00:00 - Reven, what do you like the most about playing Bibina?
00:04 Do you relate to your character in any way?
00:07 - Sure, I mean, what I love most about playing Bibina
00:11 is that she's similar to me.
00:14 It's kind of how I show up in my friendships,
00:16 unconditional love, peaceful,
00:20 you know, empathetic, strong.
00:25 So it wasn't a stress for me,
00:28 but Nicola kind of made it easy to love on her
00:33 and be there for her in that way, so yeah.
00:39 - Reven, your character is based
00:43 on one of Nicola's best friends.
00:45 Did you get the chance to meet her
00:49 or did you talk with Nicola about her
00:51 to prepare for your role?
00:53 - Yes, so Angela lives in Africa,
00:57 so we were able to communicate a little
01:01 before going into the role,
01:03 but based off of the way she was written
01:08 and based off of what Nicola had told me about her,
01:12 I already kind of knew who she was
01:16 because she just shows up how, you know,
01:19 any other black woman would typically show up,
01:22 you know, like I said, empathetic, beautiful,
01:26 so just all of those things.
01:29 So it was, and it was nothing short of that
01:31 when I talked to her, when I've, you know,
01:35 we went to Nicola's wedding and we had a beautiful time
01:38 and she's good people, she's good people.
01:41 - What can the audience expect from this movie?
01:45 - So for me, watching it for the first time,
01:49 not as a cast member, but as an audience member,
01:56 I went in there completely open and honest with myself.
02:01 And when I was watching it, I was like,
02:04 oh, it's, for some reason,
02:09 I forgot that it wasn't dialogue heavy.
02:11 And I said, you know, in this situation
02:15 where there's so much depression and sadness
02:24 and in life you don't talk that much,
02:29 there isn't much to say.
02:32 And so I found that that was the beautiful part,
02:35 the most beautiful part of the film to me
02:37 because you really got to look at our eyes
02:42 and really see the emotion of it all,
02:47 the shots, the way it was directed,
02:52 it was super, it was cinematically gorgeous in every way.
02:57 I was kind of, I knew it was going to be beautiful,
03:00 but when I saw the trailer,
03:02 I was really taken aback by the beauty
03:05 and it's actually vibrant,
03:07 even though the story is on the darker side,
03:11 it's such a vibrant movie.
03:12 So I think what the audience can expect
03:15 is to go through all of those waves and emotions,
03:21 the beauty of the film, the sadness of the film,
03:24 the realness of the film.
03:26 And yeah, I think they'll really,
03:29 really take something away from it.
03:30 What I took away from it was, you know,
03:32 it was authentic to the way that we communicate
03:35 when we're in that space.
03:37 So I thought that was beautiful.
03:39 - Luke, what did you like the most
03:40 about playing Arlo in the film?
03:43 - Ooh, that's a hard one.
03:46 I mean, everything was just so amazing there.
03:50 My favorite part of acting is just being on set
03:53 and hanging out with everybody.
03:55 But I think my favorite thing about playing Arlo
03:58 was just how just happy and fun he was all the time.
04:02 Well, most of the time.
04:04 It's just so fun and just so amazing
04:09 to be able to just be like super upbeat
04:12 and happy in a scene.
04:13 And I would never played a character
04:16 that was even close to how just super fun Arlo can be.
04:21 And it was just an amazing experience playing him.
04:25 - Luke, what would you say is the message of this film?
04:29 - Ooh, I would probably say the message of this film.
04:35 I mean, just like on a huge thing,
04:37 the film is just about how messed up people can be
04:42 and just like families can be.
04:44 I think the message of this film
04:46 is very similar to what Nicola was saying earlier.
04:49 Just like persevere and push through
04:52 no matter how hard it is,
04:54 because there's always something that'll help you.
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