- 10 months ago
Hailee Steinfeld and Ella Purnell open fan mail and answer questions about ‘Arcane,' tackling everything from the change in the opening credits to Vi and Jinx’s epic battle. Hailee and Ella discuss the first time they met (as young teenagers!), how they record the voice acting, and how their characters have transformed from the first season. Fans ask Hailee and Ella about potential behind the scenes videos that will be released, Vi as the show’s Piltover Enforcer, and how they recorded hours of screams and grunts for their characters.
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00:00It's not a question.
00:01It's not a question.
00:02It's an attack.
00:03I need one moment.
00:04I'm just going to read that again in silence.
00:09What's up in style?
00:10We are about to open some fan mail.
00:17Also...
00:18Spoiler alert!
00:19I'm sorry.
00:21Also...
00:22Spoiler alert!
00:26I'm nervous.
00:27I'm nervous.
00:28I don't know. Why are you nervous?
00:29I don't know. I just want it to be a good one.
00:30Alright.
00:31I think it will be.
00:33Okay.
00:46I think you're talking about the opening credits.
00:49Yeah, I mean that kind of like, kind of sums it up.
00:51Yeah.
00:52It pretty much sums it up.
00:53Season one, we see these two closer than ever and as sisters and as a unit and...
00:58Now, not so much.
00:59Not great.
01:00Mm-mm.
01:01I mean, you said it.
01:02They're at each other's throats.
01:03Oh my gosh.
01:04I'm excited.
01:07Even if Jinx becomes a twisted villain in the story.
01:10Becomes.
01:11Keyword becomes.
01:12They can never make me hate her by Juvian 1.
01:15That's good.
01:16I mean, I can't take any credit for that because I didn't write it.
01:20But, like, good.
01:21I think that's a good...
01:22Also, becomes a twisted villain.
01:23Like, I feel like she's already there.
01:25I don't know.
01:26Watch season two and let me know what you think.
01:27But that's good.
01:28I'm glad you don't hate her.
01:29Okay.
01:30Keep going.
01:31The Vi Jinx fight is both iconic and heartbreaking.
01:36Dude, again, sums it up.
01:37So, the first time we actually met was at the premiere.
01:42Well, the first time we met was when we were children.
01:45Yes, on that shoot, right?
01:46Yes.
01:47No, of course.
01:48Which we've never talked about that, actually, which is so funny.
01:50It's been so long, but how cool.
01:52That was, like, the first, like, big photo shoot I ever did.
01:54Yeah, me too.
01:55It was for Teen Vogue.
01:56It was.
01:57And we were...
01:58I was, like, I want to say, like, 13, 14.
02:01We were, like, babies.
02:02Wow.
02:03I guess I would have been about 14 then, too.
02:05Yeah.
02:06That whole shoot was so cool.
02:07Do you remember?
02:08You were sitting at the desk.
02:09Well, we were in the school.
02:10And you had a green sweater on.
02:11That's weird.
02:12Fact check that, because if I got that right, that's actually really weird.
02:13That's creepy, actually, if you got that right.
02:15I just remember the one that my mom took.
02:16I don't even remember what I was wearing.
02:17If you're in a green sweater in that photo...
02:19Anyway, that was the first time we met.
02:21What were we getting at?
02:22That we've never recorded together.
02:23That's right.
02:24Focus.
02:25We met at the premiere.
02:26Mm-hmm.
02:27So we had not been in the booth together, and season two.
02:30And still haven't.
02:31Which is so wild, considering you would think that, like, that's just how it works.
02:36Yeah.
02:37I remember, like, before I had done any voiceover work, I didn't realize that that was even,
02:40like, an option to not be in the room with the other actors.
02:43Yeah, same.
02:44But I will say, like, being in there and having your performance...
02:47I lived for the times that Ella had recorded before me because...
02:50I did the same with you, though.
02:51Because I would have her in my ears.
02:53Yes.
02:54And it was like, thank God, because, like...
02:55Well, you just...
02:56It's acting opposite someone, you know?
02:58Yeah.
02:59Who, like...
03:00And you can try it different ways and, like, play with the timing and, like, really get
03:03the vibe of the scene properly.
03:04And it's just different.
03:06Mm-hmm.
03:07I was in a gray sweater, I think.
03:08Green.
03:09Who?
03:10Me?
03:11You.
03:12I was in the green!
03:13What was Ella in?
03:14Gray!
03:15Green!
03:16It was me!
03:17It was me!
03:18It was me!
03:19Great!
03:20Okay.
03:21All right.
03:22Oh, sorry.
03:23Ripped it.
03:24I guess that's fine.
03:25Also really hope we eventually get a behind-the-scenes video of the voice actors recording their lines.
03:28Have we not done...
03:29Do we not...
03:30Does that not exist?
03:31You know what's funny?
03:32I actually have a video.
03:33Have you...
03:34You've had to eat in this?
03:35Probably.
03:36So I went through...
03:37I had a session where, like, we couldn't figure out the right food to get the...
03:41to give the sound that we wanted.
03:42Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:43We landed on an apple, though, in case anyone was wondering.
03:45But I have a video of it.
03:46That's why I thought about it.
03:47Anyway.
03:48Next question!
03:50Okay.
03:51Everybody's talking about how Jinx is fully Jinx now, but nobody's talking about how Vi has
03:55clearly embraced the whole Piltover Enforcer thing.
03:58This is one of the first times we hear her calling her sister Jinx instead of Powder.
04:02Oh, I like that handle.
04:04We definitely are on this journey with Vi.
04:07This journey of, like, accepting and coming to terms with the fact that her sister is
04:12gone.
04:13And then when we, like, hear that from her or feel that from her, there's just a little
04:17glimpse of Powder that pops in just to, like, you know, deter her.
04:20Yeah.
04:21Okay.
04:22The story of Vi and Jinx, specifically Jinx, make you really think about how different of
04:26a person you could be if all the fucked up shit didn't happen to you.
04:29So true.
04:30How trauma shapes you when you had no control over it.
04:33Arcane be hitting harder and harder every time I watch it.
04:36Yeah.
04:37I like that.
04:38You can't, you can't think like that.
04:39You can't think, oh, who would I be if the trauma didn't happen to me?
04:41Like, you're gonna do nothing about it.
04:43You just gotta, you know, you are who you are because of what you've been through.
04:47So.
04:48Woo!
04:49And on that note.
04:52Love watching Arcane when I feel like shit because no matter how I'm feeling, Vi and Jinx
04:57are probably feeling worse.
04:58So true.
05:00I feel like I've had that moment when I enter a session and they're like, we're saving the
05:05screams.
05:06Yeah, they always do that.
05:07I'm like, oh, there's more of those?
05:08Yeah.
05:09And then like the last like 35 to 45 minutes of your session are just like crying, screaming,
05:13efforts.
05:14Efforts, for efforts.
05:15They actually saved one session for me that was just screams.
05:18It was two hours of only screaming.
05:20It was like, no, and ah, and uh, and just all of the things.
05:24It was like not a single line only, only screams, which is actually quite therapeutic.
05:30Okay.
05:31Oh, hang on.
05:32Hang on.
05:33They did Jinx dirty in those wanted posters.
05:36You know, I was thinking the same thing.
05:39Like, I mean, talk about trauma.
05:42Also, she looks like she just had like, she's coming home from a night out.
05:45Like she's been through some shit.
05:46Sorry if I can't smell.
05:47I can't smell.
05:48Silco didn't deserve to be blamed for trying to break up Jinx and Vi, but Vi deserves,
05:53oh, okay.
05:54Whoa.
05:55But Vi deserves to be blamed for trying to break up Silco and Jinx.
06:00That's her sin.
06:01Jinx was happy with Silco and Vi ruined everything.
06:04Okay.
06:05Hang on a second.
06:06Hashtag Jinx.
06:07Hold on.
06:08Hashtag Silco.
06:09Hashtag Arcane.
06:10Hashtag Vi.
06:11I don't know.
06:12I need one moment.
06:13I'm just going to read that again in silence.
06:16Oh.
06:25It's your question.
06:26It's not a question.
06:27It's not a question.
06:28It's an attack.
06:29Vita, Raven, Art.
06:31If you'd like to talk, maybe I'm not the person you should talk to about this.
06:37I disagree with this take.
06:39Hang on.
06:40I have so many things to say.
06:41First of all, you can't save him.
06:42Okay, Silco, you can't save him.
06:44He's not worth it.
06:45Just move on.
06:46No.
06:47If you saw…
06:48This that I love, that's her sin.
06:50That's her sin.
06:51Out of all the things that happened in Arcane, you looking out for your sister, that's a
06:55sin.
06:56I love it.
06:57I kind of want to meet this person and hang out.
06:58Wow.
06:59Vi ruined everything.
07:00I'm still recovering.
07:01No, Vi ruined everything.
07:02Let's run with it for a second.
07:03Okay.
07:04Jinx was happy.
07:05And Vi ruined everything.
07:06I love it.
07:07I love it.
07:08My go.
07:09Woo!
07:10All right.
07:11I love how Arcane made me realize I had to be more careful with my little sister.
07:22I think we have the same age gap Vi and Jinx have.
07:25That's really sweet.
07:26I have three younger brothers and I understand that feeling of like protectiveness and like,
07:30but it's also hard because you have to let them grow up and make their own mistakes
07:33and like not interfere too much, but also, you know, you want to like be there for them.
07:38It's worrisome being an older sibling.
07:40I think you're doing great.
07:41Oh, Arcane season two wish list.
07:47One.
07:48Oh, this is in caps.
07:50Oh my God.
07:53Maybe this should be for you.
07:55Silco comes back in caps alive and without major changes.
07:59I love without major changes.
08:01I love that.
08:02How can you come back?
08:03Anyway, I'm gonna, sorry.
08:05Silco and Jinx get back together.
08:08What do you think is going on here?
08:10This is my father.
08:12Adopted father.
08:14Like I know.
08:15They said you were happy together.
08:18I ruined everything.
08:19You ruined everything.
08:20Okay.
08:21Three.
08:22Vi, Echo and Warwick get punished.
08:25Hang on a second.
08:27I just, I'm sorry.
08:28I gotta, I gotta step in.
08:29What did Echo do?
08:31Like Echo is like the, like Switzerland in this situation.
08:34Four.
08:35Lots of flashbacks with Silco.
08:38Okay.
08:39This father really has a Silco thing.
08:40Like I wanna, I wanna just chat.
08:42I just wanna talk.
08:43Five.
08:44Silco, Jinx and Savika team up.
08:49You ready for the, for the last one?
08:50Yeah.
08:51Sorry.
08:52Yeah.
08:53If you had to guess, what do you think it has to do with?
08:54It's always Silco.
08:55Right.
08:56Silco becomes the clear protagonist.
08:57Yeah.
08:58Okay.
08:59So I feel like I know what's going on here.
09:02Yeah.
09:03I think someone has a theme for Silco.
09:04Okay.
09:05They're really taking it out on Vi.
09:06Yeah.
09:07On you specifically.
09:08Right.
09:09Interesting.
09:10Okay.
09:11Well.
09:12Interesting.
09:13He has kinda got something.
09:18I'm having a great time.
09:19Same.
09:20I should draw arcane characters as birds.
09:23Sorry.
09:27Wait.
09:28Just go on.
09:29I am so intrigued.
09:30I should draw arcane characters as birds.
09:31I think Jinx is a crow.
09:33Vi is a pigeon.
09:34Nope.
09:35I don't know what type.
09:36I'm open to ideas.
09:37What type of pigeon?
09:38Interesting.
09:39And Kate is a kestrel falcon.
09:41Did you, Dr. Klux Stuffens, know about my crow thing?
09:46I'm just curious.
09:47What's your crow thing?
09:48I have a thing with crows.
09:49So crows are really smart.
09:50Okay.
09:51And so I'm trying to make friends with the crows on my street because they keep dive bombing
09:54my dog.
09:55And so I left food out for the crows.
09:57It's been an ongoing battle.
09:58I'm gonna be real quick with this.
09:59I left food out for the crows and then instead of eating the food, they destroyed all my cushions.
10:03And I came outside my house one day and there was like feathers everywhere and then berries
10:08and they'd like shat on the porch.
10:10How did you put the food?
10:11And I thought there'd been like a, like a massacre, like a bird massacre.
10:14Cause that does happen.
10:15They also, they put other crows on trial.
10:16I know a lot about crows you guys, but vice pigeon.
10:18So you've been very vocal about this.
10:19Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:20No, I've been very vocal about this.
10:21Okay.
10:22It was on my Instagram story.
10:23Okay.
10:24Fair.
10:25A few weeks ago.
10:26We'll unpack the pigeon thing later, but I'm, I'm, I'm really, I'm, I'm upset.
10:28Oh, that's a Kestrel Falcon.
10:29Okay.
10:30So why is that the most beautiful bird in the world and vice a pigeon?
10:33I mean, I'm just, I'm just curious.
10:35Thank you so much for sending in your fan mail.
10:38We had, we had a lot of fun.
10:40We had a lot of fun reading it.
10:41No, no feelings were hurt at all in the reading of these letters.
10:45Nope.
10:46Nope.
10:47Nope.
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