Paterson Joseph & Mathew Baynton On Being Wonka Baddies

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00:00 Guys, just one of the most anticipated films of the year that you are in, and your characters

00:06 are so fun.

00:08 Evil, I thought was the first word you should have said.

00:11 I was going to say, how much fun is it to play such over-the-top baddies?

00:17 Ha! It's a lot of fun. Listen, it's brilliant to be the villain in anything because even

00:25 though people might hate you, they also sort of love you as well because you need a bit

00:29 of that. Otherwise, it would just be sickly sweet. One could come to town, make some chocolate,

00:33 everybody's happy. Boring. So you need somebody to try to destroy him.

00:38 Yes. Key characters.

00:40 It's nice to do a job where more is more and not less is more.

00:43 That's right. There are no boundaries to our acting in this. We can do as many double takes.

00:50 Can't we?

00:51 We couldn't be big enough.

00:53 Do you know, I think in some cases I was small. There were some small bits.

00:58 Well, based on anyone in particular, you're not going to tell me who, but do you take

01:03 inspiration or is it literally just your imagination you can kind of go wild with?

01:07 I think every bad boss I've ever worked for, every bad director, very few of them, that

01:11 I've ever worked for. Dictatorial, cold-hearted and sociopathic.

01:17 That sounds about right for those characters.

01:18 I wish I could sound as if I've got any psychological basis, but I feel like my character was a

01:23 moustache and it led me. The moustache alone led me.

01:27 I think it led us all.

01:28 It sort of led me into the characterisation.

01:29 Matt, as soon as we saw that, we were like, no, we've got to step it up.

01:32 We've got to match that moustache.

01:34 We're not going to be overdone by the moustache.

01:36 It's great. Don't fancy sporting that at any time.

01:39 Oh, I would love to, but I think my children would be embarrassed.

01:42 Or scared.

01:43 Yeah.

01:44 Or both.

01:45 Yeah, true. If I did the boys.

01:48 Obviously, now having worked with Timothy, he is a phenomenon all on his own. Do you

01:54 get the hype around him?

01:56 Oh my gosh, yes.

01:57 Yeah. I mean, you get why and you get the actual hype as well.

02:01 I remember seeing all the still, the sort of behind the scenes stills, photographs when

02:06 we got sent them and I hadn't realised just how much time I'd been spending staring at

02:12 him.

02:13 There's all these pictures. I'm just in the background going.

02:17 You're not the only one.

02:19 He's a magnetic guy.

02:20 He is, he is. And such a, it's weird, strangely, he's like a really serious actor, but also

02:26 has got this kind of mercurial fun on him. So he's got the best of both worlds.

02:32 Yeah, he's amazing as well in this. So well cast. If you guys could have a golden ticket

02:39 that you could, it would take you behind the scenes of anywhere you wanted to go, where

02:43 would you like that golden ticket to take you?

02:47 Behind the scenes? That's such a good question and I really wish we'd been primed for that

02:52 one.

02:53 My first thought is pathetic.

02:55 Always good to go with your first thought.

02:57 I'm sure they can cut it out.

02:58 The dressing room at Tottenham Hotspur.

03:01 Oh God.

03:02 There's a lot of people who would love that answer, so that's okay. I'm not one of them.

03:07 That's just the first thought I had.

03:09 You're an Arsenal fan?

03:10 Yeah.

03:11 Thank you.

03:12 We need to say no more.

03:13 Oh no.

03:14 How about you?

03:15 I don't really have, I can't think of anything. You've caught me completely out. I don't know.

03:23 I tell you, if I could go back in time, I'd love to see the first rehearsal of Hamlet

03:28 and go backstage and see, because Shakespeare's writing a bit of it and go, to be or not to

03:33 be that question here, do this. I'd love to see how the actors coped with that.

03:36 I mean, that's pretty incredible.

03:38 Right? That's quite a highbrow answer too.

03:40 Yeah, that's really great.

03:41 That's alright, but now you've got it later for when someone inevitably asks you the same

03:44 question.

03:45 It's in my back pocket. I'll pretend to be thinking about Shakespeare maybe.

03:49 First rehearsal of Hamlet.

03:50 Football.

03:51 Football.

03:52 Football.

03:53 And now you know who we are.

03:54 That's fine and we'll end there. No, honestly, great film guys. So much fun. Great escapism

04:01 and you just get to be amazing in it.

04:04 Thank you.

04:05 Good luck with it. Thank you so much.

04:06 Cheers.

04:07 Thanks so much.

04:08 Pleasure to meet you.

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