- It's an inclusive movie.
We don't feel like we're exclusively the Angels.
That is really the message of the movie.
It's like, anyone could be Angels.
- Please hop on. - Exactly!
- So like, we felt like we were doing it with everyone.
We don't feel like there's this kind of elitist thing.
You know, which I think is kinda cool.
- Starting with you, Kristen,
who, you know, we've been talking for literally a decade.
I don't know if like, in our earliest conversations
I would've ever predicted that you would,
A: be a two-time host of SNL.
- Oh, oh! - B: Starring in
a franchise like this.
If I had said that to you 10 years ago,
that this is what you're gonna do one day,
what would you have said to me, you think?
- I know.
She would've just gone, "Yeah, I know."
- I would've been like, "Yeah."
When they were like, "Hey do you wanna do SNL again?"
I was like,
"Yes." (laughing)
Like, I can't say no to that.
There are certain things that in life,
like, maybe they're kind of difficult,
and scary, and kind of daunting.
But those are the things that I kind of lean towards.
- Yeah. - So, even when I was a kid,
just being in a movie was like, "What am I doing to myself?"
But that's just kind-- I'm addicted to that feeling.
So I wouldn't have been surprised,
but I would've been like, the impending sense of doom
would've started there, and I'm glad that
I got less time with it. (laughing)
- Makes sense, okay.
So for you guys, when you're making a film like this
are you thinking about, like the young girls
that are gonna see this, and really look up to you?
- Yeah, a hundred percent.
It was sort of like, "Oh my goodness, we're doing this!"
I'd mark the moment, I'd look at these guys,
and be like-- - Yeah, you did do that.
- "Hey, this is cool." - [Kristen] There's like a
moment of quiet. - This is cool, yeah.
- There'd be a moment of like--
- Before you do something where
it's like, we're rolling now.
And they've done the mark, and we're all like
kind of ready to do, you know, to carry out the orders.
And she'd be like,
"Guys,
this is really cool." - "This is cool."
(laughing)
- Which, by the way,
I actually think it's really nice and really important.
I'd be, maybe just like this, just that--
Then I'd be like, "Oh yeah, sorry,
my bad, I'm here, I'm here."
But yeah-- - Yeah, I mean,
we were doing stuff for like you know,
when we were young and we'd see women
doing that on screen would inspire us.
And now, suddenly to be in that kind of position
where suddenly, you realize that you're
potentially doing that for other people.
- And you realize that, actually it's
just a mutual experience. - Yeah.
- When you're like, "Oh wow, those people
that I felt that from, probably were going, 'Ugh!'"
Which is that genuine feeling that made it contagious.
- So how much of Sabina do you
contribute to Elizabeth?
Do you say, "I'd like this element to be in there."
Is it all on the script that
she delivers to you, or is it a collaboration?
- I think it was kind of by osmosis.
Acknowledgement of who I was and how
she was gonna sort of insert the aspects
that she wanted to highlight into the script.
So I think the role is kind of written
in a way that was catered to me.
And then when I got there, Sabina
kind of made me feel a little bit more gung-ho.
It's like, when your friend really recognizes you
and sees you, and goes, "Hey, I'm telling you,
you can do this weird thing, that maybe people don't know."
- [Josh] Yeah. - And then you go,
"God, you're right!"
So the way that that character was written
kind of made me lean in. You feel like
more yourself around people that
really recognize you, and I felt that with this character.
- There's a fun, flirtatious moment in the gym.
Is that totally in the script?
Or is that something, on set, you're like,
"Let's have fun with this, let's make this a moment?"
- No, I mean, to be totally real, I just thought
it was really important, like the
movie is inclusive, like she said.
And it's very aware of the world we live in.
And it's warm, and it's welcoming.
And so I was like, you know we would be doing
ourselves and who we are in real life a disservice,
unless we really kind of just, didn't play characters
that were not us, but kind of represented ourselves.
- Sure. - Our movie is about
women at work, doing their thing.
But then, at the same time, I was like,
I mean look, I'm not gonna like have
a love story with a girl.
But like, you kind of don't know what Sabina's gonna do.
- Makes sense. - She's like, talks about
marrying this one dude.
She like flirting with this guy.
Maybe it's not real, maybe it's like, whatever.
And then it's like, the girl walks by,
and she's like-- - Oh!
(laughing) - So it's like,
I just wanted everyone who saw the movie
to be like, everyone is represented in this film.
And it's weird for queer people to
have it be a novel experience to play queer.
And it's like, if I'm not playing a character
that's completely outside of myself.
If I'm kind of myself in a movie, which happens often.
Then that'll be what it is, 'cause I think
that that needs to start happening.
- You also, it should be mentioned.
You know, you have this amazing filmmaker
at the helm of this, who's wearing a lot of hats.
And that must be inspiring to see someone like that.
- Actually, when she's in a scene,
she's also kind of slyly directing you.
So when she's off camera, there were times
where I could kind of see her,
even though she's feeding me the line
as her character, I could also see her
kind of analyzing my performance.
- Yeah. - And you said the other day,
you were like, sometimes you knew,
like, "Yep we're goin again--"
- "We're gonna be going again."
(laughing) - I did not kill that one.
- We've been talking about you directing for a while.
And I've seen, obviously, you've directed shorts, et cetera.
What's the directing career gonna look like,
if we look back like 10 years from now?
What are the kinds of films that we think,
that you think you're gonna have made by then?
- Oh man.
The next 10 years, I have absolutely no idea.
I wanna make radical movies, though.
I wanna make movies about women that you wouldn't,
that we just haven't seen yet.
And I wanna make physical experiences.
I wanna realize that like, women and their bodies
and like, repossessing language and narrative
is something that needs to happen really hard.
Like abrasive, and honest, and raw
doesn't necessarily have to mean that
it's like hardcore, it's just honest.
I wanna make honest movies about women really badly.
- "Don't Call Me Angel," of course,
Ariana, Miley, and Lana Del Rey.
- Incredible.
- Have you met all three of them?
Have you spent time--
- You have, I haven't. - Yes.
I was on set the day when they shot the music video.
- That's pretty cool.
- It was awesome!
Each Angel had their sort of like, base as it were.
And each one was like a set.
It was incredible!
- Do each of you connect with a
different one in a different way?
Like who's the Ariana, who's the Miley, who's the Lana?
- I'm a big Ariana Grande fan.
I'll take a like a fifth of her range,
please, thank you very much.
(laughing)
Yeah, no she's--
I think she's great.
- [Josh] It's always good to catch up with you guys.
And it's great to meet you. Congratulations.
This is an amazing achievement.
This is gonna be super fun for a lot of people. - Thank you.
- [Kristen] Thanks, man.
- [Josh] Good to see you all. - [Naomi] Thank you!