00:00 I have to wear this massive onesie
00:02 that I basically look like a traffic sign
00:04 in order to get bags.
00:06 - You look like Teletubbies.
00:07 (laughing)
00:09 - We can get out of this together.
00:12 (upbeat music)
00:14 - As someone who has paid attention
00:21 to all of the marketing and the trailers
00:23 that have developed for the film,
00:25 with each new one dropping,
00:27 I've been really paying close attention
00:28 to the way that you're revealing
00:31 the individual powers of the characters at each stage
00:34 and how we get to see a little bit more each time.
00:36 And even with this most recent one,
00:38 we do even get a glimpse of Limbo.
00:40 - It's my take.
00:40 - It's all mine.
00:42 - Which I think is Ileana's safe space, so to say.
00:45 - Yeah, it's her special place.
00:47 - Her special place and her soul sword in action.
00:50 So Josh, from your perspective,
00:51 I know you talked back in March
00:53 that you were happy to have more time to edit,
00:55 but I also am just curious about having more time
00:58 to develop special effects.
01:00 Are they gonna be better because of the delays to the film
01:03 and the more time you've had to tinker on them in post?
01:06 - Well, I mean, I don't know if they're better.
01:09 Our visual effects supervisor, Olivier, is so wonderful.
01:11 It's just that that was sort of what was left unfinished
01:14 when the merger happened.
01:15 So a lot of the work that was done in the past year
01:18 has been getting all those visual effects done.
01:20 And when the cast saw it,
01:21 it was really the first time they'd ever seen the bear
01:24 and it had been years, you know?
01:25 So to finally see the bear, I think,
01:27 was gratifying to be like,
01:29 "Oh, there really is gonna be a giant bear in it.
01:31 It's great."
01:32 (all laughing)
01:33 - That's awesome.
01:34 Yeah, I want all you guys to just talk about, for a minute,
01:37 what it looks like on the set doing something like this.
01:41 (all laughing)
01:44 Try to conjure your powers
01:46 and try to imagine some of the stuff that's happening.
01:49 - I preface it by saying that, like,
01:51 the stuff that really involved powers and visual effects
01:54 and things like that were maybe two to three weeks
01:56 of filming, I think, out of all of it.
01:58 And the rest is really performance-driven.
02:01 So it's quite different, that stuff and that stuff,
02:03 that the cast can speak on.
02:05 - And Alicia has some amazing blackmail material for me.
02:08 (all laughing)
02:11 - I couldn't stop.
02:12 I was like, "I need to take pictures of this."
02:14 It's amazing.
02:15 - It's actually, it's too funny to,
02:17 I'm dying to take it seriously, but like, you know,
02:19 I have to wear this massive onesie
02:21 that I basically look like a traffic sign
02:24 in order to get bags.
02:25 - You look like Teletubbies.
02:27 (all laughing)
02:29 - We see it realized in the most recent trailer.
02:31 Finally, we see Sunspot.
02:33 - Heck yeah. - Ready to go.
02:34 (all laughing)
02:35 - It's great to see it finished.
02:36 And also, it felt real in my mind.
02:38 It was just like, later on,
02:40 seeing on Alicia's phone what it actually looked like.
02:42 (all laughing)
02:44 - Oh.
02:45 - The first thing I was going to say is that it was amazing
02:47 'cause you feel like a kid.
02:49 I remember, like, talking to Josh on set
02:52 when we were doing a scene,
02:53 specific scene that I had to do powers.
02:55 And then Josh is like, "We're talking about it."
02:58 And I literally felt like, "Oh my God, I'm five again."
03:02 I'm like, "Shh."
03:03 - Yeah.
03:04 - And then, I remember Josh coming on,
03:05 I'm like, "This is amazing.
03:06 "I never thought a director would tell me."
03:08 And then he was like, "Feel, like, feel, like,
03:09 "just, you know, feel the power."
03:11 And I'm like, "This is so cool."
03:13 (all laughing)
03:14 - Power of the bubble.
03:15 - You feel so much like a kid again.
03:18 It's like, "Okay, it's the power of imagination."
03:20 (dramatic music)
03:23 (dramatic music)
03:26 (dramatic music)
03:34 - Charlie, I wanna go to you
03:35 because Cannonball is honestly
03:37 my favorite New Mutants character.
03:39 - Oh, wow, wow.
03:42 - I've been waiting my entire life
03:43 to see him realized on the big screen.
03:45 - Oh, that's beautiful.
03:47 - And you do get a glimpse of it in the most recent teaser,
03:50 but I wanna know how comic accurate
03:52 we might get to see Cannonball's power
03:54 and also just kinda how you brought it to life on screen,
03:58 on the set and on screen.
03:59 - Yeah, completely.
04:01 You know, we do get to see, you know,
04:04 at least Sam and Cannonball, you know,
04:08 using these powers and kind of realizing these powers.
04:12 For me, what was interesting,
04:15 and, you know, this was working with Josh
04:17 and his past and his kind of
04:21 into a reflection of his power.
04:25 - Yeah.
04:26 Yeah, we really intended it to be more character driven.
04:29 - I think out of all the Mutants,
04:30 I think he is one of the ones who believes he belongs here.
04:34 And, you know, we know from the comics,
04:37 you know, he's this good natured kid from Kentucky
04:39 who gave up his school to join,
04:42 and his dad, and we know about the accident,
04:45 there's an accident that happens in this coal mine.
04:47 So the idea was like to bring that element into our movie
04:52 and almost manifest it in his power.
04:55 So it was like a manifestation of a panic attack.
05:00 - I started panicking.
05:03 People got hurt.
05:04 - I see all those records behind your director
05:07 and his use of Pink Floyd in the marketing
05:11 has been so prevalent, that eerie sort of tone,
05:14 the translation of that song.
05:15 ♪ We're coming up, can't take our stand ♪
05:19 - Josh, are you a guy who used music on set
05:21 to set mood as well too?
05:23 There's some directors I know who like to play
05:24 in the background. - No, but I,
05:26 not this one, but I sent everybody lots of music
05:30 and certainly had a lot of music that felt to tonal,
05:33 well, you know, tonal touchstones for characters
05:36 and things like that.
05:37 We did get a little, a couple of songs in the movie,
05:39 but it's mostly score in this one.
05:42 It just sort of naturally happened that way.
05:44 My other ones have a lot more actual music in it
05:47 than this one.
05:49 - Josh, I don't know if you know this,
05:50 but when you sent us the score as a cast,
05:53 we all went to, I think my room or Blue's room
05:57 and listened to it together.
05:58 - Oh. - And it kind of got us
06:01 in the same tone for our performance that week.
06:05 And I think, I mean, to me,
06:07 that was a very special time to, you know,
06:09 bond over music and understand the feel of the movie.
06:13 - Yeah.
06:14 - All of you are dangerous.
06:17 That's why you're here.
06:18 - Blue, for you specifically,
06:22 New Mutants is your first feature film.
06:24 Is that right?
06:25 - Mm-hmm, yeah.
06:26 - So what are some of the feelings
06:28 that you've been going through and experiencing,
06:31 having to wait to kind of share this
06:33 with family and friends,
06:34 to show them what you guys have accomplished?
06:37 I'm sure you've just been dying to fill a theater
06:39 with everybody and show them what you've done.
06:41 - Yeah, yeah.
06:43 I think at first I was definitely like,
06:46 "Oh my God, I just want everyone in my life to know
06:48 "I did this, see it."
06:50 And then after the years passed,
06:52 (all laughing)
06:55 I really wanted people from Lakota Nation,
07:01 from all of the nations,
07:04 from all the indigenous nations across the country.
07:07 I'm most disappointed that they haven't gotten to see it yet.
07:10 - Yep.
07:11 - And now that they're so heavily impacted
07:14 by COVID right now too,
07:15 I just want this to come out.
07:19 And I'm really sad that they absolutely
07:22 probably won't be able to see it in theaters.
07:24 And I think that's where most of my disappointment lies,
07:27 not in so much my family and my friends,
07:29 'cause they don't even,
07:31 my family and friends don't even really see me
07:32 as actor Blue.
07:34 They always think it's funny that that's my job.
07:36 I'm like, "I have an audition today, guys."
07:40 And they're like, "Oh yeah."
07:41 But I think that's who I've been most excited
07:48 to see this movie,
07:48 because I think it's really cool,
07:49 an indigenous superhero.
07:51 So I think that's what I'm most excited for,
07:55 for this to finally come out for that reason,
07:56 and for people to get to see "Danny Moonstar" in action.
08:01 - So to that end,
08:02 I know there was an Instagram photograph
08:04 of the cast being able to see the film.
08:06 Everyone got gathered together as a new Mutants family,
08:09 without spoiling much of anything.
08:13 Tell me a scene that you're dying for the fans
08:16 to finally be able to witness.
08:18 - Are we allowed to say?
08:21 (all laughing)
08:22 I don't know.
08:23 - I don't know.
08:24 - Is this a trick?
08:25 (all laughing)
08:28 - I think that the last third of the movie,
08:32 in terms of fans and getting to see these characters
08:35 brought to life,
08:36 for me, the last third of the movie is kind of,
08:39 obviously, it ramps up a lot in where it goes.
08:43 And to getting to see what you've seen,
08:45 but these kids struggling to finally just doing
08:49 the best they can, was really heroic.
08:52 And not heroic in like a,
08:53 I'm gonna save the world heroic.
08:54 It was like very heroic in like an average heroic
08:58 kind of mood.
08:59 It was like, I'm gonna protect my friends.
09:00 And that to me was the most heart kind of felt moment.
09:04 And I think there was, yeah, I think that was,
09:07 I'm excited for the fans to see that.
09:09 'Cause I think it's just, you know,
09:11 for me, that's what it would have been.
09:13 - Even just the pace and the tone of it,
09:14 I don't think is much like other comic book movies.
09:17 So I'm interested to see people get to see something
09:20 done a little differently than it usually is.
09:23 - Well, yeah, Josh, maybe speak to that just a bit,
09:25 because you hear these mutant stories
09:26 and it's hard for us to relate to these characters.
09:29 But with the new mutants,
09:31 they always seem like somebody
09:32 that we can almost see ourselves as.
09:33 Is that translate as well too?
09:35 - Yeah, I mean, I wanted it to really much more be
09:38 kind of like a John Hughes movie
09:40 or a Stephen King movie about youngsters
09:42 where a lot of the focus was on characters
09:44 and the stuff that's power related
09:47 was entwined with psychology and all that.
09:50 And what made them end up there
09:52 and the traumas that they've experienced and all that.
09:55 - You mentioned Stephen King
09:56 and we just got a director's cut of "Doctor Sleep."
09:59 Is there a longer Josh Boone cut of yours waiting somewhere?
10:03 - Oh my God.
10:04 I thought "Doctor Sleep" was amazing.
10:05 I know Mike a little bit, he's awesome.
10:08 Of this, you used to meet of this one of new mutants.
10:10 You know, it's funny,
10:11 I put together kind of a selection of deleted scenes
10:13 that were things that just didn't fit totally
10:15 with what we were doing, but are fun character moments.
10:18 But no, I mean, really what you see is the director's cut.
10:21 It's maybe 15 to 20% a little bit different
10:24 than it was when I cut it initially,
10:25 'cause I had time to go back and look at it after a year
10:28 while the merger was going on and all that.
10:30 So yeah, I'm just really happy with how it turned out
10:32 and I'm really happy people get to finally see it.
10:35 (ominous music)
10:37 - What is this place?
10:40 (dramatic music)
10:42 - This isn't a hospital.
10:44 It's a haunted house.
10:45 (screaming)
10:49 - You know, Blue was mentioning the fact
10:50 that theaters are suffering
10:52 and we're not quite sure when we're gonna get to see it.
10:54 And there's a lot of uncertainty.
10:56 It seems that "Hamilton" sort of blazed a path
10:58 to bring something to Disney+.
10:59 A lot of the new mutants fans were clamoring.
11:02 Can we just see it?
11:03 Has there ever been a conversation about that?
11:05 Of getting it onto the streaming service?
11:07 - I'm just like, they don't,
11:09 studios don't really involve you that much
11:11 in those sort of conversations.
11:13 I just know there's contractual stuff and issues.
11:17 I don't even know exactly what it is.
11:19 There's reasons why it has to be released in theaters first.
11:22 Even though we want everybody to see it in theaters,
11:24 I don't think it's as simple
11:25 as just putting it onto a streaming service
11:27 because of a lot of business-related things
11:30 that I couldn't speak to and I don't really know about.
11:32 - Sure.
11:33 Selfishly, I just wish I could watch it today.
11:35 - I wish everybody could too.
11:37 Yeah, we'll get to see it soon, I hope.
11:40 - I'm just so excited.
11:41 - Can I add something just very fast?
11:42 - Of course.
11:43 - Just by someone that was able to be involved
11:46 with these five actors,
11:48 like five characters that everybody's so eager to see,
11:51 like "Cannonball," like "Magic,"
11:53 like you were saying, you're a big fan of "Cannonball."
11:56 Yeah, I think I'm really excited.
11:58 I think more than like one specific scene,
12:00 I'm really anxious for the people to see it
12:02 because I'm Brazilian, Henry's Brazilian,
12:05 and the Brazilian fans, they're comic fans,
12:07 and I can feel their love to watch it.
12:11 And it's so beautiful to see the work
12:13 that each one of them did,
12:15 because you're portraying young kids, teenager,
12:19 they're struggling to figure out their lives,
12:22 and that is the mutants as well.
12:24 That's why I love so much the "X-Men" world
12:25 because it talks about that challenge in your lives.
12:29 And I think each one of these actors with Josh,
12:31 they develop in a way the characters that it's so deep,
12:34 that it's not just by a superhero,
12:36 but it's like a really like questioning and all that.
12:40 And it's beautiful to see their work.
12:42 So I'm really excited for the people
12:43 to finally connect with these characters
12:46 that Josh is so passionate about.
12:47 But now the fans, the love, they can finally see it.
12:50 I'm really excited about that.
12:51 I think the movie as a whole
12:54 brings that with so much strength.
12:56 Sorry that I said a lot, but I really want to put it out.
12:58 - You're totally right there.
12:59 But it's like when we went to Comic-Con Brazil,
13:01 it's like I'd never felt that sort of intensity of fandom.
13:05 Like they were passionate,
13:06 and really the fans have stuck with us so long.
13:09 They post stuff on Instagram every day.
13:11 They get hyped on all these trailers that come out.
13:13 So for them more than anything else,
13:15 I want "New Mutants" fans to be able to go see this.
13:17 - Yeah, it's gonna be very special.
13:19 (dramatic music)
13:22 (dramatic music)
13:25 - You've been through a lot.
13:27 Get some rest.
13:29 (dramatic music)
13:32 (dramatic music)
13:35 (upbeat music)
13:38 (bell dings)
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