00:00I have to say, you just shot a promo with Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and Ryan's mother.
00:05How many takes did you need to get through that? Because it was hysterical.
00:08We honestly kind of breezed through it, yeah.
00:10The first time I read it was while we were doing it.
00:14So my reactions were very genuine because I had no idea what the hell was going on.
00:19But, I mean, that's just a testament to Ryan.
00:22And that guy's incredible.
00:23To watch him work and watch him come up with things on the moment and jokes.
00:27And I'm a pretty, I'm slow.
00:30I'm not, he's so fast.
00:34Yeah, I mean, I'd try to come up with a joke ten minutes after we were, you know, done with the bit.
00:38I was like, I got something and we're already done with the thing.
00:40So, yeah.
00:42It was genius, for sure.
00:43But he was calling out, essentially, the chemistry between you and Blake on screen.
00:48Which was, I mean, it's pretty much instant when you watch the movie.
00:51How were you able to build that bond between the two of you?
00:54Were there any bonding exercises between the cast off screen?
00:57Or how did that work?
00:58You know, honestly, the first time we met in person was shooting one of the last scenes in the movie.
01:05And we didn't really talk much at all.
01:08I think it's just one of those situations where we just got lucky.
01:10You know, like, our frequencies kind of align.
01:13And, you know, just me as a person, I, when I met her, her children were running around on set.
01:19She hadn't, you know, she just had a four-month-old baby.
01:23She's, you know, her husband's away working.
01:24So, it made my job easy because me as Brandon, I was kind of looking at her the same way Atlas would look at Lily in the respect of, like,
01:30I'm just going to show up and be here for this woman and hold space for her and give her whatever she needs.
01:35And, which is ultimately Atlas's intention.
01:38So, yeah, we just, we just connected in that way.
01:42And, and, and she has the unbelievable ability to just make people feel comfortable and safe.
01:48And you just forget you're on a set, you know.
01:50So, I think we just got really, really fortunate with that.
01:53Yeah.
01:54I also wanted to ask, I know that this film and this book as well deals with a lot of heavy themes.
02:00Was there a particular scene that was challenging for you personally to work through?
02:05Or maybe a line that was tough to deliver?
02:09Yeah, the scene on the couch was challenging.
02:11That was a challenging scene.
02:14It's in that Atlas is kind of revealing something about himself that's ultimately in support of her.
02:19But it was interesting to find a way to do it where it wasn't about him.
02:24You know, to reveal this deeply personal thing about him that was in service of her without making it about him.
02:31Which is why we added, I improvised the thing in the beginning of the scene.
02:36Because I was like, we've, both of us were like, we feel like we need humor in this scene to get into this emotional space.
02:43You know, we need to go into this with humor.
02:45But that was probably the most challenging one to figure out how, because it's such a fine line to do that, you know.
02:52All right, yeah.
02:53And very quickly, because I know the fans want to know, what are your thoughts on, and it starts with us, on-screen adaptation?
02:58I mean, I'd love to do it.
02:59Yeah, if this thing hits, yeah, I'd love to do it.
03:01Yeah, I think it's a beautiful book.
03:03And I would love to get into Atlas's life more, and his mother, and the relationship with her.
03:08And, yeah, I think it would be brilliant.
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