00:00For me, Michael Palin was a big one.
00:01I'm a huge Monty Python fan, have been since I was a little girl.
00:05So being on set with him was quite crazy for me.
00:08I had to really try and rein it in.
00:10Guys, congratulations on the movie.
00:11Thank you so much.
00:12I'm so jealous when I watch stuff like this.
00:14It really does remind you of when your imagination was fertile,
00:18when you could be stuck in a wood or a park or a bedroom
00:21and just imagine all this stuff happening.
00:24And there's a day where it just goes.
00:26And it's kind of, it's almost a bit sad to see it all unfurled in stories.
00:32I wondered, from you being a young actress embarking on your career in film,
00:37is there an element of peering behind the curtain
00:41and it's sort of going, oh, right, that's how all that is made?
00:45Definitely.
00:46And especially with the clouds, that was actually blue screen.
00:51But then it's amazing to see, like, they edit it so well
00:57and they make it look so real and it's crazy to think that's how it actually looks
01:01and to see the behind the scenes and, yeah.
01:05We were lucky on this too, weren't we?
01:07Because a lot of it was there.
01:08It was practical.
01:10Yeah.
01:10I mean, the green screen was maybe the sky or something in the distance,
01:14but mostly it was there.
01:16Yeah.
01:17Like a lot of, like, the Land of Goodies was real sweets that we really ate
01:20and, you know...
01:21Yeah, and, like, they built the trees and everything, so...
01:24Yeah, Moonface's house.
01:25I think that's part of the joy as a grown-up on this film.
01:28You do feel like you're stepping into a storybook
01:31and, I mean, Billie's been acting for a long time.
01:34She's got a serious CV, so I think sometimes in the beginning you go,
01:36oh, that's how it's done, that's not,
01:38but then it sort of turns full circle again.
01:40Yeah.
01:40But you can appreciate the magic.
01:42You understand it and you go, oh, and then you go, oh, no,
01:44and then you realise you're part of making the magic.
01:46How real were those ladders, by the way?
01:48Oh, yeah, they were, some of them were quite scary.
01:50We had to be on harnesses.
01:51Some of them were quite long.
01:52In the movie, people are like, yeah, go up there.
01:54And I'm thinking, I wouldn't go up there at any age.
01:56That's insanity.
01:57No, the health and safety of the tree is very questionable.
02:01I think Silky just thinks this is brilliant and fun
02:03and then the gang get the kids into a lot of very hairy situations
02:08that they shouldn't be in.
02:09Well, I love about movies like this.
02:10It reminds me of stuff like Stardust
02:12and those, like, glitzy kind of children's films
02:15that are jam-packed full of, like, really beloved, like...
02:17Yeah.
02:18...performers and stuff.
02:20And it makes me wonder, like, when you're on that set,
02:22like, Nicola, for you, it must be amazing being like,
02:25holy, that's Michael Palin.
02:27He's a huge hero of mine.
02:29I think you guys have to be pointed out as well,
02:30like, by the way, that person is an absolute legend
02:32and that person's an absolute legend as well.
02:34Well, there were three legends leading this film,
02:36the three kids.
02:37They were just absolutely brilliant.
02:39But, yeah, for me, Michael Palin was a big one.
02:41I'm a huge Monty Python fan,
02:43have been since I was a little girl.
02:44So being on set with him was quite crazy for me.
02:47I had to really try and rein it in.
02:49But there were some, like, real icons on this movie.
02:51Jennifer Saunders playing your granny.
02:53And Rebecca Ferguson, Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy.
02:57It's a pretty, yeah.
02:58I wanted to do the movie before I knew any of the cast
03:00were involved and then Andrew and Claire got attached
03:03and I was, like, sort of amazing.
03:04Like, I really, really want to do this movie.
03:06And it just kept getting better as production went on.
03:08I was, like, it was pretty amazing.
03:11And those things, these kind of stories are very timeless.
03:14Like, even talking about Stardust,
03:16which felt like two seconds ago,
03:17feels like a dated reference now.
03:18It's, like, 20 years back.
03:19Yeah, God.
03:20So we should talk about,
03:21I spoke with your castmates about the eternal appeal
03:24of Simon Farnaby, who I love.
03:25Because I think he's so brilliant.
03:27Legend.
03:27Yeah, and so funny as well.
03:29So we should probably talk about Enid Blyton as well.
03:31Yes.
03:31She needs the press.
03:33She does.
03:33I should imagine.
03:34What do you think the secret is to the,
03:36kind of, eternal appeal of these stories
03:38and why they keep being retold
03:40and why we love them so much?
03:42Well, the book was actually,
03:44she actually wrote the book in, like,
03:47the 1940s.
03:49So a while ago.
03:50And they have kept the main parts
03:52from the book in there,
03:54but they have also updated it
03:55to modern, modern day.
03:58And I also think that's a good thing, though.
04:01So people can also, like,
04:04see themselves as those characters
04:05and hopefully influence them
04:07to go outside
04:08and not just spend your whole life on a screen.
04:11because you don't have too long to enjoy it.
04:17So enjoy, live every day to its fullest.
04:20It does make you want to go into a wood, doesn't it?
04:22Yes.
04:22It really does.
04:23Yeah.
04:24It really does.
04:24Yeah, that kind of magic that it captures.
04:26And I think why people like her as well,
04:28I think, I remember when I was a kid,
04:29I really hated books that felt patronizing
04:32because I feel very much the same
04:33as I'm the same type of person
04:35as when I was six years old.
04:37I'm just an older version of that.
04:39So I think I like books
04:40where the kids were allowed
04:41to be in dangerous situations.
04:43Yeah.
04:43And I think that peril felt like it was there
04:46and all that kind of stuff.
04:47I think that's going to always be popular.
04:50Yeah, I think so, too.
04:51Yeah.
04:52Well, it made me want to throw my phone in a bin
04:54and climb up a tree.
04:55That's great.
04:56And, I don't know, yell at some fairies.
04:58I love it.
04:59But you can.
04:59Who's going to start it?
05:00Who's going to start me?
05:00Yeah.
05:01Who's going to start?
05:01I'm going to do it right now.
05:03Guys, it's great to meet you.
05:04Nice to meet you.
05:05Thank you so much.
05:06Thank you so much.
05:07It was so nice meeting you.
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