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At the 'Fountain of Youth' premiere, Carmen Ejogo chats with THR and discusses what it was like to travel all over the world for this film and reveals her favorite locations. Plus, she talks about some of her favorite adventure action films.

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00:00Congratulations on this film.

00:03This feels reminiscent of a lot of those action-adventure films of the past.

00:07What were those films for you that you really loved watching growing up?

00:11Oh, my goodness.

00:11I mean, it was all of the films that had Harrison Ford in them, all of them.

00:15So it was definitely Indiana Jones.

00:16I think, you know, there are definitely elements of those kind of movies that you find in this show.

00:21And even, like, some of the sort of, like, video games sort of landscapes that we, you know, that are out there right now.

00:28I feel like we play with a little bit of that, too.

00:31And then it's got a Guy Ritchie spin on it all.

00:33So that makes it completely different from anything you've seen before in many ways.

00:38This very cool brother-sister relationship between John Kosicki and Natalie Portman that is super unique.

00:45They have this really wonderful love-hate relationship that sort of evolves through the film.

00:50Then you've got my character, who's sort of the sidekick to John.

00:53You know, I sort of, I'm the problem solver.

00:55I'm the fixer, one of the fixers.

00:57So it's a great, fun cast, family film.

01:01And we go to some amazing locations, for real.

01:04It's not CGI.

01:05Like, we really were at the Pyramids blowing up cars.

01:07I don't know how that was legal, but we did it.

01:10And it was just so much fun.

01:13So crazy.

01:13You guys traveled all over the world for this.

01:16What would you say was your favorite location?

01:18And what do you think posed to be the most challenging?

01:20Well, I definitely loved going to Egypt.

01:24It's always been on my bucket list.

01:26To film at the Pyramids is like a really rare experience, I think.

01:30Not everyone gets permission to do it.

01:31And you really do feel something coming out of, emanating from the ground.

01:35You know, it's a very special, weird place.

01:39Vienna was kind of cool.

01:40Well, we got to go to this incredible national library where I now know where all the secret

01:45doors are behind the bookcases.

01:47So that's always fun when you get to sort of see behind, you know, behind the curtain.

01:51And then a lot of stuff we filmed on, you know, in London.

01:56And, you know, it's just a lot of fun to be able to travel with great people and a great

02:02director who actually, in the end, you know, he really brought the best out of all of us.

02:07And I think it shows on camera.

02:10And since this is called The Fountain of Youth, what is your version of The Fountain of Youth?

02:15What is something that keeps you feeling youthful or reminiscent of your childhood?

02:19My kids.

02:20Yeah.

02:21Like, literally in their faces.

02:23They kind of, you know, obviously, you know, you resemble your kids often.

02:26And so that's really strange.

02:28And then they're just so, they're so young and youthful.

02:31And, like, they do things that remind you of when you were that age.

02:33So they are my fountain of, they are my fountain of youth.

02:36And that's really nice.

02:52And they can see here.

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