Emma Mackey & Spike Fearn on playing siblings in Ella McCay!

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Emma Mackey & Spike Fearn on playing siblings in Ella McCay! Report by Mccallumj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00God, I'm good.

00:01Yeah, yeah, I think about that.

00:02Yeah, every day.

00:03Every single day.

00:04When I wake up in the morning, I look in the mirror and go,

00:05you got it, man, you got it.

00:06She is a coat person.

00:09Back to the roots.

00:10Back to the roots.

00:11So let's start there.

00:12Yeah.

00:13What was it like playing brother and sister on screen together?

00:16It was great.

00:18We had a lot of fun.

00:19We had a lot of rehearsal time together with Jim.

00:22And I have a...

00:24One of my little brothers is Spike Sage.

00:26So I think from the beginning, I personally felt very protective of you

00:31and excited because we get to do a lot in this film.

00:35A lot.

00:36They're kind of set pieces.

00:38I have two sisters that are close to Emma's age.

00:42So I just felt, yeah, same.

00:44We're very pragmatic people.

00:46But yeah, it was great.

00:48We had a lot of fun.

00:49Yeah.

00:50I also want to say thank you for having a film title

00:53where the character's name has a small C and a big C

00:56because my name is McCallum.

00:57So I have a small C and a big C.

00:59People still find it confusing.

01:01Yeah.

01:02And obviously you've got the Mac as well.

01:04Yeah.

01:05We go through things.

01:06We do real stuff.

01:08All right.

01:09So this is a representation we need.

01:10Do you know what I mean?

01:11Absolutely.

01:12Absolutely.

01:13That is very niche, but I just wanted to get that idea.

01:14No, I'm glad you said it.

01:15I'm glad you said it.

01:16Thank you for highlighting it.

01:17But listen, Ella is a chronic overachiever,

01:19but she never takes a moment to pause

01:22and realize what she achieved.

01:24And I am the worst at that.

01:26I mean, how are you guys at like pausing and being like,

01:28you know what?

01:29I'm doing quite well.

01:30Oh, are you good at that?

01:32Do you have little moments where you're able to...

01:34It's hard to do, isn't it?

01:35I reckon.

01:36It's a good thing to do though.

01:38It is a really good thing to do.

01:39It's a healthy...

01:40Do you do it?

01:41I think, mate, I think I do.

01:42Yeah, I just really think about...

01:43God, I'm good.

01:44Yeah, yeah.

01:45I think about that every day.

01:46Every single day.

01:47They look in the mirror and go,

01:48you got it, man.

01:49You got it.

01:50But it is hard to do.

01:52I think...

01:53I mean, maybe Ella's that for Casey

01:57and Aunt Helena's that for Ella.

02:00You have to...

02:01Sometimes you need people to remind you

02:02to just take a beat and take stock

02:04and appreciate where you are

02:06and just kind of take a breath.

02:07And I think it's very easy to get caught up in everything

02:10and everything moves so fast

02:11and our brains are worrying all the time

02:13and that's good.

02:15but sometimes just, yeah,

02:16taking a breath and looking, you know,

02:18looking at the present moment is good and healthy.

02:22I'm going to replay that

02:23because I like to give out advice

02:26but I never take it

02:27so I'm going to replay that

02:28every time I'm having like a...

02:29Yeah, you should be.

02:30A wubble.

02:31I need an Aunt Helen.

02:32I mean, honestly, Jamie Lee Curtis.

02:34Is it too amazing?

02:35Just the biggest hype woman.

02:36I mean...

02:37I know.

02:38How much of a laugh did you have working with her

02:40and how much did you feel empowered

02:42after, like, being in her presence?

02:44Yeah, I mean, she's just great, isn't she?

02:46Yeah, she's nice.

02:47She's a riot.

02:48And she cares so much.

02:49I mean, she really cares.

02:50She is that sort of...

02:51She's, you know,

02:52she is that sort of person

02:53who's just got this very generous spirit

02:55and has experience

02:57and is willing to try

02:59and show up every day

03:00and work really hard

03:01and she's just a great person to be around.

03:04And I, you know,

03:05we had most of my scenes with her really in the end

03:07so to have that kind of presence

03:09bolstering you the whole way is amazing.

03:12And I needed it.

03:13Do you know what I mean?

03:14I really needed that...

03:15Yeah, that hand on my back

03:16to kind of hold me together

03:19and hold me down.

03:20So yeah, she was amazing.

03:21And it would be a scandal

03:23if I didn't talk about our very own Jack Lowden.

03:26I mean, I know.

03:28Our Jack.

03:29Yep, yep, yep.

03:30Personally, I know he's a great guy.

03:32Yeah.

03:33What was it like working with him?

03:34Because he's also fun as well, right?

03:35He is.

03:36He is.

03:37He's so fun.

03:38And he arrived at a point in the shoot

03:41where, I mean,

03:42he sort of brought this whole new energy to the story

03:45because it had been just us

03:46and this character is so specific as well

03:48and obviously he's problematic on many levels

03:51but he's also,

03:52you had to understand

03:53why she falls for him in the first place

03:55and I think that was Jim's challenge

03:58was understanding what was attractive about him

04:00and what he sees in her

04:01and how when you're that age

04:03and you have someone believe in you

04:04whether romantically or not by the way

04:05but when you have someone

04:06who kind of champions you

04:07and believes in you

04:08it's a really kind of encouraging thing

04:10and you can sort of understand

04:12why she gets swept up in that

04:14and thinks he's in it for the right reasons

04:16and maybe he is in the beginning

04:17and then it kind of sours in the end quite drastically

04:21but he's great

04:23and he was so free with it

04:24like he's, you know,

04:25he was really, yeah, free with it

04:28and tried lots of stuff

04:29and brought loads of things to the table

04:30and improvised some things

04:31and yeah, it was great.

04:32It was like a burst of energy.

04:34Yeah, he's amazing in the film.

04:36Yeah.

04:37That's all I can say.

04:38Thank you, yeah.

04:39He's such a good laugh.

04:43He's such a good laugh.

04:44My petition is Jack Lyden for James Bond.

04:47007, I can see it.

04:50Back to the roots.

04:52Back to the roots.

04:53Scottish roots.

04:54And I think your Jack would be great.

04:55Check this space.

04:56Want the charm?

04:57Yeah, absolutely.

04:58Let's see.

04:59Yeah.

05:00I'll second it.

05:01Yeah.

05:02Are we voting?

05:03Yeah, I'll just bring the petition

05:04in for you to sign it.

05:05Okay, I'll sign it.

05:06Yeah, yeah, yeah.

05:07Amazing, guys.

05:08Listen, thank you so much.

05:09I really love this

05:10and I love chatting to you both.

05:12I love that coat as well.

05:13I feel like Ella's a very, like, coat person.

05:15She is a coat person.

05:16She's a coat person.

05:17I don't know why I have to shout that.

05:18She is a coat person.

05:19She's a coat person.

05:20She's a coat person.

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