00:00We don't have all the answers, but we do have purpose
00:12So it's funny how strong women are seen as witches in the movie
00:19They try to divide them because they are too powerful together
00:23So in your opinion something has changed today or not?
00:32It's amazing how strong women have been treated throughout history
00:39And absolutely been pressed down
00:42Whether it be way back in the day with witchcraft
00:46And being accused of witchcraft
00:47To voting rights to where we are at this moment
00:51So I love the fact that this has two women at the center of it
00:56That one is 6,000 years old
00:58And has been a warrior her entire life
01:00And this new one, Niall, who is this baby immortal
01:05But also a marine, a warrior herself
01:09And to bring these two, this contemporary warrior
01:12And again a woman 6,000 years old
01:14I thought was such a beautiful conceit
01:16And the basis for a really cool relationship
01:20I think that the real superpower of this character
01:24Is that they can feel each other's pain
01:27I think that their superpower is empathy
01:31Do you think that we need more than ever empathy today or not?
01:38Oh, 100%
01:40And it's interesting, people ask me what makes these characters badass
01:44What in my mind makes a woman badass
01:46And for me it is absolutely both swagger and strength
01:52But also empathy
01:53You have to have that to, you know, to be a badass
01:56And that is what the world needs
02:00And what it's lacking tremendously is empathy
02:03I mean, if you just look at what's happening with our global pandemic
02:07And this argument of masks
02:10You know, if you have empathy
02:12You care for your fellow man or woman
02:15And it should be a no-brainer
02:17Yet, again, there's this argument and selfishness
02:20So I hope that we can
02:21That maybe this global pandemic will teach us
02:24To have more empathy towards each other
02:26I knew that you are amazing with action scenes
02:32Because I love Love and Basketball
02:34It's one of my cult movies
02:35And you did the same with the action combat scenes
02:41So how was shooting these amazing combat scenes?
02:46It was fun
02:47It was hard, no doubt
02:49It's so interesting to read the graphic novel
02:53And read these cool scenes
02:55And just as an audience
02:56And say, oh my gosh, how cool is this?
02:58But then when you get the gig
03:00And now I'm like, oh my God
03:01How am I going to shoot this?
03:03But it started out just knowing what my vision was
03:07That I wanted them to feel grounded and real
03:09I knew I wanted the action to be character-driven
03:12To have a story to it
03:14To have emotion
03:16And for that to happen
03:17I needed actors who would put in the work
03:20So that it could really be them
03:22And not stunt doubles that have to cut around
03:23And, you know, so having that
03:27Having actors that were willing to
03:30And when I say put in the work
03:31I mean, they worked for months
03:34To be able to do this
03:35But that makes my job easier
03:37I love good fighting
03:39I kickbox for a while
03:40Like I know what it looks like
03:41So it was fun to be in there
03:44And watch our incredible stunt team
03:47Who, you know, really choreographed
03:48These beautiful fights
03:49And just to see the actors getting better and better
03:52And you'd feel it in your gut
03:54Oh, that was the perfect punch
03:55You know, that was the perfect kick
03:57I believe that
03:58So it was fun
04:00It was, you know, you get pumped
04:01You want to fight yourself after doing it
04:03Yeah
04:04And this character in the end
04:07Says that she needed to remind
04:10How is to feel unbreakable and remarkable
04:13So I want to ask you
04:14How can we do it every day
04:16To remember that we are unbreakable and remarkable
04:21I love that sentiment
04:23I think we as women
04:24If you just turn on the television
04:27Or watch the movie
04:28You are told that constantly
04:30So honestly, it is up to us
04:33To say it to ourselves
04:34When you do find that hero
04:37Or that woman that inspires you
04:38You know, pick up what she does
04:41Follow in her footsteps
04:42And honestly, I hope that the more
04:45Films like this can be made
04:46Where the women are the heroes
04:49And there's a normalcy to that
04:51And not just a special thing
04:53I think we can start to see it in ourselves
04:55And reflect that in our everyday life
04:58I love the boyfriend scene
05:00It is amazing
05:02In your opinion, why people who not always understand love
05:08Laugh when they see a love that they can't understand
05:14I think it is just unfamiliarity
05:19And if it's not in your everyday life
05:22I think some people have trouble reacting to it
05:25But I have to say what was really beautiful
05:28One about shooting that scene
05:31The two actors were, you know
05:33Gave themselves wholly to it
05:35They loved that speech
05:36They loved their relationship
05:37That they were portraying
05:38They loved that they were doing something different
05:40In the genre that hadn't been seen before
05:44And in our first test screening
05:47I was nervous
05:48Like how is an audience going to react to this?
05:52And it was, you know, waiting, waiting
05:54And then something, the kiss happened
05:55And in the theatre
05:57People started to applaud
05:59And that's an amazing change
06:02And I was never going to cut it anyway
06:05Even if the audience hated it
06:06Because it needed to be in this film
06:08And it was organic to this film
06:10But the fact that an audience has embraced it
06:12Is really a beautiful thing
06:14Okay
06:15Thank you so much
06:16You did an amazing job
06:17I love the movie
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06:19Thank you very much
06:19That means a lot
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