00:00I loved it because I could really see, as we went on, becoming more confident in your
00:05personality.
00:06That's like so embarrassing and cute.
00:07No, no, no, it was.
00:08No, you don't even mean like it's so vulnerable.
00:09I was watching you sometimes and you were like, suddenly, like, from the beginning where
00:13it was like, you would look at the monitor and you'd be like, uh, I don't know, how do
00:17you feel, uh, uh.
00:18By the end, you were like, no, I want this hair, I want that hair.
00:20Oh my god, that's cool.
00:21I kind of wrote it in like this feverish, like, in therapy, how they're like, write
00:29a letter to yourself or to someone and don't send it.
00:31It was kind of that vibe.
00:32And then I was like, let's send it after that, um, to pastel where my producers and it honestly
00:40was like a bit of a conversation with Barry where he was like the comedy videos that you're
00:44making online, which is what I was doing first.
00:46You're directing those, you know, even if you don't know it.
00:48So go think about whether you want to direct it or not.
00:50You guys like don't know like any of like my tea, like, yeah, okay.
00:54And basically, um, I went and thought about it and made all these like look books and
00:59I was like, Oh, I do know the look and the feel of this.
01:01I just need to surround myself with people who are technically, um, savvy and smart so
01:07that they can help me build it and hot and super hot and just to clarify for people watching
01:14the video.
01:15You mean Barry Jenkins?
01:16Yes.
01:17He had followed me on Instagram at a time.
01:18I don't remember.
01:19And I saw that he followed me and I was like, well, let's just follow back because that's
01:22who that guy that I love.
01:25And then he DM'ed me and was like, if you ever have anything longer form that you want
01:29to send, Pastel would love to read it, which is his production company.
01:32And then they sent them this and things are amazing now.
01:35How did you fill out your tri-sempte?
01:37Oh, them?
01:38Well, let me get into it.
01:39Literally.
01:40So I did a call with her and we read and it was like such a dream.
01:45She was, she made me feel like I was saying words that made sense and she just had this
01:49like completely warm energy.
01:53There's like one line in the film that I remember after we read together, the producers
01:57and I were like, this is, we heard this line for the first time and it felt so real and
02:04like true.
02:05Like it just, it kind of like made the movie make more sense once we, like she just like
02:09was the missing piece.
02:11And once we found her, we were like, okay, we have a film and like this will function.
02:15And then Lucas was like this amazing guy that I knew of, of course, due to the amazing lore
02:21of you.
02:23And I wrote him a letter and he literally, I think, read it.
02:28I read the letter.
02:29Or maybe the script.
02:30Yes, I did.
02:31And then...
02:32I didn't read the script.
02:33No.
02:34He still doesn't know what's going on.
02:35No.
02:36And then like I, uh, he said yes.
02:38And I remember the day he said yes and everyone had texted me that he said yes and were like
02:44videoing me receiving the text and I was like, oh, this is like, I'm telling like the secrets.
02:51And then we did a call and you were so, um, you were so like meticulous.
02:54I was at my parents' place and I was surrounded by like a thousand books.
02:58Yeah, it was so cool.
02:59And you were like, wow, a lot of books.
03:00I was like, none of these are my books.
03:01So I was like, I'm like 27 years old with like, like a full wall of like a hundred books.
03:07It was so cool.
03:08It was like, and you were like, I would have believed if those were your books.
03:11I said that?
03:12I still believe that.
03:13Yeah, because you're super smart.
03:14You're so smart.
03:15You're so smart.
03:16But I've read like half of a book this year.
03:17You're like, that's about enough.
03:18We're only in like the first month.
03:19It's true.
03:20Yeah.
03:21You guys are already reading?
03:22I just finished.
03:23I was just saying to Lucas, I've just finished, um, Harry Potter 4.
03:26Once again.
03:27Wait, you and Harry Potter.
03:28That's forever.
03:29She should have been in it.
03:30No, the whole thing is that she auditioned.
03:31Yeah, I auditioned for Levin de Brown and I didn't get in.
03:32That's like the worst thing in the world.
03:33No, it's literally a nightmare.
03:34Oh my God.
03:35Oh my God.
03:36You actually would have completely destroyed that role.
03:37No shade.
03:38When we read together on that, with my shitty wifi, it was like, I felt the same thing.
03:54I was like, wow, that just felt like a conversation, right?
03:56Like the, it's so like natural and it felt so natural between us that I was like, yeah,
04:04this feels like, yeah, alive with something.
04:08And like with things like that, it's just like, you never should deny those, those things
04:12because it helps to inform later on, I think what you do, like, I learned so much from
04:18this job.
04:19Really?
04:20Yeah.
04:21Are you kidding me?
04:22Are you kidding me?
04:23Really?
04:24Yeah.
04:25Okay.
04:26The thing with Naomi is that like, she'd been on these like crazy sets with these like
04:29super directors and like by, I don't think you understand who you are.
04:34No, but listen to me.
04:35I never directed anything.
04:37And like, she had so much like generosity and grace and patience and you were so supportive
04:43of me.
04:44Like that first day I remember being like, you're so nice.
04:45With the train going underneath it.
04:46I know.
04:47And I was like, we have to wait for the train and everyone's like, you will not be waiting
04:49for the train.
04:50We don't want the train to go by.
04:51And everyone's like, this is like not good.
04:53But it looks good without the train, by the way.
04:57But I just, you were so nice to me.
04:58And then by the end, I was like, Oh my God, like, I've like understood this job more by
05:03the end.
05:04And you were there the whole time.
05:06I loved it.
05:07Because I could really see as we went on becoming more confident in your work.
05:12That's like so, that's like so embarrassing and cute.
05:14No, no, no.
05:15You don't even mean like it's so vulnerable.
05:16I was watching you sometimes and you were like, suddenly, like from the beginning where
05:19it was like, you would look at the monitor and you'd be like, I don't know, how do you
05:24feel?
05:25By the end, you were like, no, I want this hair.
05:26I want that hair.
05:27It's fucking cool.
05:28That's about like actually learning.
05:29Yeah.
05:30And activating the learning.
05:31You have to learn.
05:32It was just brilliant.
05:33But you have to feel safe to learn.
05:34100%.
05:35And that's what that was you.
05:36100%.
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