[On What The Circus Offers The Oddities]
That's what the circus does for all the oddities
it really allows them a place where they can be very confident in themselves and
And they respect each other and love each other and it gives them a safe space to be
Which is really nice.
[On The Characters 'Anne' & 'Phillip']
Anne and Philip you know..
Fall in love
and it's basically you know it's always it's that kind of that tragic love story in a sense of like
There's always the factor of them
Not being able to be together because
of literally the color of their skin
You know at the time that was a 120%
Not allowed.
And it was in fact very dangerous.
So the entire time you know they're exchanging
just looks they don't even touch each other. They just look at each other and
Even that is like hard for them to do especially her
because she knows she's lived this her whole life is
Having to deal with racism having to deal with that in her face cuz as you know
As a black woman at the time, and so she's used to this
This is not something that is uncommon to her,
so she's trying to
Everything in her mind is telling her that that's a bad idea.
It's dangerous. It's wrong
You know, it goes against everything that she's been taught
but she's slowly falling in love with the exact thing that she always thought hated her.
[On The Songwriters Justin Paul & Benj Pasek]
Benj and Justin are incredible.
They are young and fresh they understand
Music so well, and I think what's so cool about this is
even though it's set in the
1800's and even though, it is a musical and musicals kind of have their own sound
There's something about this one musically that is very modern
and contemporary like you could rerecord any of these and it
could go on the radio. You know as a pop song, and I think that that's kind of cool because
It blends you know then and now and makes it understandable tangible for people now.
[On The Films Choreoghraphy]
The dancing. I'm pretty sure hip-hop wasn't a thing yet.
But there's lots of hip-hop dancing in this which I think is really dope.
[On How The Lyrics of The Songs Reflect The Characters Emotions]
Every word reflects what these characters are going through
what they're feeling you know and so when you're singing them you can really
Fall into the character because it's just so,
Everything that they're feeling they're just it just coming out and so many people can relate to
You know those kinds of those songs
[On How The Lyrics Will Resonate With The Audience]
I know that there's a young woman or a young man, who is gonna hear this song
And he's going to need it. Need to hear this is me.
Need to hear that I am brave. I'm bruised.
I'm who I'm meant to be, somebody needs to hear those words you know. And feel bigger and feel
Like they're a part of something and so I just find it really cool.
[On 'Rewrite The Stars']
I don't really think there's anything like it like you know,
we're literally
flying through the air and like
it's just
It's so cool to me you know.
This love story and this choreography that usually you know when you have
Love story in a musical, and there's choreography it all happens on the ground
But literally everything that happens is like flying in the air.
Me grabbing him, him grabbing me, swinging around you know.
[On Director Michael Gracey]
He has this way of like explaining things so vividly. He's like the best storyteller in the world
[On The Costumes]
All the costumes are like, you know
Custom-made costumes and
So beautiful and detailed and colorful and you know
And when it all comes together somehow it all matches. It's weird.
You know I mean it all kind of seems to make sense once you see it on camera.
[On Hugh Jackman's Passion For The Project]
I think he was perfect for this because he's so passionate about it.
You know and I mean like the passion that he has for the project.
I think is the same passion that P.T. Burnum had for his circus.
He literally made this movie happen.
He's wanted to create it and make it happen and that's exactly what he did is he made this.
We wouldn't be here if he hadn't put all his love and energy
Into the project you know from the very beginning all the way through and so
To see him be so passionate about it makes everybody else on set want to work even harder
[On What Audiences Will Get From The Film]
There's a billion different things that somebody can leave with that.
And I just think that you know everybody's gonna be able to relate to in a different way
And hopefully leave with a very
Fantastical
Magical experience and just probably leave singing and dancing and you know.