'Oh, Hi!' Creator Sophie Brooks and stars Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman, John Reynolds and Geraldine Viswanathan stop by THR's studio in Park City to talk about their film which focuses on romantics, situationships and friendships. The cast talk about life on set and the origin of the title name.
00:00How would everyone describe the vibe on set and off? Like, was it toxic?
00:09I had a great time.
00:15We feel so incredibly lucky that we had this cast who are so fucking talented,
00:22but also so kind and open. And we were very small movies. We shot very quickly.
00:27And they were incredible. And I and to have a partner like Logan,
00:32who is so curious and loving and brilliant was so incredible and taught me.
00:41He's not toxic, sadly.
00:43I mean, this was so fun. It was so, yeah, the vibe was loose.
00:46You know, we just kind of loose. We just really let the like moments happen.
00:55And it was nice for me because that was a different vibe for me compared to other projects I've worked on.
01:01This is, you know, it's it's a comedy and I don't do many comedies.
01:06So it was nice to just find the funny and have fun and enjoy our shoot and enjoy the scenes.
01:13It's a film about romantics and situationships and friendship and our girl Iris desperately trying to convince Isaac to be with her.
01:31Perfect. Where did you come up with the title?
01:34The title? Well, originally the film was set in Ojai, California, so it was kind of a play on where it was set.
01:44And also, I do think the idea when you're getting to know someone, there is just this element of like, oh, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi.
01:53And there's a few times in the film where the character says, oh, hi.
01:57So it's kind of like a double meaning.
02:00The town that we set it in ultimately in upstate New York is called High Falls, but Iris thinks it's called Oh High Falls.
02:06So it's a play on the location and on how we kind of enter into relationships, introducing ourselves.
02:14Had you two, you guys hadn't worked or had you met before this?
02:19I mean, no, maybe.
02:23I don't think so.
02:24No.
02:24Yeah.
02:25I don't know.
02:25I mean, kind of have like connections from like way back.
02:30But no, we didn't really.
02:31No, I feel like we had a really beautiful coffee with me, Sophie and Logan.
02:39And it was like we all felt immediately so comfortable.
02:43And but yeah, I just felt, yeah, it was like a shared language.
02:48And I keep saying the best friend things, but I've known Sophie for so long.
02:52And she is one of my closest friends in the entire world.
02:55And I'm so proud of her.
02:58And she's worked so hard.
02:59We conceived this project five years ago.
03:02So to be here together now is so special.
03:06But now it feels like we've all known each other for that long.
03:10So I feel like everyone that came in, it feels like sisters.
03:14Are there things that are pulled from like actual bad dates or anything like that?
03:16Like little mini moments?
03:19Oh, yeah, for sure.
03:20Yeah.
03:20Yeah.
03:20There's so many things that I'm like, this is a little secret that I'm putting in this film.
03:25Um, yeah, I think I'd like to draw from personal experience and kind of poke fun at myself and the absurdity of dating.
03:33And I, you know, I've gone on enough dates in New York City to be like rattled by by the culture of it.
03:40Um, but I also think it's, it's really funny.
03:42And there are lots of things I didn't put in that I'll save for future work of insane, uh, you know, men.
03:53Do we think that dating is worse in New York or LA?
03:55Oh, come on, it's LA.
03:58LA.
03:59LA is the worst.
04:00Yeah, it's the worst.
04:02Yeah, probably LA.
04:04How come?
04:05There's more Spontaneity in New York.
04:07So you can like fantasize about meeting someone on the street and just winking.
04:12Can you quickly tell the story about what happened?
04:17You take it.
04:17You have a magical wink?
04:19We were out for breakfast and we were on the street sitting in New York and we were kind of talking really loudly about like what we're looking for.
04:25And we just kind of, we just want like a guy with like a job who's nice.
04:30And it's come to that.
04:33That's where we're at.
04:34And, and then this man who was sitting behind us comes up to us and is like, I couldn't help it over here.
04:41You're looking for a man who has a job and it's nice.
04:44Um, I actually have a friend.
04:46Um, so yeah, you can just like look up his name when I walk away and, um, see if you're interested.
04:52And we were like, and she, Sophie was like, well, do you have like a number?
04:55Like, how would I contact him?
04:56And he was like, just search the name.
04:58Um, and we look him up and lo and behold, it is that man who's that came to us.
05:02It was not his friend.
05:04Oh my God.
05:05That's amazing.
05:06Sound off in the comments if that's a good way to do that.
05:09I love that.
05:09In a throuple with him.
05:10And he is so sweet.
05:12He's coming to the premiere.
05:14And that man is Logan.
05:18Who is the silliest off screen?
05:22The what?
05:23The silliest.
05:24Oh, the silliest.
05:25That's a good question.
05:26I think John.
05:26Let's go to John.
05:27John.
05:28Definitely John.
05:30Yep.
05:32But we, it's a, it's a, it was a, it's a silly group.
05:35Yeah.
05:35Jer is one of my best friends in real life.
05:39And so, and we hadn't worked together since this, um, how many, like five years, six years.
05:44Yeah.
05:45And so it was fun to return to that.
05:47And I feel like I broke a lot, um, just cause yeah, we're silly together.
05:52It's true.
05:52Yeah.
05:53Yeah.
05:53Do you remember the first time you were starstruck and like from a real life, whether it be working
05:58or random?
05:59I do.
06:00I do.
06:01Yeah.
06:02Should I kick it off?
06:03Yeah.
06:03I remember I was really starstruck by Al Gore when I was nine or something.
06:10I think I was around nine.
06:11No, I think it was just because he was a thing at, you know, running for president at the
06:16time or something like that.
06:17I think that lines up and I was like, Oh my God, Al Gore, I have to meet him.
06:22Like I was like telling my mom, he's like right there, went up to Al Gore.
06:27That was my first time being starstruck.
06:29Well, I went to the American Idol finale when, and I made a fantastic Fantasia poster.
06:36And when I saw her, I started hysterically sobbing.
06:39Um, she is so talented.
06:42It's astounding.
06:43Um, but I started hyperventilating and sobbing.
06:46So I had to be taken out and leave because I was so emotionally moved by seeing her in
06:52real life.
06:53Um, your Matt's probably the most starstruck I've ever been.
06:56I remember my first day in LA when I was like 15, I saw Matt LeBlanc at Ralph's.
07:02And I was, I'm the biggest friends fan.
07:08So I was freaking out.
07:09And then I was just doing like laps around the aisles.
07:12Like truly like I went to like the fruit and veg section and was like, what do I do?
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