00:00Can I ask you a question about NME?
00:01Yes, you can.
00:02Is it supposed to be like enemy?
00:03No.
00:04OK.
00:04So it's for New Musical Express.
00:08New Musical Express, but it does sound like enemy.
00:11It does, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:12But think of me as your friend.
00:14But friend, not a foe.
00:16Have you heard of enemy before?
00:17Yes, totally.
00:18But I just never knew if we were supposed to say, like, enemy.
00:21Yeah.
00:22Well, there are plenty of music questions later, so.
00:24All right, amazing.
00:25You'll be able to show that you're really cool.
00:26I love this.
00:27We'll be able to show that out.
00:29We're trying to show that.
00:31That's kind of our main focus.
00:34Don't mess this up.
00:36Sorry about that.
00:38Welcome to the headquarters of the human resistance.
00:41Where is my hair?
00:43Your hair has been destroyed.
00:45To prevent you from contacting your ship.
00:48What ship?
00:50Your mother's ship.
00:51Hi, I'm Alex from NME, and today I'm joined by acclaimed actors
00:54and stars of new film Borgonia.
00:56It's Emma Stone and Jessie Plemons.
00:58How are we doing?
00:58Hello.
00:59Hello.
00:59How are you doing?
01:00Doing well.
01:00As we're in Music Magazine, as you've shown that you know.
01:05I have to ask about lip syncing to Chapel Rhone.
01:08Yes.
01:08Yes.
01:09Because it's so much fun to watch.
01:10How was that for you?
01:11Was it always her in the script or did it change?
01:14No, that song was different in the script and we had known for a while that we wanted to change it to something that was sort of, I don't know, that would be just kind of fun and interesting for Michelle to be singing along to after having been this sort of corporate.
01:30You know, in this structure all day that you kind of let loose and sing in the car.
01:34I thought you were going to maybe sneak in a good luck babe into like one of the little, when she's leaving the office where she says like, leave if you want, you could have done a good luck babe.
01:42And a good luck babe.
01:43Yeah, that would have been nice.
01:44That would have been great.
01:45Damn it.
01:46God.
01:47There's still time.
01:48I'm screwed up again.
01:49I'll never be cool.
01:50You'll just edit that in there maybe.
01:52Exactly.
01:53There is still time.
01:54But how does the song choice influence the performance?
01:59Because obviously there's the beat and things like that, but.
02:01I mean, I think it's just, I mean, it's a great song first of all and a total earworm.
02:05I think everybody had that stuck in their heads for all the times that we were shooting all those driving sequences and singing it.
02:11But I also think the lyrics of that song are oddly sort of amazing with the themes of this film.
02:19Not the only song to sort of have a tie in because you've got Basket Case by Green Day.
02:23Yup.
02:24That actually came in later.
02:25That came in a couple months ago in post-production.
02:28What was the song, are you allowed to tell me, that was originally in the script?
02:31We can't do it.
02:32We can't tell you because, you know.
02:34Because we're trying to be cool.
02:35We're trying to be cool.
02:36It's going well.
02:37It's 8 out of 10 so far.
02:39But another thing about just music in this movie overall is Jerskin, Fendrix, our composer.
02:44Yeah.
02:45Who also has an incredible album coming out tomorrow.
02:47Oh, wow.
02:48October 11th.
02:49That album drops.
02:50Kudos for promoting your stuff.
02:52He rocks and is amazing.
02:55But he wrote such incredible music for this film having never read the script.
03:00He only had keywords.
03:01And so the majority of the music in this film is just him composing kind of into a void knowing that there were a couple of keywords.
03:09What were the keywords?
03:10What were the keywords?
03:11Basement.
03:12Basement.
03:13Bees.
03:14Mm-hmm.
03:15Spaceship.
03:16And Emily Bald.
03:17Emily Bald.
03:18Are these the same keywords that Yorgos gave you before reading the script?
03:21No.
03:22No.
03:23This was just tailor made for Jerskin.
03:24That's right.
03:25But then that's the interesting thing is he had never read the script.
03:28This is all he had.
03:29And then they hadn't recorded all the final versions for the score.
03:34But we were listening to this score before we started even.
03:39That's so cool.
03:40And so this very strange mix of influence and inspiration, you know, because that definitely influenced us, you know, hearing that.
03:49And as two very musical people, I'm sure that helped you in sort of preparing for the role.
03:53Yeah.
03:54But I am actually a big fan of your band, Cowboy and Indian.
03:58You're just right.
03:59I am.
04:00Only for like the last month or so.
04:01That's so cool.
04:02Because I knew I was doing this interview.
04:04So I sort of, I always sort of do a little research to see if any of you have had any sort of bands or sort of musical escapades.
04:10Jesse's always playing guitar.
04:11He was a baby.
04:12Had you heard of Cowboy and Indian?
04:14He told me about it.
04:15Oh, really?
04:16Yeah.
04:17First thing.
04:18But also, you play guitar a lot.
04:19I mean, you do play guitar a lot.
04:20I do.
04:21I played the set.
04:22Yeah.
04:23And I played it a bunch.
04:24What did you play?
04:25So good.
04:26Okay.
04:27I'll give you one example because it popped into my head.
04:28When we were doing the dinner scene, I picked up the guitar and I started playing something.
04:33I was like, what is that that I'm playing?
04:35Have you ever seen the movie The Rescuers?
04:37I have, yeah.
04:38The animated Disney film.
04:39Yeah.
04:40I started singing that theme song without knowing it.
04:44R-E-S-E-U-E, Rescuate Society.
04:49That's kind of amazing.
04:51I know.
04:52It just started playing it.
04:53I wouldn't have been able to sing it back to you.
04:55I'll have to say that now.
04:56I've seen it around 30 years.
04:57It's one of those.
04:58I had no idea I still remembered that song.
05:00And that influenced your performance, didn't it, Emma?
05:02It did.
05:03Absolutely.
05:04As a rescuer of society.
05:06And Emma, you're in a band too, of course.
05:09I am.
05:10Yeah.
05:11Which one?
05:12Oh God, what?
05:13I can't remember.
05:14You performed at SNL 50.
05:15You're a permanent member now of Hime, I thought.
05:16Oh, yes.
05:17That's true.
05:18I am the fourth sister.
05:19Yes.
05:20Thank you for reminding me.
05:22So that's a permanent thing then.
05:23I'm a deeply valued member of the family.
05:26But you covered Fleetwood Mac's dreams with them.
05:29That was so...
05:30Tell me about that.
05:31So much fun.
05:32Yeah?
05:33Yeah.
05:34They're very sweet for letting me come up there and kind of cymbal around.
05:36I love them very much.
05:37You've been friends for ages, haven't you?
05:39They're so wonderful.
05:40Yeah, they're amazing.
05:41Which brings me on to, of course, our readers wouldn't forgive me if I didn't ask you for
05:45your personal reaction to your longtime friend Taylor Swift's new album.
05:49Full screams.
05:51Top of my...
05:52Already learned the dance to Fate of Ophelia.
05:56I'm a high profile female corporate executive.
05:59I am crucial.
06:01In all humility, I can say that.
06:03Think of it like you abducted the governor, but worse.
06:06There is no possible scenario where you benefit from this incident.
06:13That was really good.
06:14We always end enemy interviews with this question.
06:16Everyone gets a go.
06:17But what's an album you always go back to?
06:20I always go back to Arcade Fire.
06:22Yeah.
06:23I always listen to Arcade Fire.
06:24And I always listen to the Beatles.
06:26So...
06:27Which Arcade Fire?
06:28The Funeral?
06:29Suburbs?
06:30Not all of them.
06:31That's the problem.
06:32It's all kind of mashed up for me.
06:33But...
06:34I mean, probably suburbs.
06:36Yeah.
06:37That's what I would go back to.
06:38Do you remember when you first heard that album?
06:40When it came out.
06:41And I just...
06:42I love everything they've ever done.
06:44Is that 2010 then?
06:45What was Emma Stone doing around then?
06:47I don't know if I remember.
06:48What was Emma Stone doing around then?
06:50What was she doing back then?
06:52Easy A.
06:53I was doing Easy A, I guess.
06:56What do you go back to?
06:58I think if I had to pick, it's maybe a couple.
07:02There's...
07:03The Rescuers.
07:04The Rescuers?
07:05Of course.
07:06No.
07:07Nina Simone, it's hard to pick one album.
07:10Yeah.
07:11But the album with Suzanne on it is amazing.
07:15Which is like...
07:16There's also Revolution is on that album.
07:18And Turn, Turn, Turn.
07:19It's like...
07:2069, I think.
07:21I don't remember what it's called.
07:22That one.
07:23And also, I'm a big Townes Van Zandt fan.
07:27So like the live album at the old quarter.
07:30It's one of those that I've been listening to for such a long time.
07:34And you grow up and get a little bit older.
07:37And maybe understand a little bit more.
07:39Or songs affect you in a different way.
07:42So I know there are like a ton of other ones.
07:46Jerry Jeff Walker.
07:47Do you know Jerry Jeff Walker?
07:48I don't know.
07:49Tell us about him.
07:50I think it's a self-titled album.
07:52He's like an Austin folk country singer-songwriter from the late 60s, 70s.
08:01This album, yeah.
08:02It's great.
08:03Some great albums there.
08:04Great choices.
08:05Thanks so much.
08:06Thanks.
08:07You'll never be our enemy.
08:08I know who you are.
08:11I know what you are.
08:16I know you too, Teddy.
08:18It's fine, it's cool.
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