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Will Poulter chats with The Hollywood Reporter about his close collabs. From filming with Jennifer Aniston in 'We're the Millers' to working with other stars like Michael Keaton, Florence Pugh and more. Plus, he dishes all about his latest film 'Warfare.'

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00:00We did end up playing a prank on Jen.

00:02It's really funny, I can sing that song backwards,

00:06but there was something in me that was so nervous

00:08about how it was gonna go down,

00:09that I like, in the moment, I think I forgot the lyrics.

00:13No one told you, like, we're gonna be this way, you know?

00:15And I think the only thing I ended up remembering doing

00:17was that .

00:19Hi, my name is Will Poulter,

00:20and I'm here with The Hollywood Reporter,

00:22and I'm gonna be sharing some of my close collabs.

00:30I had, like, fanned out on Florence Pugh one time before

00:35I had seen her in Lady Macbeth,

00:39and saw she was amazing with Cosmo Jarvis

00:42and with my friend Naomi Aki,

00:44and so I'm so excited to get the chance

00:46to work with her on Midsommar.

00:48It's sort of crazy.

00:49She can go from being, like, the silliest person,

00:52joking around, having a laugh,

00:55like, bantering with everybody,

00:56and then in an instant, she can be, you know,

01:01in the depths of despair, bawling her eyes out,

01:04you know, totally horrified,

01:06as she often was, you know, on Midsommar.

01:09And I was so amazed by her performance when I saw it live,

01:12but even more so when I watched the movie, like,

01:15the sort of things that she's going through,

01:17the way that she plays grief,

01:19the way that she plays genuine horror,

01:21and the fact that she did all that while being such a fun,

01:24kind of, and sort of, like,

01:28energetic kind of life force on set,

01:31I don't really know how she did that.

01:32It was kind of superhuman.

01:34I'm just going to lay down, okay?

01:35Yeah, do that.

01:37Everybody else lay down.

01:43With the Millers was a surreal experience for me,

01:46just on the basis that, like, I was 19,

01:49and I was really, really lucky

01:52to be made to feel incredibly, like, welcome on set,

01:55and Jen kind of, like, typified

01:58that sort of friendly and welcoming energy that I received,

02:03and I was such a fan of hers.

02:05Like, Friends was one of my, like, ultimate shows growing up.

02:09Me and my sister collected the box sets

02:11and watched it incessantly

02:13and could quote virtually every line.

02:16I think I would have been heartbroken if she wasn't lovely,

02:19and she absolutely was.

02:20We did end up playing a prank on Jen.

02:23You know, there's a scene in the film

02:24where they put a song on the radio

02:26and everyone, like, sings along,

02:27and Jason set it up

02:29so that the Friends theme tune came on,

02:31and we all sang along to that,

02:32and I think it made it on, like, the DVD.

02:34It's really funny, like, I can sing that song, like, backwards,

02:38but there was something in me that was so nervous

02:40about how it was going to go down

02:41that I, like, in the moment, I think I forgot the lyrics.

02:44No one told you, like, what's going to be this way, you know?

02:47And I think the only thing I ended up remembering doing

02:49was that because I was, like, so nervous, so silly.

02:54Hi, Mom.

02:55Jesus.

02:59Michael was amazing to me.

03:01Like, I don't know if I've had an experience

03:04with another actor where they've kind of put their arm

03:06over my shoulder, like, quite so much.

03:08Like, he was so supportive, and I can remember the scene

03:12where I come into his office, and he himself is sort of

03:15gripped by addiction.

03:16He's struggling with opioid abuse disorder,

03:19and seeing him sort of in that state

03:23and not getting the chance to kind of, like, talk to him

03:24earlier in the day and kind of, like, shoot the shit

03:26and just walking in and seeing him like that

03:28was really, like, heartbreaking

03:31and genuinely really moving,

03:33and I kind of didn't really have to, like, do any acting.

03:36And I was just, like, crushed to see him

03:38be as convincing in that state.

03:41He's so poisoned, really.

03:45What's that?

03:46That's all it says.

03:46He's so poisoned.

03:47That's what you do.

03:48That's just poison.

03:53I, like, couldn't have been a bigger fan of the show,

03:56and that's kind of how the journey started for me,

03:58in the sense it was a huge fan, kind of, like,

03:59asked to be on the show.

04:00And Io, you know, and Jeremy, both their performances,

04:03are, like, so brilliant in the show.

04:06And so getting the chance to work on The Bear

04:10in season two with Lionel was amazing,

04:13like, genuinely a life-changing experience,

04:15a kind of dream come true for me to play a chef.

04:18And then in season three, I got to cross over with Io

04:22in this really interesting, kind of meaningful way.

04:26And she's so fun to do scenes with.

04:30I think she's such a brilliant actor.

04:32You know, comedy and drama chops are just, like,

04:35equally as strong.

04:36And she's an insane talent.

04:38I thought her episode, Napkins, of season three

04:42was one of the best episodes of the season.

04:45I mean, just incredible.

04:47So I'm very lucky to have done stuff with her in season three.

04:50And I really hope I get to continue to work with her

04:53because she's super talented and lovely, too.

05:01Te Leoni is insanely funny.

05:06Like, so professional and good at what she does,

05:10it's almost effortless.

05:12There's a moment right before I tell her to shut the up.

05:15She's, like, giving me the one true, honest compliment

05:21that I've, like, waited for my entire life,

05:23but I'm too, like, stupid to sort of take it in.

05:27And she does it in the most surprising, amazing way.

05:30And, you know, and she constantly delivered things

05:34in ways that I never would have even thought of.

05:36And it's so funny.

05:37Like, her manipulation of Jenna's character,

05:39her kind of performative activism, she's extraordinary.

05:43And, like, I haven't had many experiences as great

05:49as my experience of working with Zaya.

05:52What exactly are we saying this is, though?

05:54I think we know exactly what it is.

05:56A horse-like mammalia.

05:59With some sort of protrusion or a growth.

06:06Daisy Edgar-Jones is really funny.

06:10She really makes me laugh.

06:12And she's wonderful on sort of horses

06:17and so believable and real in every turn.

06:22And I loved working with her on that.

06:25But the surprise was to find out how funny she is, like,

06:27off-set when the cameras aren't rolling.

06:29Like, she's so sweet and really, really funny.

06:37When I think about the Warfare group,

06:39I think about us all doing, like, silly things.

06:41Like, you know, like, group quartet singing, you know,

06:45while smoking cigarettes and drinking energy drinks

06:48in between takes or, you know, all, like,

06:53having meals together at the end of every single day.

06:56We spent virtually every waking moment with each other

06:58and lived together through that boot camp

07:00and through the shooting.

07:04And, you know, as serious as the subject matter is,

07:06and I will say is, like, incredibly intense and committed,

07:11you know, the whole kind of cast were in the process of shooting it.

07:17Like, we had such a laugh, too, and had so much fun.

07:21But it was still intense,

07:22and it still pushed us all kind of further than we'd ever been.

07:25So having those moments of levity was key

07:28and very much a byproduct of the amazing camaraderie

07:32that developed through boot camp.

07:33And I sincerely love those guys.

07:48Thank you, Marc.

07:50You

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