00:00but there was a day
00:00when you were not well
00:01and we had to
00:02put the bird costume
00:03on someone else
00:04but that wasn't
00:05they were not stunts
00:06yeah not a stunt double
00:07and it was very brief
00:08you know what I mean
00:08you wouldn't even know
00:09we can call a spade a spade
00:12most of the time
00:13most of the time
00:14you see somebody
00:14in a bird costume
00:15with someone else
00:19I'm going to start
00:20with you Louis
00:20tell me where
00:21tell me the origin story
00:22of this movie
00:23where did this
00:24like
00:25okay so
00:26I'm Scottish
00:27my family
00:28are from
00:28all over Scotland
00:29but my mum's family
00:30are from the north
00:31and that's where
00:31we have these islands
00:33they're very remote
00:34and I've been going there
00:36since I was very young
00:37I grew up around
00:39you know
00:40just
00:40this kind of
00:41neolithic
00:42stone
00:43standing stones
00:44and you know
00:45half sunken shipwrecks
00:46and
00:47all of these
00:47abandoned
00:48kind of crofts
00:49and you know
00:49I just
00:51I always found it
00:52incredibly kind of
00:53evocative
00:54I think
00:55I became quite
00:57obsessed with the idea
00:57of abandoned islands
00:58and
00:59the more research
01:00I did
01:01the more I found out
01:01about
01:01places like
01:02St Kilda
01:03and Swana
01:04and these
01:05these islands
01:05that
01:05you know
01:06were inhabited
01:07for a long time
01:08and then at some point
01:09they had to leave
01:11and I think
01:13yeah
01:13this story
01:14kind of
01:15that's where it started
01:17and
01:18and
01:18me and Grant
01:19started working together
01:21and
01:22yeah
01:23we can
01:23build the comedy
01:24out from there
01:26the three of you
01:26what is the most
01:27had you ever been
01:28to one of these islands
01:29or what's the most
01:30remote place
01:31in
01:32in Scotland
01:32or in
01:33that region
01:33that you'd been to
01:34before this
01:35I
01:36probably
01:36I've been to
01:37Skye
01:38which is probably
01:39like
01:39entry level
01:41isolation
01:41but I did
01:42choose to
01:43kind of
01:44I took myself
01:45on a
01:45kind of
01:46self-imposed
01:47retreat
01:48to kind of
01:48a black box
01:51and
01:52it was
01:52pretty isolated
01:53it was amazing
01:54though
01:54was that
01:54in preparation
01:55for this film
01:55or just
01:56oh no no
01:57that was just
01:57for my life
01:59oh
01:59it's very
02:00100% true
02:01yeah
02:02yeah yeah
02:02did you come to
02:03any grand revelations
02:05yeah I can't speak
02:06about it right now
02:07but
02:08yeah
02:08we'll be seeing
02:09the fruits of that
02:10yeah yeah
02:11exactly
02:12I'm a different person
02:14yeah
02:15it was pretty
02:15incredible
02:16you too
02:16have you
02:17yeah what's
02:17you know
02:18Louis and I
02:18actually
02:19worked on
02:20season 6
02:20of Shetland
02:21the BBC
02:23crime drama
02:24together
02:24which was filmed
02:25on Shetland
02:26which is
02:26hundreds of miles
02:27north of Scotland
02:28so it's almost
02:29closer to
02:30is it Norway
02:30or
02:30yeah
02:31yeah
02:31that's pretty remote
02:33but the nice thing
02:33about Scotland
02:34is that wherever
02:34you go
02:35there's always
02:35something that's
02:36very familiar
02:37about wherever
02:37you go as well
02:38because it's a
02:38small country
02:39but that's
02:39probably the most
02:40remote
02:40yeah
02:41yeah
02:43where
02:43do you have
02:44a good
02:44remote story
02:45otherwise
02:46if you don't
02:47I have
02:48I have no good
02:48remote stories
02:49we can move
02:49on
02:50the next
02:51like deeply
02:52important question
02:52that I had to
02:53ask is where
02:53did you get
02:54the sweaters
02:54that you were
02:55in the movie
02:56because that
02:56was very important
02:58to me
02:58while watching
02:58I just saw
02:59today
02:59that someone
03:01attacked
03:01a Shetland
03:02Wool company
03:03had tagged
03:03our picture
03:04saying
03:04are jumpers
03:05in this movie
03:06I think it's
03:07the Shetland
03:07Wool company
03:08but I'd have
03:09to
03:09some of them
03:10were handmade
03:11yeah
03:11a lot of
03:12them are
03:12and they're
03:13on Fair Isle
03:14a lot of
03:14the jumpers
03:15are handmade
03:16by these
03:17old ladies
03:17who do
03:18nothing
03:18but just
03:18weave
03:19you know
03:19and knit
03:20all day
03:20so yeah
03:21I think
03:22we've got
03:22some of it
03:23is the Shetland
03:23Wool company
03:24and then
03:26yeah
03:26so shout out
03:27to Shetland
03:27Wool
03:29when you
03:30were doing
03:31the sort
03:31of initiation
03:32rituals
03:33of explaining
03:34to each other
03:35like the mainland
03:35versus the island
03:36I'm curious
03:37if they're
03:38like what the
03:38alts were
03:39in figuring out
03:40the telling
03:41of Lord of the Rings
03:42for example
03:42was that
03:43just like the first
03:44thing that came to mind
03:45like oh of course
03:46the first thing
03:46I'm going to tell
03:47someone who's been
03:47living on a
03:49nearly uninhabited
03:50island is about
03:51the Lord of the Rings
03:52or like what was
03:53the kind of
03:54brainstorming session
03:55I suppose there's
03:56like you know
03:56for the islanders
03:57they have this
03:58kind of oral history
03:59of you know
04:00folkloric storytelling
04:01and I was looking
04:02for like what are
04:03the you know
04:04the big stories
04:05that kind of
04:06bind many of us
04:07in modern society
04:09and you know
04:09I grew up with
04:10Lord of the Rings
04:11it was such a big deal
04:13when those movies
04:13came out
04:14and I feel like
04:15the sort of
04:15legacy of that
04:16is massive
04:17and they still
04:19have this really
04:19you know
04:21strong fan base
04:21and I feel like
04:22there's so many
04:22people you talk to
04:23where you can just
04:23connect over that
04:24very quickly
04:25and so it made
04:26total sense
04:27that you know
04:27Daniel coming to
04:28this island
04:28that would be
04:29like his lore
04:29you know
04:30those are the
04:31stories that
04:31mean a lot to
04:32him and that
04:32have kind of
04:33helped him
04:34through life
04:35yeah
04:36there's also
04:36a good 20
04:37minutes of footage
04:38that's not produced
04:39obviously
04:39because you're
04:39keeping fit at all
04:40and of Donald
04:40just improvising
04:42his telling
04:42of the Lord of the Rings
04:43which was phenomenal
04:44to say
04:45yeah
04:46incredible
04:47yeah
04:47what would be
04:49if you were
04:49as yourself
04:50going to be
04:51explaining to
04:51someone retelling
04:52some sort of
04:52story
04:53would you also
04:53do Lord of the Rings
04:54or what would
04:55your
04:55what would you
04:56pick
04:57oh crap
04:58I have not prepared
04:59for this question
05:00I don't know
05:01I don't
05:01yeah I wouldn't
05:02know Lord of the Rings
05:02as well
05:04I guess
05:06Harry Potter
05:07maybe
05:08I like the
05:08Harry Potter
05:08stories
05:09but I mean
05:10like also
05:10it would have been
05:11fun to just
05:11like tell the Bible
05:12but in the same
05:13style
05:13you know what I mean
05:14it's hard though
05:14because you're
05:15you're in Star Wars
05:16and Harry Potter
05:16so
05:17they were both
05:18the only franchise
05:19that we could actually
05:20yeah yeah
05:20and so then I was like
05:21yeah yeah
05:21yeah yeah
05:22you don't want to
05:23take people out
05:24of the movie
05:24was it
05:25was filming
05:26was it
05:28as strenuous
05:28I guess
05:29wouldn't be the
05:29correct word
05:30but like how
05:31how cushy
05:32versus not cushy
05:33was the actual
05:34filming for you guys
05:35I think strenuous
05:36is a fair word
05:38depending on the day
05:39wasn't it
05:40like there were
05:40like the exterior
05:41days were pretty
05:42yeah
05:42full on for everybody
05:44yeah
05:44yeah
05:45there were some
05:45gorgeous
05:47sunshiny days
05:47and then it'd be
05:48totally clear
05:49but then also
05:50at that time of year
05:51in Scotland
05:51you get these
05:52infestations of midges
05:53which are like
05:55tiny
05:55I meant to ask
05:56what those are
05:56I read about that
05:57they cloud around you
05:59and everybody has to
05:59wear these nets
06:00over their faces
06:00I think they're called
06:01gnats over here
06:02yeah
06:03but they were quite
06:04full on
06:04and also like
06:05we'd prepared for
06:05everything in terms
06:06of wind
06:08we thought it was
06:09going to be windy
06:09we thought it was
06:10going to be cold
06:10we thought it was
06:11going to be rainy
06:11and then it was
06:12like blazing hot
06:12sunshine and midges
06:13so yeah
06:14the only thing
06:15that keeps midges
06:15away is the wind
06:17though we'd be like
06:17oh good the wind
06:18is dropping
06:19fuck
06:19like you know
06:20I hope the wind
06:20comes back
06:21yeah yeah
06:21yeah we were wishing
06:23for all the opposite
06:23things
06:24so like can it
06:24rain
06:26bleeds
06:27how would it
06:28compare to like
06:29other shoots
06:30you guys have done
06:31other productions
06:32like was it
06:33one of the more
06:34strenuous
06:34I found it really
06:35immersive
06:36I found it to be
06:37really helpful
06:39in I mean we were
06:41literally kind of
06:42at the end of the
06:42earth
06:43at the end of
06:45our earth
06:46in Scotland
06:48in John O'Groats
06:49which is just like
06:50the end of our
06:51the United Kingdom
06:53and you know
06:54our production design
06:55and costume design
06:57and you know
06:59our locations
07:00Neil and Arthur
07:01and Sarah
07:02and everybody
07:02like were just
07:03so meticulous
07:05and passionate
07:06you felt really
07:07immersed in the world
07:08so like
07:10it was
07:11yeah immersive
07:12and also
07:13that kind of
07:14took away
07:14some of the
07:14the feeling
07:15of like
07:15being strenuous
07:16like you kind of
07:17wanted to be
07:18in that environment
07:19right
07:19yeah totally
07:20yeah yeah
07:21did you feel that way
07:22yeah less acting
07:23less acting
07:24more being
07:24yeah yeah
07:25because yeah
07:26you don't have to act
07:26as much
07:27also nailed it as well
07:28because we were
07:28so remote
07:29everyone
07:30all the cast
07:30and crew
07:31we ended up
07:31spending all our time
07:32together
07:33and really kind of
07:34there was this great
07:34atmosphere
07:35where we even
07:36spending our days
07:37off together
07:37and it became
07:38a real family atmosphere
07:39yeah so we all had
07:40this really strong
07:41sense of community
07:41while we were doing it
07:42did you use any
07:43stunt doubles
07:44or is everything
07:45that we see
07:47no
07:47no stunt doubles
07:48did we have
07:49stunt doubles
07:49no
07:50no
07:50no
07:51oh well we could
07:52I mean
07:54but there was a day
07:55when you were not
07:56you were not well
07:56and we had to
07:57put the bird costume
07:58on someone else
07:59but that wasn't
08:00there were not
08:00stunts
08:01so yeah not a stunt
08:01double
08:02and it was very brief
08:03you know what I mean
08:03like you wouldn't even know
08:04we can call a spade
08:06a speech
08:06most of the time
08:07you see
08:08most of the time
08:08you see somebody
08:09in a bird costume
08:10with someone else
08:10that is not true
08:12that's not
08:15I hate food poisoning
08:16so
08:18and how
08:18what would you guys
08:21miss the most
08:22if you were to
08:23live on an island
08:24like this
08:24what would you miss
08:25the most
08:25the most about
08:26the mainland
08:27and or
08:27what would you be
08:28happy to be rid of
08:31the film sums it up
08:32pretty well I think
08:33I mean I think the film
08:33is pretty
08:35on the money
08:35in terms of
08:37what you miss
08:38is other people
08:39and other cultures
08:40and
08:41you know
08:43a bigger world
08:44you know
08:44and then
08:45once you go to the thing
08:47what you miss from the mainland
08:48you don't miss things like
08:50phones and stuff like that
08:51but
08:51yeah I don't know
08:53and I think just
08:53and then a sense of
08:55connection to the world
08:56around you
08:57when you're on the island
08:58is much much stronger
08:59the connection to just
09:01like
09:01being on the ground
09:03in the world
09:03in the moment
09:04is easier
09:04when you're away
09:05from other people
09:06that'd be it for me
09:07as you find
09:08when you're remote
09:08though you miss
09:09the options
09:09like I don't really
09:11spend a lot of time
09:12in jazz bars
09:12but I'd like to have
09:13the option
09:14so
09:14you know
09:15it's like
09:15it's just
09:16you feel like
09:17yeah someone's just
09:18depriving you of something
09:21I want the opportunity
09:23I'm not going to go
09:24but I'd like the option
09:25yeah
09:27okay we're asking
09:28everyone who comes in
09:29a couple of different questions
09:31let's see
09:32oh I'm going to
09:33I'm going to try this one out
09:34this is a new one
09:34what is an acting note
09:37you would be happy
09:38to never hear again
09:40faster
09:42I don't even feel
09:43like I speak that slowly
09:44but it's the one
09:45that I get the most
09:46faster please
09:47say it again
09:47but faster
09:49you know
09:49a line reading
09:50I think
09:51or
09:52and you would never do this
09:53you would never do this
09:54but you know
09:54like an imitation
09:55of a sort
09:56you know
09:58would don't love
09:59yeah
10:00don't love it
10:01I worked with a theater director
10:02once who
10:03you do the scene
10:03and then he just say
10:04that's great
10:05but do again
10:05with more emotion
10:06you're like
10:07which one
10:07pick one
10:08anyone
10:08yeah
10:09that was tough
10:10you're kind of a comment
10:11on one's face
10:12I remember doing an episode
10:13of SVU
10:14and I was the perp
10:15and they were like
10:16you're really giving it away babe
10:17you're really giving it away
10:19and I was like
10:19this is my resting face
10:20I'm just walking in
10:21with a smoothie
10:22I was like
10:24they were like
10:24sums up
10:27incredible
10:28do you have a note
10:29that you would love
10:29to never give again
10:32faster
10:35like if people
10:35would just do it faster
10:36sometimes it is
10:37just about being faster
10:43share with us
10:43I just made a note
10:45sorry I just had a pun
10:46in my head
10:47smoothie criminal
10:47that was all
10:48that was all
10:48that was in my head
10:49sorry
10:50that sounds
10:51what you hear
10:52it was worth it
10:52it was worth it
10:54smoothie criminal
10:55do you have a lot of
10:56eat
10:57that was all
10:57that was all
10:58that was all
10:58I was talking about
10:58I just didn't know
10:58that was all
10:58that was all
10:58that was all
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