- While we were filming and before we got
into ‘Clementine,’ I was like, “I wonder what clementine means?” And then—
- Yeah! (laughs)
- We would eat all the clementines
and I would eat so many clementines, I'm like,
“Is this what the movie means?”
- And then you split a clementine in half.
- Yeah.
Honestly I, I loved it because I love clementines,
so it was nice. - Yeah.
- It was an excuse to eat on set.
So, OT, what drew you to 'Clementine'?
- I read it in one sitting and I knew that
it was special. And I think it was really just about
the fact that it was a girl going through heartbreak
and I didn't know till midway in the script that
her relationship was with a woman,
which surprised me and then it made me realize
how much, you know, race, culture, gender
doesn't matter because when you're in love
and when you fall out of love
and when you're going through heartbreak,
everyone feels the same thing, you know?
And it just felt, I don't know,
we've all gotten our hearts broken
and it just felt really relatable and fresh.
Just really special.
Why did you choose 'Clementine'?
- It was a beautiful film.
It was written amazingly and I loved
how much was unsaid between the lines,
and when you have something where it's not driven
by dialogue, it really allows an actor
to showcase their emotion through their eyes,
and I think something that you and I did
so beautifully was we just,
we read off of each other just by looking at each other
and it was so real and so natural
and just so in the moment, and when you have a script
like that, it's, it hits deeper.
- Little dialogue is definitely kind of scary.
It's like those one-liners where you're like,
“Oh, one line. It’s easy.” And then you say it
and you're like, you're saying it 14 times.
I think the no dialogue is definitely sweet
because it just really allows you to feel.
And as an actor, that's all you want to do is feel
all the emotions.
The dynamic of Lana and Karen's relationship,
it's interesting.
There was a lot of healing and growing
through them two and I think
when Karen got to the lake house,
she was, I think in no position to make new friends.
She was kinda going through those like,
seven stages of grief of just like,
"It's my fault, it's not my fault."
"I hate her, I hate myself."
And then she meets this girl that's just a bubble
of mysticism and just is so eerie.
And then, as like the friendship starts evolving,
you start peeling the layers back
and you start realizing that she's like, so young
and she's really just trying to learn and grow,
and here's this like, older person.
That's why she's like, "You're so cool," - when you say that,
remember, on the dock?
- Yeah, I think that they needed each other
because they were both lost and they found parts
of themselves in each other.
And it was a growing experience for both of them.
I feel like your character saw herself in Lana
when you were in your relationship with D,
and Lana's already putting on a show
and playing a different character, and she's just trying
to see what it's like to be somebody else
and I think that they both were growing up really fast
and they needed each other to slow down.
I think that age is always one of those timeless
stories of, what is too young?
What is too old?
What is too big of an age gap?
What is too close?
Like, I think it's something that's always talked about
and as time goes on, society's norm changes also.
And I think the mystery of not knowing how old
anyone is and trying to add that together
and put that into the film is an aspect [that]
heightened all of the drama and the stakes more.
- It's weird, age in relationships.
How it can like, take your power from you
or give you more power. And I think that was like,
something that we saw a lot in the film.
Sydney, what do you hope people, young people,
take away from that specific scene
where Lana gets taken advantage of?
- I hope that viewers take away from that scene,
being a teenager is hard
and there's so much to deal with and struggle with
within family and social and all of this pressure
to be somebody at such a young age when you're
still trying to find yourself.
- That scene is really, it was really tough to film
and it was really tough to watch
because you see this young girl putting on this act,
and then when you see the footage,
you see how vulnerable she really is
and how lost she really is, and I hope that people
can take away that, don't be afraid to talk to someone.
We don't advocate enough to trust in people
and talk to people and just reach out
and not be afraid to ask for help.
And I think that sometimes, that can be like,
the determining factor of helping someone
or changing someone's life. It's just
knowing that there is a helping hand on the other side.
Let's ask the hard hitting questions
about 'Euphoria' and Cassie.
Do you feel like there was any similarities
between Lana and Cassie?
- Well, they're both lost and trying to find themselves,
but they're definitely in complete different places
in the world and in their lives, but they're both teenage girls
so there's gonna be similarities
because so many teenage girls
are still trying to figure out who they are.
- 'Euphoria,'
season two. I already know what you're gonna say,
there's not much you can say, but
there has to be like, give me,
even if it's like a color like,
- A color?
- A color that describes the mood of season two.
You know, maybe you don't have to give anything away,
but you can give me some sort of like,
a color, or a fruit, or—
Since we're on the topic. - A clementine!
It's like a clementine.
There's a bunch of layers.
- I know there's a bunch of layers,
but give me just something, you know?
- It's more intense, I can say it's more intense.
Like, first season was a lot,
second season hits it out of the ball park so,
it's gonna be an amazing, amazing,
very intense, crazy season.
That’s all I can say, I don’t wanna- I can’t.
- If I could talk about it, oh my gosh, I would
because there's so much, there's so much tea
to spill in it, I would love to, but I can't.
- Well, we got crazy and we got intense,
so we know if it gets any more intense
than the first season.
- It does.