorite people on Earth,
one of my favorite actors.
She's a very talented actor who stars in the film
"Wander Darkly,"
which is in select theaters and on demand today.
Here is Sienna Miller. Ah, look at you.
Come on. I'm so happy to see you.
-I'm so happy to see you. -Look at how festive it is.
-...festive. It's so festive.
Everything is.
Is this -- are you in London? Are you back in London?
-Lapland.
-Where?
-Lapland. -What's that now?
-That's where Father Christmas lives, Lapland.
-I've never heard that. That's not true.
I've never heard that. -Are you kidding me?
You've never heard of Lapland?
-No, Lapland? No, never.
North Pole? -Right.
It's in English, it's potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto.
-I love even the way you said "right,"
you went right into an American accent.
You go, "Right." -Right. Right.
-Right. Santa -- Santa Claus -- Father Christmas.
-Father Christmas. [ Laughter ]
-I love Chri-- I want to go to England in Christmas.
I feel like it's the best place for Christmas.
-It's pretty cozy right now.
-How was your quarantine in New York?
I heard that you were here. -It was interesting.
I mean, it was kind of -- initially it was fun.
It was like a perpetual snow day.
I liked that bit, it was like, "Ooh, hunker down."
And then it got repetitive. -Yeah.
-And I'm not a natural teacher. I really tried.
I'm sure you're in the same boat.
-Oh, my gosh. I love teachers so much.
I'm like, oh, my gosh.
I can't even imagine. -I mean, those guys, yeah.
-How old is your daughter now, is she 8?
-She's 8. -Yeah, because Winnie's 7, yeah.
You brought a video, which I'm excited to show,
because you were having fun with Marlowe.
What does she -- she has a hoverboard?
How did you make this? -She has a hoverboard,
and we had some cardboard boxes
that had, at one point, food in them.
And of course you get creative when you have an only child
and it's lockdown.
So we made the hoverboard into a car.
And I feel like the mood of it
is essentially the state of mind that we've all been in
in our family. -Let's take a look.
Here's Sienna and her daughter having fun during quarantine.
Take a look.
-Yeah.
Whoa, whoa! [ Crash ]
[ Laughter ]
-She's okay, right? Yeah.
-She's fine. -That's so cute.
-They kind of got a few laughs, yeah.
-Whew! -Yeah.
-Sienna, before we talk about "Wander Darkly,"
I know you got to work with the late Chadwick Boseman
on "21 Bridges."
We all miss him.
You recently in an article told this story
about how he gave up some of his salary
from that movie to increase your salary,
because you weren't being paid equally.
I was just wondering, could I hear the story?
Like, how did that happen?
-It just feels like an unprecedented thing
in Hollywood, in the town that we work in.
-Yeah.
-It's something that everybody talks about,
which is the pay disparity between men and women,
and obviously there should be one between me
and "Black Panther,"
like I get it, that's totally fine.
But we were in a negotiation to do this film,
which I really wanted to do.
And I had a number in mind that I felt was fair,
and the studio wouldn't meet that number,
and Chadwick was not only starring in this film
but was also producing it.
And he donated some of his salary
to get me to the number that I had asked for.
And never mentioned it, never sort of asked for any thanks.
I, of course, towards the end of shooting with him approached him
and was just like, "What you did was the most astounding thing
that anyone has ever really done for me in this town."
And it's so validating and so generous
and so respectful and dignified,
and just eternally grateful.
And he said,
"You got paid what you deserve to be paid."
And that's it. Like...
-I love that you talked about that,
because people need to bring up
that uncomfortable conversation every time,
until you don't need to have that conversation any more.
-I think other actors, as well. That was part of the reason
that I said it, because I think other actors I've spoken to
about it -- not publicly, but before I said it --
were really inspired by that.
I think it's a wakeup call for a lot of people to see
that kind of act of generosity,
and maybe think about their own behavior.
And it starts with one person doing one thing, you know?
That's how change happens, and he was remarkable.
-I love it. I want to talk about
your new movie, "Wander Darkly."
This is a really beautiful film.
It premiered at Sundance earlier this year, and...
I don't know if I've ever seen a movie quite like this.
How do you set this up?
-It's a hard one to talk about.
It's basically a couple who just had a baby.
Me and Diego Luna, who's the sweetest man.
-I love Diego Luna. He's great.
-I know. -He's really fun.
-He's the best.
And we're not getting on, we've had a new baby,
surprise, surprise, it's like things are difficult.
We get into -- yep.
We get into a car accident,
and my character thinks she died.
So it's kind of on this journey.
He's the only person that can see her, and we go back
to the inception of our relationship --
I know it's confusing. -No.
-And we kind of go through the moments
where we went wrong and we sort of unpick those moments.
Like, the pivot moments where something happened
that kind of put us on the wrong track.
That was what was beautiful. But it's very surreal.
It's very dream-like.
-How was it like seeing it with an audience?
-It was amazing, because it was like the last kind of
collective experience that I had.
It was like a snot fest.
Everybody was crying and sharing tissues.
It was probably a super spreader event.
-That was the original title.
-"Snot Fest"? -"Snot Fest," yeah.
They changed -- I'm happy that changed it
because I think the title you have now is much, much better.
It's more romantic and more emotional.
But they were considering "Snot Fest" for a long time.
-Sundance is so fun as well. It was great.
-I want to show everyone a clip.
Here is Sienna Miller in "Wander Darkly."
Take a look.
-You weren't there with Ellie.
Where do you go? What happens to you?
You just -- you get scared and then what?
You just -- you disappear?
-You concussed. That's it.
-No.
I died. I can step into traffic now,
it wouldn't matter. -Hey!
Hey.
It's okay.
-What is this, like, purgatory?
What's -- what's happening to me?
-Just hold on to me. Hmm?
[ Horn honks ]
-Sienna Miller, "Wander Darkly"
is in select theaters and on demand today.
"Wander Darkly." Thank you so much
for being here, buddy.
Hug the baby and I hope to see you soon, pal.
Stay safe. -Bye.