'WandaVision' Interviews with Kat Dennings and Randall Park

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“WandaVision” Interview with Kat Dennings' Darcy Lewis and Randall Park’s Agent Jimmy Woo. They sit down with CinemaBlend’s Eric Eisenberg.

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00:00 I worked really hard at it.

00:01 And I think if I remember correctly,

00:04 I did it in a couple of takes.

00:05 - I mean, it didn't look like CGI, so.

00:07 - No, it's not CGI. - You must've gotten it, right?

00:09 - It is not CGI.

00:10 - James E. Wu, FBI.

00:12 - Bonafide joint multi-service response.

00:15 Really looking forward to the commemorative t-shirt.

00:17 - So I will start with kind of a blunt question,

00:20 which is, was Darcy Lewis blipped?

00:22 - That was also a question I had.

00:25 That was talked about at length with the writers.

00:29 I don't think she was blipped.

00:31 So I would like a flashback to see Darcy not blipped.

00:36 That would be very funny.

00:38 But we decided she wasn't blipped.

00:39 - Was Jimmy Wu blipped?

00:41 - Well, you know, I did ask that question

00:46 during the making of this,

00:48 and I've gotten various answers, theories.

00:51 I don't know the answer for sure,

00:53 but my theory is that he wasn't.

00:58 Because he needed that time to learn that card trick.

01:02 - Someone must really miss you back at Quantico.

01:04 - No, sir.

01:05 Softball season's over, sir.

01:07 - I actually was going to specifically ask

01:08 about the card flip, because it is a great callback

01:11 that is just like within his intro.

01:13 - How'd you do it, Scott?

01:15 - Do what?

01:15 - The card trick.

01:18 - I'm curious though, was that something

01:19 that you already knew how to do,

01:21 or was that something that maybe took a few takes?

01:23 - No, I didn't know how to do it,

01:25 but I learned it maybe a couple of days before,

01:27 and worked really hard on it,

01:29 'cause I didn't want to screw it up.

01:30 I didn't want to have to do like 40 takes of that one thing.

01:35 - Far.

01:36 - So I worked really hard at it,

01:37 and I think if I remember correctly,

01:40 I did it in a couple takes.

01:42 - Nice.

01:42 - Or maybe five takes.

01:43 - It looks great in the show.

01:44 - Thank you.

01:45 - I mean, it didn't look like CGI, so.

01:46 - No, it's not CGI.

01:47 - You must have gotten it, right?

01:48 - It is not CGI.

01:49 - Seriously?

01:50 - You had a bit of a tempestuous relationship

01:53 with Scott Lang when we first met Jimmy Wu.

01:56 - Well, sorry for that.

01:57 - But I'm curious, yeah, but I mean,

01:59 so like at this point,

02:00 after like seeing everything that happened

02:02 in "Avengers Endgame,"

02:03 do you think that his perspective on superheroes

02:06 has maybe changed,

02:07 and do you think maybe he brags about knowing Scott Lang?

02:10 - I think so.

02:12 I think so.

02:13 I think Jimmy is kind of, yeah,

02:17 he's kind of, he uses it for cool points, you know?

02:22 Like I think, you know,

02:24 there is a childlike nature about him, you know?

02:27 - Magic.

02:28 - And I could for sure see that playing out

02:31 in his recollection of his times with Scott.

02:36 - It totally romanticized,

02:37 he was there along with him the entire way.

02:39 - Yeah, totally, yeah.

02:41 Making up stuff that didn't happen, you know.

02:43 Did you want to grab dinner or something?

02:46 I mean, 'cause I'm free.

02:47 - We haven't seen Darcy since "Thor, The Dark World,"

02:50 and that means like in addition to the amount of time

02:52 that we haven't seen her,

02:53 it means she was also living through the entire time

02:55 that she wasn't blipped.

02:56 So like how far did you go

02:58 as far as just kind of like mapping her life?

03:01 - Well, that's right.

03:02 So there, you know, a lot is addressed,

03:06 but nothing to do with the time exactly

03:09 and what Darcy's been doing.

03:10 So it's kind of up to the viewer to fill that in.

03:13 But as an actor, for me, I was like, okay,

03:15 well, she's seen some stuff.

03:18 She's obviously lived through some things

03:20 and she's been in college this entire time.

03:22 So I think she's just the same exact Darcy,

03:27 but now she's a professional and she demands respect.

03:31 - Miss Lewis.

03:32 - Dr. Lewis.

03:35 - And actually, I mean, was that kind of part of it?

03:36 Just like as far as the dialogue,

03:37 because it's classic Darcy snark

03:40 when she's especially like back in the back of the van

03:42 with those other scientists.

03:43 Like, was there a process of just making sure

03:45 that the voice was right?

03:47 - Yes.

03:48 Actually, that's such a good question

03:50 because when you're acting,

03:52 there are only a few things you can do.

03:54 You can't change your face,

03:56 but you can change your voice and how you speak.

03:58 So I've tried, I mean, my voice is so annoying

04:02 and people are definitely quick to point that out

04:05 and there's nothing I can do about it.

04:06 So I definitely did watch some Darcy stuff

04:10 just to remember what I was doing with my voice

04:12 and my register and try to bring it a little more down

04:17 'cause now she's a professional, she's a doctor.

04:21 Maybe I could get that coffee now?

04:23 Or not.

04:26 That's cool.

04:27 - One of the cool things about Jimmy Woo's role

04:29 and kind of like the whole sword operation in "WandaVision"

04:32 is that it's kind of a fan surrogate program.

04:34 They're watching "WandaVision" the same way

04:36 that fans are watching "WandaVision"

04:38 and trying to just pick out all the clues.

04:40 Was that something that was an influence

04:42 on your performance?

04:45 - It wasn't something that I was fully conscious of

04:48 until I saw the episodes, you know?

04:52 But it was something that I was conscious of

04:56 in terms of just the character being very confused,

05:00 you know, and wanting to find the answers

05:03 to these questions.

05:04 I mean, that was a genuine thing

05:06 that Jimmy was going through.

05:07 - Between you, me, and the bedpost,

05:09 I am not confident about this mission.

05:11 - And it wasn't until I watched the episodes

05:13 that I was like, "Oh, wow, the audience is going through

05:16 the exact same thing,

05:17 and they're asking the exact same questions

05:19 that he's writing on the board," you know,

05:21 which is pretty amazing and really cool

05:25 to represent the audience in that way.

05:28 - Yeah, it was definitely that fun moment

05:31 of Darcy and Jimmy Woo eating chips,

05:33 watching the show like the viewer.

05:35 'Cause, you know, the first three episodes on purpose

05:38 are kind of, you're just like, "What is going on?

05:41 What is happening?

05:41 What is this?"

05:43 And then to see another character

05:45 or two other characters also being like,

05:47 "What am I watching?"

05:48 There's something really fun about that.

05:50 And I think it's a really fun guidepost for the viewer

05:54 to see other people being confused.

05:56 - The jig is up.

05:57 - Like, how much did you actually know

05:59 about what's going on?

06:00 - Well, I had a very unique opportunity

06:04 where we did do table reads.

06:06 So I actually got the scripts.

06:09 - Whoa.

06:10 - Which I didn't expect at all.

06:12 So I knew what was going on.

06:15 I mean, whoa.

06:17 But there was a point in filming where I was like,

06:19 "You know, Darcy doesn't know everything.

06:23 I don't wanna know everything.

06:24 And also, I don't wanna know too much

06:27 so that I don't have to hide too much."

06:29 So it was partially self-preservation

06:31 and partially for my character that there was a point

06:34 where I just focused on Darcy's stuff.

06:37 And so I don't really know exactly what happens anymore.

06:42 Along with everybody else.

06:43 - I did kind of know most of it.

06:47 I wouldn't say all of it, but I knew most of it going in.

06:50 And, but you just, when you're in the scene,

06:54 you're just kind of in the moment.

06:56 And you kind of forget about what you know,

07:00 because it's just, you're just kind of living it.

07:04 And it is genuinely perplexing, the situation.

07:07 - Well, you're not Randall Park, you're Jimmy Woo.

07:09 - Yeah, exactly.

07:10 (laughing)

07:12 So yeah, I mean, it did feel like a puzzle.

07:14 It felt like a puzzle that we were trying to figure out.

07:17 - I'm only through the Ds, but so far I got Diddly Squad.

07:19 - Speaking entirely theoretically,

07:22 we know that Jane Foster is going to be becoming Thor

07:25 in the next Thor movie.

07:26 What do you think Darcy Lewis's reaction

07:28 to seeing that would be?

07:30 - Just complete confusion.

07:32 Probably still attracted to Thor,

07:36 but maybe in a more platonic way.

07:39 - But why?

07:40 - Hey man, we're working with the same scarcity of intel.

07:43 I don't know, as a fan, I'm desperate for this movie.

07:46 I mean, I'm like, I can't wait for it.

07:49 - Same.

07:50 Well, thank you so much again for taking the time today.

07:52 I cannot wait to see more of this show

07:54 and more of Darcy Lewis.

07:55 So thank you again.

07:56 - Thank you.

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