So we've seen the zombie genre passed through many hands over the years.
But what do you think made the time right for Jim Jarmusch's zombie movie?
Uhm.. I don't know of anything that has to do with the timing...
Uhm..
I mean, I guess maybe it does have to do with the timing because of the things I'm referencing to,
the poster.. as if that's gonna give me the answer. - (Chuckles)
(Laughing)
And that, you know, the themes are very much.. like you couldn't have made this fifty years ago.
Because of the things that they're referencing, like wi-fi.
But the social commentary on, you know..
people further isolating themselves, and constantly literally looking down
and kind of stumbling along, without, you know..
being aware of what's in front of them.
So I think that's what makes it timely now.
His movies are.. I fell always kind of.. it's always good time for them.
- They're always timely and out of time, and timeless, yes, Jim Jarmusch's films.
- The three of you, meaning, the two of you and Bill have such a great chemistry in the movie
and so much of the humor is generated just from your..
sort of idle chatter throughout the film.
What can you tell me about the atmosphere on set? What was it like between the three of you?
I mean, we kind of sat down, Jim would put us in director's chairs, as we would be like, in the cop car.
And we got to read through the lines a few times and then just kinda go for it, was very, like, it was pretty..
natural.
What was the script like? Locked in, or were you guys able to kind of, riff here and there?
Everybody let's Bill riff, if he wants to riff, I mean let's be real, but...
(Laughs)
- Yeah, but there isn't a lot of, like... I think we pretty much sticked to it, there's, you know..
Little things here and there, but nothing.. no huge tectonic plate shifts.
Bill's not thrown you too many curve balls throughout?
- No, I mean, yeah, keeps it alive. - I feel like you guys would do it straight up
and then, like, at the end...
- Yeah, we'd fuck around.
- Oh that's right, we would actually. Yeah. - Yeah.
- That was kind of the pattern, and I would just look between the two of them and not say anything.
- Right. (Chuckles) - Right.
- Uhm.. such a cool.. - Cry and scream.
- It's such a cool cast, who do you think amongst you would make the best zombie killer?
Or the best suited for a zombie apocalypse?
- Tom Waits.
- Really? - Yeah.
Suited for a zombie apocalypse? Yeah, I think he'd survive.
Yeah, I say Tilda.
Yeah.
- Tilda is a ninja. - Yeah.
- (Chuckles) - Yeah, in real life.
- Not you, though? You could use your lightsaber skills to...
- Yeah, oh no, I'd survive too!
I mean, I just shortchanged myself, I'd be great.
- (Both laughing)
- I feel like I've been training for this my whole life, even when I was a kid.
Hoping for a zombie apocalypse, or all those...
I don't know.. picking up blocks. - (Chuckles)
- This is going south really... - (Both laughing)
- Did you have a favourite zombie kill, or zombie moment in the film?
- Zombie kill?.. Selena Gomez, that was pretty funny.
- Yeah. But she's not really a zombie, is she?
So you get her before she turns. - Yeah...
- Right? - So that's just a murder.
(Laughing)
- No, I.. - He likes to murder.
(Laughing, indistinct)
- Apparently I murdered that poor girl. - Or is she a zombie?
- She is, yeah!
Well, she's in the process, so to stop the process. - Yes, she's turning.
- Yes, yes. - Yeah.
There's the moment they do this slow-mo, like slow-mo pan on this zombie child.
And I found that looking.. - (Laughs)
- Really, no, it was like..
It's like when you see something that's all fun and games, then you're all like...
"Oh.. yeah." This is like...
I am very, very moving, I was actually teared up at that moment.
Yeah.
I'm quite confident of my ability to defend myself against the undead.
(Metal clangs)
I can see that.
♪ Vigorous instrumental music ♪
♪ ♪
(Gun clicks, gunshot)
The Dead Don't Die
Excuse me.
Those are some pretty good cuts.
You played some Minor League Ball, didn't you?
Well.. uhm.. a little class A. It was a long time ago.
Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch.
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