Laura Dern chats with THR for 'Is This Thing On?' at the New York Film Festival and talks about working with director Bradley Cooper - while also touching on her other film 'Jay Kelly' at NYFF with director Noah Baumbach. Plus, she dishes on reuniting with her 'Big Little Lies' co-stars for season three.
00:00You were here in 2019 for the screening of Marriage Story and I noticed some similarities
00:05between these two films. I know you were the lawyer in that film, but what is it like to now
00:12be a part of the central couple? It's amazing. You know, I think what Bradley longed to do is
00:20discover what it is to find your way to self so that you can even know how to engage in
00:29true relationship. And many of us catch up to that years into a relationship or years into our own
00:37living, you know? And so that's what I particularly loved about the movie journey. And you're premiering
00:44two films this year with Jay Kelly as well. So what is it like to be here premiering such highly
00:51anticipated projects? I mean, you know, to be here at the sort of opening days of the festival with
00:58Noah Baumbach and then close the festival with Bradley, you know, two filmmakers who are such
01:05dear friends. And, you know, George and Adam and Will. I mean, these are, you know, now family
01:13members. So it's an incredible thing to get to find family and the work that we love. And that's
01:19that's been amazing. And New York Film Festival is, you know, a true home for me since I was very young,
01:26a teenager the first time I came. So it means a lot to me to be here.
01:31And then lastly, I just want to quickly ask you, we know that Big Little Lies season three is coming.
01:38So how does it feel to reunite with that cast soon, revisit those characters? Have you received a script
01:44Yeah. That's so sweet. I'm sorry. I'm seeing my beloved David Lynch and I in a picture. It's, you know, it's incredible. Like, just like this, you know, to be with your dearest friends and you're making stuff together. But we truly not align. Like we on Big Little Lies are our besties. Like we love each other so much.
02:12So to get to just spend all that kind of time together, let alone be at play and be telling stories and playing characters we love. I'm partial to my character because I just love her so much traumatizing and fantastic. So, you know, that's an incredible gift.
Be the first to comment