00:00It's great to share this movie with everyone in Malaysia.
00:10Hi there Rachel, hi there Ramy.
00:12Hi, how are you?
00:14Another amazing masterpiece and of course your emotions was amazingly conveyed.
00:19Like I feel every bit of you and one eye tear among the others.
00:23What made you say yes to this piece?
00:25I look at these things as if a great painter was taking time with their masterpiece.
00:32I won't say that this is for me, those are your words.
00:36I like to look back on things or invest in things that I know I'm going to be able to fully commit to.
00:44I have a list of things that I often refer to.
00:47I say, is it special?
00:49Is it something I would take myself to the cinema to watch?
00:53Is it unique?
00:54Is it going to have impact?
00:55Is it going to be a film possibly that people want to see over and over again?
01:01And I think it had all of those aspects for me.
01:04And truly when I previewed the film I was like in shock.
01:08I love the script writing, I love the plot, the plot twist and every single part of it.
01:12Now Rachel, I mean what would you say some of these subtle things that you did,
01:18that you've injected into your character as well, that you wish for the audience to notice?
01:22We had the opportunity to build this deep love story together which you come into the film with
01:29and it feels important not only for Charlie's journey but also for the audience's investment
01:35in Charlie's journey throughout the film.
01:37They have to really understand why they work and why they love each other.
01:43They have to be able to see with relatively little real estate why these two are soulmates,
01:49what the loss is when she gets taken.
01:51And they have to feel how Charlie feels to be able to stay with him through some potentially morally
01:59questionable choices he makes later in the film.
02:02They have to wonder if they would do the same.
02:04But yeah, I mean I think it's very relatable.
02:07What you wouldn't try or want to do if you lost the great love of your life.
02:11You're just not a killer, Charlie.
02:14You're just a nerdy fellow who works on computers.
02:17Do you account for the things I'm good at?
02:21You held a gun to my wife's head.
02:22Sadly, we've all dealt with those emotions or most of us have at some point in our life.
02:29And it's how we tackle them, how we move on from them.
02:33This could easily be a very art house, intimate, sad movie.
02:38And what is the blessing is that this human being by virtue of the love of his soulmate
02:48that carries him through other circumstances that defy anyone's expectations, even his own,
02:56to do the absolute extraordinary.
02:59And fortunately for us, they're extraordinary for the big screen.
03:04It's aspirational to watch somebody who not only doesn't know that they have that inside of them,
03:11but to watch somebody figure out that even though there's perhaps a road more traveled
03:16through a character like Lawrence's, to watch a character like Charlie figure out how to do it
03:21his own way, how to do it in a way that makes sense to him, that utilizes his skills to the fullest
03:26extent. As an audience member, I feel like I can see myself more in a character like that.
03:32And so it's relatable on a whole other level for a genre that doesn't always include people like us,
03:39I suppose.
03:40People always ask this question of what do you want audiences to feel when they walk
03:45out of the cinema? And I don't usually have an answer, it's for interpretation, but I do believe
03:51that there is something that I think will embolden people as they walk out and hopefully not only be
04:01entertaining, but you probably might be able to discover an inner strength or be compelled to do
04:09something that you might not have thought you were capable of after watching a film like this.
04:14And I don't think that's the usual outcome in these circumstances.
04:19There's a heightened feeling, but I think this one is more personal.
04:25You recognize her?
04:26If you jump really fast, you might survive the blast.
04:29Freeze!
04:32The Amateur, rated PG-13, only in theaters and IMAX April 11th.
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