00:00Um, um, God, so, so many. I also love Christmas sort of rom-coms, like Elf.
00:10It's a great movie, Elf. It's a great movie.
00:13Yeah, yeah.
00:21I wish we could go somewhere we didn't have to hide.
00:27What are we doing?
00:28Where is she? What the hell is going on?
00:31This was a huge mistake, because I'm not on vacation. I'm supposed to be here for work.
00:35I love rom-com. So, the movie is so funny.
00:39In the beginning, your chemistry with Diego is so strong. How did you boil it?
00:46Um, I mean, they say we had it immediately in the chemistry read, which is convenient,
00:55um, which is hard over Zoom. But, um, everybody was really excited about the two of us. And it just
01:01felt like it flowed very naturally immediately. As soon as we were on camera together, the scene just like sort
01:08of clicked into place. And so it was nice that there wasn't too much to build. But, um, once I
01:15got the part, we, we had a couple of like super long lunches and got to talk about the character
01:20and really bond over the way we feel about our careers and the industry.
01:24And, um, and the story itself and these characters were, uh, just people that we loved and reflections of ourselves.
01:34And, um, yeah, it was, I mean, it was quite easy to build, honestly. But the more we got to
01:39know each other, the better, the stronger it became.
01:42What did you think after reading the script for the first time?
01:48I mean, I really loved it. I just thought it was such a fun concept. Um, and I really just
01:55was in love with the idea of getting to film in Mexico. Excuse me. Um, so, so, you know, any
02:05part that said it would be in Spanish just got me really excited. And, and the idea of working with
02:10Diego Bonetta was exciting to me. And Jonah Feingold was, uh, our director. And he came in and, and rewrote,
02:17you know, lots of parts of what I had read in the original script.
02:21Um, so it was, it was, it actually morphed a lot from the original version, but, um, it just was
02:28so fun.
02:29And then once all the actors came in, it became more and more exciting. It, it, yeah, it was a
02:35fun one.
02:37In the movie, your character, Sophie, feels dropped. Have you ever experienced the same sensations about your job?
02:46It's interesting because I filmed this movie before, um, I was in the movie Top Gun. And, and when that
02:55came out, there were certain things where I looked around and thought,
02:58Oh, I see what we were talking about. It was sort of like, it, it happened after we filmed. And
03:04luckily I had, you know, Diego around and, and other actors that I know to sort of ask how their
03:09world has been, you know, in terms of their, um, experience with, you know, big fan groups and a huge
03:18franchise and all this excitement around a movie, which is so great.
03:22But also it can be a bit, it can be a bit stressful. You feel like there's a lot of
03:26responsibility suddenly on you and a lot of eyes on you. Um, and so I, I really just use the
03:33help of my friends to, to sort of clue me in on what that was like. Um, and then I
03:40got to see it, uh, a bit firsthand.
03:44So, yeah, we do, we definitely have some similarities in how we process all of it.
03:51I think at midnight is a fair tale meets nothing ill. Do you agree with that?
03:58Yeah. You know, it's, it's a funny thing we do in this industry where we sort of compare in order
04:03to clarify for people like the tone of a movie. Um, but this is such, it, I mean, I really
04:10feel that this film has,
04:13its own story. I mean, it, it, you know, none of, there's no other rom-com that I've seen that,
04:22that deals with the States interacting with Mexico in this way. And, and, you know, the way Diego's family works
04:30and, and the way, like specifically the way the industry works. And we kept taking little pieces of what was
04:37really going on. I think there was a note from, uh, the studio or someone at one point about my
04:42hair.
04:42hair being frizzy, we threw that into the movie. So for me, it just seems so specific to our experience
04:49with it. I don't feel like I could compare it to any other film, but yes, the, the short of
04:54it, you could say, you could say that to get someone on board, which are great comps and they're fantastic
04:59films in their own right. So it's a, it's definitely a compliment. Um, but I, I do really think it's
05:05its own independent movie.
05:07In the end, Monica, uh, in the movie, you, you see Roman holiday, but what's your favorite rom-com?
05:14I really do love Roman holiday. Um, I like more modern. I love how to lose a guy in 10
05:21days. Um, their chemistry is so great. It's just, it's just funny. Um, I also love like 10 things I
05:29hate about you. Um, I, anything that spins a Shakespeare is very fun. Um, a Shakespeare piece, uh, Shakespeare. I
05:37don't know why I said it that way. Um,
05:40Um, God, so, so many, I also love Christmas sort of rom-coms like Elf.
05:49It's a great movie. It's a great movie. Yeah. Yeah. When Harry met Sally, I could go on forever. Honestly.
05:58Can we just give this a chance?
06:05I mean, cheating. It's, it's actually very hip. It's very French. You know, why do you think we all go
06:09to Cannes every year for the movies?
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