00:00We really didn't talk much.
00:02It was pretty wild.
00:03Yeah, yeah, yeah. They couldn't be more opposite.
00:06I'm sure there's a video out there somewhere
00:07of me very drunk singing karaoke,
00:09but I would have to be.
00:10Monica, you've done such a great job in this film.
00:14Considering you didn't sing or play the guitar before this,
00:18is this one of the most daunting things you've taken on?
00:21Yeah.
00:23Truly, I think it's...
00:24Sorry, I've been eating french fries crisps,
00:26as you guys call them.
00:28I mean, chips. Chips. Damn it.
00:29We just talked about this.
00:31Chips. Sorry.
00:32Chips. I won't deny you a chip.
00:35If you want to eat during the interview,
00:36I have no problem with that. It's fine.
00:39Yeah, yeah. No, I didn't play guitar.
00:41I didn't sing.
00:43And so this was absolutely terrifying to me.
00:45Singing's a very vulnerable thing to do.
00:50And I think it was probably the most terrified I've ever been.
00:54Oh. You wouldn't have known.
00:56Yeah. Great. Good. Perfect.
00:58Well done. You did your job well.
00:59Thank you. Thank you.
01:01But also, acting with Timothy,
01:03who is just this force of nature anyway in movies,
01:07did the chemistry between you kind of come easy,
01:11come quickly? Like, how was that?
01:14Yeah, it felt very natural.
01:15I mean, we really didn't talk much about our characters.
01:20We didn't really plan much in terms of the scenes.
01:25He showed up as this brilliant, fully-formed version of Bob,
01:31and I showed up as Joan.
01:32And we just sort of trusted the words on the page
01:35and James Mangold's vision.
01:37And, I mean, he's easy to trust.
01:41And, yeah, we just sort of, like, let it happen.
01:45And I think it was just a very natural experience.
01:48Yeah. Was it enjoyable, those moments
01:51where you and Timothy are singing on stage together?
01:54Or is there also that fear at the time?
01:57Like, do you get a chance to actually enjoy those moments?
02:00Honestly, it was more enjoyable to sing with Timmy for me
02:04because singing alone felt like so much pressure.
02:08And Joan's voice is known for being iconic and beautiful.
02:11And so to have the support of his voice
02:15and also to have more of a scene to play out.
02:19I mean, some of the songs, especially solo songs,
02:22it feels like a monologue
02:23because you're really telling a story
02:24and the best musicians are telling stories.
02:27But with him, you know, I have a scene partner now
02:31and a brilliant one.
02:33And so that was a lot of fun.
02:36And the voices were supported by each other
02:38and our guitar accompaniment harmonized.
02:41And, yeah, those were the best.
02:44Yeah.
02:45You were filming FUBAR at the same time as well, right?
02:48Yeah. Towards the end of, yeah.
02:50I was going to say, how easy is it to, like,
02:52switch between the two?
02:53Because they're very different.
02:55It was pretty wild.
02:57Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:58They couldn't be more opposite in terms of character.
03:02And actually, there was a scene where Timmy and I
03:05sing It Ain't Me, Babe.
03:06And that, we only had so many takes of that
03:10because I literally had to run off the stage into a car,
03:14like, pulling off the beads and, like,
03:16and then onto a plane to go film that same day
03:21or, like, overnight, something like that.
03:23It was really wild.
03:25And I'm very lucky.
03:26FUBAR, I mean, yeah, schedule-wise,
03:29they were very nice to share me because they could have just
03:34told me I couldn't keep the job.
03:35And so I feel very grateful to them for that.
03:37Yeah, but they need you.
03:38Like, you're great in that as well.
03:40Thank you. Yeah, yeah.
03:41They were like, we're going to make
03:42you play guitar on our show because you learned, so.
03:46And it should.
03:47You should definitely put those skills.
03:48Are you, like, the first person up at karaoke now?
03:51Like, now that you've, like, learned to sing,
03:52you can do all that kind of stuff?
03:54I'm just not a, I mean, I used to be a dancer.
03:57And, like, it took me a long time
03:58to be comfortable enough to dance at parties.
04:01I don't know.
04:01I'm just not, I can be shy in certain ways.
04:05And I just don't feel like I'm a performative person.
04:08And so I've always shied away.
04:11Unless I've, like, I mean, I'm sure I've been,
04:13I'm sure there's a video out there somewhere of me very
04:15drunk singing karaoke, but I would have to be in order
04:17to, like, feel not, like, completely shy
04:20and terrified of it.
04:23But, yeah, I mean, I keep playing
04:24and I keep singing to myself.
04:26And, like, in my own kind of way,
04:28I'm definitely going to maintain
04:29my relationship with music, so.
04:31Absolutely.
04:32Well, you didn't have to get drunk to sing in this one.
04:33I don't think.
04:34No, I swear I was not drunk in the making of this movie.
04:38Because you did it very well.
04:41I hope that people, like, really enjoy your performance
04:44because it's wonderful.
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