Selah Victor and Kelly Stables on "Unexpecting!" at the 2024 Burbank International Film Festival opening night

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https://www.maximotv.com  Actors Selah Victor and Kelly Stables interview on the red carpet at the Burbank International Film Festival opening night world premiere of "nexpecting!" on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at Burbank AMC 16 Theaters in Burbank, California, USA. Reporting by Athenna Crosby (@athennacrosby).  This video is only available for editorial use in all media and worldwide. To ensure compliance and proper licensing of this video, please contact us. ©MaximoTV

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00:00Joining us are some of the artists from Unexpecting. Tell us a little bit about this. What's the

00:06genesis of the film? What can audiences expect?

00:09Well, my best friend, Selah, is the star of the movie, and it just so happened that she

00:13was really pregnant in real life with her third baby, and we thought we needed to document

00:16this in some funny way. So we wrote a movie about a woman who finds out she's pregnant,

00:23but she has to deliver in 20 minutes. She's nine months pregnant. So it's very farcical,

00:27it's very silly, it's very bright and funny, and yeah, we had a great time making it.

00:3220 minutes! Yes, it was such a labor of love. I'm not sorry. Because it was directed by

00:44Kelly, it's her directorial debut to be directed by my best friend and to co-star with my husband

00:48was truly a big deal and really fun.

00:52Tell us a little bit about that, your directorial debut. How does that compare to other projects

00:56you've been in?

00:57You know, I've directed theater before, but what made this different was I had this incredible

01:02director of photography, Alessandro Gentile, who laid out every single shot. So we came

01:07into our day extremely prepared. We knew exactly what we wanted, thanks to him. Every shot

01:12looked beautiful, and it really was nice because I was coming from a place of knowing how an

01:18actor thinks, and I think the actors like that. We had a really good day. We did make

01:22our day as far as shots, and so it was a learning experience, but it really was a positive

01:27experience too.

01:28And she was so good. Like, this is a talent that just came naturally for Kelly. All of

01:33the actors, we were all like talking, oh my gosh, she's so good. She let us play, she

01:37let us improv, but she knew what she wanted, so she didn't waste our time. You know, it

01:40was really great. She did such a great job.

01:43Sounds like a wonderful experience working with your best friend. I mean, that's everybody's

01:46dream. So when audiences watch this, what are they going to leave the theater feeling,

01:52or what do you hope they will?

01:53You know, we do not get enough laughter in our day, and I think laughter is good medicine.

01:58So that's really all we were going for, is someone to realize that life is short, no

02:04pun intended for me, but just have a laugh. It'll help you get through your day.

02:09Well, hey girl, we got the heels on. We gotta help ourselves a little bit. No shame in that.

02:16What about you? What's an emotion that you want the audiences to have?

02:19Oh, same. Just laughter. I feel like in these times, we need to laugh, we need to have fun,

02:25and also to make sure you know if you're nine months pregnant. I mean, little life lesson

02:30there, you know. You never know. As women, you know, we never know.

02:36Yeah, pay attention.

02:37Yeah, pay attention.

02:38Well, hey, thank you both so much for joining me on the red carpet. Congratulations on Unexpecting,

02:44and congrats on your premiere here at the Burbank Film Festival.

02:48Thanks so much.

02:49Thank you. Have a wonderful night.

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