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Will Arnett chats with THR for 'Is This Thing On?' at the New York Film Festival and dishes on performing stand-up comedy in front of an actual live audience for this role. Plus, he talks working closely with director Bradley Cooper and co-star Laura Dern.

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00:00I understand that for this role you perform stand-up in front of live

00:03audiences what was that like doing it and did you learn anything that surprised

00:08you? Super scary doing stand-up in front of real audiences here in New York at

00:14the Comedy Cellar. Super scary but also and and I learned how how difficult it

00:21is and what a sort of high-wire act it is.

00:26This is a really dramatic role for you and what led you to want to take on a

00:31more serious you know leading role? Well I mean I think that we I was just so

00:36enamored with this story so it wasn't so much that I didn't approach it like oh

00:41I got something I got to prove or I want to do a drama now to show people it was

00:45nothing like that I just I just really liked the story and really wanted wanted

00:48to be a part of it and be part of telling it.

00:53You and Bradley worked really closely on this film what makes him such a unique

00:59director? Bradley has so much capacity for so many things it's amazing and I've

01:04known him a long time we've been good friends for a long time through this

01:07process through writing and through prep through shooting through editing I've

01:13just been able to really see that there is it seems like no limit to what he can

01:18do and I know it seems like well you're his buddy you would say that but it's

01:20really true he's an incredible artist and I don't even know if I fully

01:24appreciated it until we went through this.

01:26And then Laura is your co-star in this film how did you guys go about

01:32developing your on-screen dynamic?

01:34Well I had the benefit of knowing Laura a little bit before which is great and so

01:38we'd we got to know each other and I think that we have a lot of ways some

01:42shared sensibilities which is great and you know and then we we spent a long

01:47time talking about this film before we started shooting and really getting

01:51ourselves in a place of understanding who these people are and where they're at

01:54in their relationship and and you know sort of focusing in on that and yeah.

01:59And lastly how did filming in real New York City locations help influence your

02:06performance?

02:07Well New York is so inspiring and you know you hear the term like oh New York's a

02:12character in the film it is true I mean as much as you get tired of saying it or

02:16hearing it it is true and it's so alive and so when you're shooting in New York

02:20out on the street it's just incredible or even you know in the comedy cellar like

02:24in a real in that real environment just unbelievably inspiring.

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