00:00What else did you learn from Desiree?
00:06So much, you know, she really...
00:08I guess the easiest way to boil it down,
00:10and this is kind of the way I like to sum it up,
00:14because it speaks to her as a director and her as a human,
00:17but the way that the sex scenes are shot in the movie,
00:20and the way that they're used in the storytelling,
00:22and how, of course, first of all,
00:25each one is incredibly integral.
00:27They're pertinent to the story,
00:29and they really show the depth of relationship
00:32between my character and Coley,
00:34and how it wasn't just a fling, it wasn't just a fluke,
00:36it was something that was a very long-term relationship
00:39where they had been doing this consistently.
00:42But really, it comes down to how she filmed it.
00:45And so I've been doing sex scenes since I was 15, 16.
00:48My first one was all 16.
00:50And this is the first time ever in my career
00:53where I didn't sit down at a table with a bunch of people
00:56and have us break down exactly what shots we needed,
00:59what faces, what sounds, what moments we needed to get,
01:03and break down this sex scene into bullet points
01:06of exactly what happened to happen.
01:08She just looked at me, and she looked at Quinn, the other girl,
01:11and she was like, I'm pretty sure you guys can do this.
01:13Pretty sure you guys know what you need to do.
01:15Like the one thing we had to accomplish was to get me to unbutton the cardigan with one hand.
01:20So that was like the only thing we practiced.
01:22Just some mechanics.
01:24Literally just some mechanics.
01:25And then otherwise she was like, I'm going to make everyone disappear.
01:27And she made every crew member completely disappear,
01:30hiding in different areas.
01:31And it was just me, the other girl, and Ashley Connor, our DP.
01:35And that speaks to how Desi finds so much confidence in the people that she casts
01:40and that she works with from the top down, from her actors to her grips to her DP
01:45to her head of wardrobe, her hair and makeup team.
01:47Everyone she knows that she hired them to do their job,
01:50and she doesn't micromanage them.
01:52And that's something that, you know, I've worked for 15 years.
01:55I've done a little over 60 films, and it was the first time
01:59that that level of confidence was given to everyone and respect.
02:05And she's a true conductor in that sense.
02:07You know, a conductor's not going to go down and play the lead violinist's violin
02:11because they can't do it.
02:12They're the conductor.
02:13But they know that they can make everyone come together perfectly and harmoniously.
02:18Do you think that's, not to be reductive,
02:21but do you think that's kind of a female trait when working with a female director?
02:25Definitely.
02:26I mean, that's the only, I think, I mean, that, you know, yeah, 100%.
02:32And there's an amount of safety there where they feel completely aware,
02:39and she's completely aware and confident in who she is.
02:42And so she doesn't have to try and question you
02:45because she knows that you're going to show up
02:48and do what she knew you were always going to be able to do.
02:51And that hasn't happened in the past, you know?
02:55Mm-hmm.
02:56So for me, it's like, yeah, 100%.
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