00:00Thank you so much for your time, I appreciate you.
00:02Congratulations on this film, which is obviously a very big deal.
00:04I can't wait to see it myself, obviously.
00:06It's a crazy one.
00:08Well, what do we expect now when it comes to a Pharrell Williams project?
00:10We knew it wasn't going to be a normal, but I think that went through.
00:12I mean, it's the kind of film that people come into it saying,
00:15how does this work? What is this?
00:17And they tend to come out saying,
00:19it all makes sense, and I can't imagine this film any other way.
00:22Which is what my experience was of making it.
00:25Which is like, how is this all going to fit?
00:27But it was exciting because it was different.
00:29But now, I can't imagine telling his story any other way.
00:34Just because he's a magical thinker, and that's what the film is.
00:37Speaking of him being a magical thinker,
00:39what else would we expect from Pharrell?
00:42I imagine ideas come from him, which you wouldn't expect from anyone else.
00:46What were some of those ideas that maybe were presented to you
00:49with him as a collaborator, which you weren't necessarily expecting?
00:52I think his main things in the beginning were,
00:54let's do it in Lego, which I loved, and we worked on it.
00:57His other big thing was that I want the characters
01:01to reflect me and people like me more.
01:05And Lego, at the time, only had a very limited number
01:09of skin tones and hairstyles.
01:12So we spent probably a year talking with them
01:15about changing and having more variety of hair and skin tones.
01:19We did braids for the first time,
01:21we did dreadlocks for the first time,
01:23and now Lego actually is manufacturing new skin tones
01:26because of this film.
01:28So that actually feels awesome.
01:30That's pretty incredible.
01:32Obviously, you work very closely with the man, Pharrell,
01:35throughout all of this.
01:37What did you learn about him which we may not have previously known?
01:40I mean, somebody says it in the film,
01:43that if you say no to Pharrell, that makes him want to do it even more.
01:46And I kind of love that.
01:48I feel like it's that mind over matter,
01:53and with Pharrell, it seems to work.
01:55It's the magical thinking.
01:57But if you really think that way,
01:59the world tends to adapt to you rather than the other way around.
02:03Also, we're here in London tonight,
02:05and I hope you're having a good time whilst you're in our city.
02:08Yeah, I love it here.
02:09I know that your next project, you're working with Bob Akane
02:11on Man on the Run.
02:13Are you working on it whilst you're here?
02:15What's the latest on that?
02:17I'm only here for a couple of days this time,
02:19but I've been working on it for a long time.
02:21I'm excited about it.
02:23It's another musical hero of mine my whole life,
02:27but it's a chapter of his story that people don't really know,
02:30which is the 70s.
02:32I mean, people know some of it,
02:33but that story hasn't been told, certainly not like we're telling it.
02:36So I'm excited for people to see it.
02:38In terms of the actual telling of the story,
02:40we said goodbye with Pharrell and Lego.
02:42How are you hoping to shake up the formula with Paul?
02:44There are no Lego pieces in the Paul movie.
02:49I think it's actually very, you know,
02:51the similarity is that I like being inside people's heads
02:54as much as you can.
02:56So we are using animation.
02:58We are playing with a lot of things.
03:00But I want you, when you watch it,
03:02to feel like somebody is being very intimate and very, you know,
03:07you're exploring their creative process,
03:09and that's what I love, and both films do that.
03:12I can't wait.
03:13And is there a release date on that?
03:14So is it ready when it's ready?
03:15Next year sometime, but I'm not sure when.
03:17I'll hold you to it.
03:18Thank you so much for your time.
03:19Congratulations.
03:20Enjoy your time.
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