00:00But they were not only extraordinarily talented as artists, but just very compassionate humans
00:07and knew that it was going to be a tough shoot.
00:13We shot a lot of it outdoors in the sun and having that glue to my face was quite intense.
00:19So they really went above and beyond and trying to streamline the process of getting it on in the morning.
00:25So they got it down to under an hour and a half.
00:28It's amazing.
00:33Okay, thanks guys for joining.
00:35You guys have been, this is your second day chatting about the movie.
00:40What, well, you just joined.
00:42You were with the other band yesterday.
00:44I was cheating on these guys yesterday.
00:47So I was with them yesterday morning, but then I had to leave for my mistress the moment,
00:54the other film I'm here with, in the afternoon.
00:55And so if you feel a slight awkwardness in the room, a little tension, that's why.
01:03We've accepted him back.
01:04I'm desperately trying to win.
01:06Hi, guys.
01:07I prove himself.
01:08You're my favorite.
01:11Okay, so you guys read the short story version of this, right?
01:14And that was, were you looking for an idea for a movie or you were just happened to read the
01:18story and thought it was much?
01:18We were not.
01:19We did not know that we were looking for a fable, strange fable comedy about a wicker man.
01:25But we, yes, one of our producers sent us this short story and we just immediately loved it and really.
01:34I was excited because we had never, we would have never made a movie like this.
01:38Yeah.
01:38No, exactly.
01:39It's a short story.
01:39That's kind of the dreams.
01:41You get something that inspires you to try something very different way to this career.
01:45What did you immediately start picturing in your head insofar as the visuals and how did that compare to the
01:51final product?
01:52That's kind of the, that was kind of the first big draw was we get to make this wicker character
01:57and we knew we wanted him to be extremely attractive.
02:02Sorry, you're here.
02:03This is not doing you invisible.
02:05Well, I'm quite, I'm quite enjoying this, my grand news.
02:07That's not all going wrong.
02:09We knew we had to be gorgeous and we wanted to, we wanted to see it in the, we knew
02:13we wanted it to be practical and that he would, it would be real and it would reflect the light
02:16and move with the face of the actor.
02:19And we thought that was going to be a stunning visual and spectacle for the movie.
02:23And then we also thought that this love story between a fisherwoman and this wicker husband would be just amazing
02:28to watch.
02:29It's a love story for the ages.
02:32But it was also like the, you know, not only that challenge, but the challenge of the village and creating
02:37the whole culture of the village and who all these people are.
02:42And that was sort of a really fun part of the writing process was really like picking apart all these.
02:47Getting to the psychology of the group, seeing how they respond to his evolution show.
02:51It's an unnamed time period, but a period piece, right?
02:55For everyone who's done period pieces, how did it compare like wardrobe and kind of the world of it to
03:01other things he'd done?
03:03I lucked out because the fisherwoman doesn't wear any corsets.
03:07That you had some, I mean, exquisite, serious corsetry.
03:12Yeah.
03:13I had lots of wool.
03:14I mean, the corset wasn't made of wool, but a lot of my outfits were very sort of heavy wool.
03:20And I haven't done a lot of period pieces before.
03:23Thought I was desperate to get into a corset.
03:25The thought wrong.
03:28And little did I know, the slightest incline.
03:32There's like a scene early on in their radder of a very mild hill to give you a coin.
03:37I'm like, you didn't even do that many takes.
03:40And by the 10th take, I was like.
03:43So, but we had these amazing, amazing costume designers, Andres and Attila, a pair of two beautiful Hungarian costume designers.
03:51They started as, they had their own label, didn't they?
03:54They had some design designers.
03:56Their cutting, their pattern cutting is extraordinary.
04:00So I was wearing pretty stinky blankets.
04:06But it was amazing to see just the design on the costume.
04:11It was exquisite.
04:12Taylor's wife had the most costumes.
04:13Yes, I play the tailor's wife.
04:15So my husband, as the tailor, I have the largest, you know, access to multiple different dyes, different colors, different
04:24shapes of colors.
04:27And the story is kind of beautifully, these chapters that are seasonal in the story.
04:33And so I just had a great wardrobe, really.
04:36It was also very heavy.
04:37Because we had to one time, there's a scene where a lot of clothes.
04:41Swing past the camera.
04:42Swing past the camera, we'll say that.
04:44And we did a lot of the lifting of the dresses.
04:46And I was like, my God, you're wearing these.
04:49I lost quite a lot of weight on that film.
04:52It was like a weighted vest situation going.
04:55Wait, is this, you guys have been, this is now your third project you've been in together.
04:58But was this your first time actually sharing scenes?
05:00No, we have one scene in The Night Manager where Olivia saved my life.
05:05I saved your ass.
05:06You saved my ass.
05:08You were really pregnant.
05:09And you, she, and we were like in the corridor.
05:12And they kicked the gun out of the air.
05:13And you were like, I think I shot him in the knee.
05:15Yeah.
05:16You did.
05:17And I was sort of cowering.
05:18And then you saved me.
05:20And then I carried her out like that.
05:21I don't remember the scene.
05:23You don't remember the scene.
05:25The gun?
05:25I don't remember the scene.
05:26Oh, the liquor, yeah.
05:28Little did you know.
05:30Alex, did you, what, did you have questions about the look of the character when you said yes?
05:36Or were you just like, yeah, throw whatever you want on the ambas?
05:44And was your first question like, can I still be, is it still a hot looker man?
05:48I'm trying to recall the first conversation we had and if it involved any conversations.
05:54But I think it did.
05:55I think you already, I think whatever, they were already involved.
05:59Yeah.
05:59So, yeah, so.
06:01And I think we were like, this is going to be glued to your face.
06:04Just so you know, this is not dope.
06:06So, this is really, yeah.
06:08But obviously the fact that.
06:10Yeah.
06:10I wasn't excited about the glue, per se, but the fact that Weta, who are, I mean, just
06:20the greatest artist, you know, they're world leaders and obviously did all of the Lord
06:25of the Rings movies and pioneers, pioneers, truly pioneers.
06:31The fact that they fell in love with this little movie and wanted to create this character
06:35with Al and L was very exciting to me.
06:39And the fact that it was going to be done, it was all going to be practical and not CGI
06:43was thrilled me.
06:46It really did.
06:46And I think at the time when we first started talking to her, so you guys, you had some
06:51renderings and drawings and what the character would look like.
06:54And, and it, it, it excited me.
06:56Did you want to know how long it would take each day or did that not matter?
07:00Well, as soon as I, uh, so Sarah and Joe from Weta who made the costume and, um, they
07:09also were with us the entire shoot and put it on every day and, uh, or with me on set
07:14all day.
07:14Cause it was, again, it was glued to my face.
07:16I, it wasn't like, I could take it off between setups or during the lunch break.
07:21Um, you remember my little bib?
07:24Yeah.
07:25I had a little, they put on a little mini bib for my wicker beard and what they could
07:31do was peel off my wicker lips, but I couldn't really open my mouth fully.
07:35So I had to kind of eat like this with my little, cause I was, I sent you guys videos
07:41of myself
07:42feeling really sorry for myself.
07:44The food wasn't good.
07:46Uh, uh, but they were not only extraordinarily talented as artists, but, but just very compassionate
07:55humans and, and knew that, um, it was going to be a tough shoot.
08:01Uh, uh, we shot a lot of it outdoors and the sun and having that glue to my face was
08:06quite intense.
08:07So they, they really went above and beyond and trying to streamline the process of getting
08:12it on in the morning.
08:13Um, so they got it down to under an hour and a half.
08:17It's amazing.
08:19I swear to God, I've had a wig that's taken two hours to put on.
08:22I mean, Cynthia Eriro in her green makeup was eight hours.
08:26Yeah.
08:27Every day.
08:28What time did she get up?
08:30I'm sorry.
08:30We've gone, I've gone up.
08:31Sorry.
08:32Wicked, wicked.
08:33Oh no.
08:34Wicked, wicked.
08:36Is there, what did, I guess 90 minutes is not that long, but is there, like, can you
08:40put a podcast in or, well, it's like the Trish should passing time during, in the makeup
08:45chair.
08:46Not dozed off, but it was kind of just like, and it was, we, they, we got it down to,
08:51we
08:51had like a kind of a rhythm that we got into, like, and we had these different phases of
08:56it.
08:56So we, like the first phase was into music and I could still talk and then it got a
09:00bit more intense and then I couldn't talk and then I couldn't, and it was kind of,
09:04so yeah, and we would take a little short break somewhere in between there.
09:08Uh, but I was just like, cause my dad had eight hours when he did, um,
09:16well, pirates of the Caribbean was eight hours cause every barnacle had to be like glued
09:20on individually.
09:22And then obviously on Dune with the fat suit was also like, he said he could go to the
09:26bathroom.
09:27Yeah.
09:27And it was like eight, like, so you're halfway into the day before you can even start working
09:32and you're already exhausted and then you're going to go out and work.
09:34So, um, I'm glad we didn't, he, he only worked every other day because it was so
09:39exhausting.
09:41Um, so this was a walk in the park compared to that, like, um, and again, they were incredible
09:46and, and, and also throughout the day, um, just so attentive and making sure that not
09:52only like, did it look the way it should, but, but also like, are you alive in there?
09:58Do you need anything?
09:59And they were very, very sweet.
10:00So I'm incredibly grateful for that.
10:02I've got a couple of rotating questions for every group.
10:04Oh, okay.
10:05I'm going to give you guys first.
10:06What did you buy?
10:07If you remember with your first Hollywood paycheck, like your first job, what did you
10:13go out and get yourself?
10:14Hollywood paycheck.
10:15Yeah.
10:15Or I guess if you got something really nostalgic from like your first like teenage job in high
10:19school, but a lot of people have remembered like their first role or first play.
10:23First time I actually got more money than, so I could pay my rent, get quite nice food for
10:29the week.
10:29And I had, I had 600 pounds left over and I spent it on a Dolce and Gabbana velvet jacket
10:36for my husband.
10:37Wow.
10:38Perfect girl.
10:39I know.
10:39But she still wears.
10:41Uh-huh.
10:42Uh-huh.
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