00:00He's got such a funny part, doesn't he? Especially at the end when you find out.
00:04Don't ruin it.
00:06I love movies like this. They remind me of Stardust.
00:10You know those kind of films where they're jam-packed full of these very famous, beloved names dressing up and
00:15acting ridiculously?
00:18It feels like a rare treat in a way.
00:21It also makes me very jealous of that time, that nostalgic time when your imagination is so vibrant and whatnot.
00:30I'm going to start with you guys first.
00:33Does becoming film stars kind of ruin that a little bit for you?
00:37Peering behind the curtain and seeing the magic at this age where it could all be in your head still.
00:43You've still got the capability to imagine all of this.
00:46I think I definitely feel that I don't want to ever lose the sense of creativity and imagination that comes
00:52with childhood.
00:53Like I want to stay very connected to that.
00:56But I think even like working in this industry means you get to hold on to that imagination and creativity
01:00for longer than most people do.
01:03Because you're surrounded by it.
01:04Like even though, you know, I'm acting on a set, I see the props and the things that people have
01:12made and that's all magic to me.
01:14That feels very magical.
01:15Let's talk about this set actually.
01:17That must have been very immersive.
01:19How much of that is practical?
01:21Because it looked very real to me.
01:23Like the world of goodies gave me like a sugar rush.
01:26Was it like that for you guys?
01:27Were you getting to like play with real stuff?
01:29There was real sweets, but it was all.
01:33What's so amazing is, yeah, when you watch the film and you see, oh wow, all the magic.
01:40It's actually more magic, I think, when you see all the other parts that went into making a film.
01:47It's not just the actors.
01:49It's, you know, everyone.
01:51So that's also very magic and safe.
01:54That must have been driving force for you, Claire, of taking on a project like this.
01:58Because you get to play make-believe all the time.
02:00But when you do a film for children, is it being able to kind of regress into that period of
02:07childlike wonderment?
02:08Is it just to kind of try something different or make something that your own kids can watch and enjoy?
02:13And what's the biggest payoff?
02:15I think the biggest payoff is to be in that environment where the story is child-led.
02:21I think that, and from many different, there are three main children in this.
02:26And all of them are distinct characters and have different objectives and worries.
02:31And at different stages of their development, which I think is really important.
02:34I think I just, it was just so beautiful and pure and so much of the stuff that I do
02:42is really dramatic and intense.
02:46And it just felt like such a beautiful thing to be part of, a real privilege to be able to
02:52bring this really beloved book to life.
02:56And just be a little part of it with an incredible cast.
03:00And to just see, it was like Phoenix was saying, to see these guys experience this film being made was
03:07incredible.
03:08Because everything was being done for them.
03:10Like everything.
03:11Like everything was being done to make it for them and for all children to watch.
03:16And it was just beautiful to witness, really.
03:18And being able to be fake married to Andrew Garfield for the second time.
03:21Yes.
03:22Is he still good pretend husband material?
03:25Does he leave the toilet seat up?
03:27As he changed since Breathe, which that was a lot more intense of a kind of a story.
03:32Yeah, it was.
03:32I think, you know, he's really good at bringing the fun to things.
03:38And I think he brought so much laughter.
03:40And I think that he's, you know, he is quite like Tim.
03:44Like he is full of kind of energy and dreams and like looking at the world in a slightly different
03:50way.
03:51And yeah, so I think he brought a lot of himself to that character.
03:55And a word on possibly the greatest children's author of all time.
04:01Simon Farnaby.
04:02Yeah.
04:02I love Simon Farnaby.
04:03Enid Bynum is going to get plenty of press from this.
04:05And good luck to it.
04:06She doesn't need it.
04:07But Simon Farnaby is like Paddington and Wonka and like it's hit after horrible histories.
04:15And he's a bit of a scene stealer in this.
04:17I know.
04:17So what was it like working with that guy?
04:20Well, he's got such a funny part, doesn't he?
04:23Especially at the end when you find out.
04:25Don't ruin it.
04:25Yeah, don't ruin it.
04:27You find out nothing.
04:30It was, yeah, it definitely felt a bucket list for me to like even meet Simon Farnaby because I grew
04:38up on horrible histories.
04:40I watched like ghosts.
04:41Ghosts.
04:41Ghosts.
04:43Forgot about ghosts.
04:43Yeah, just incredible.
04:45And yeah, he's amazing.
04:47I mean, he always, his writing always hits.
04:50Yeah.
04:50And he's got such a unique perspective and he's just so funny.
04:53And he's always thinking about what would be funnier, what would be more interesting and asking our opinion and like
04:59feel free to do that and whatever.
05:01He's just a really great person.
05:02He wrote such a great script.
05:05Yeah.
05:06Funny part for himself.
05:07Funny part for himself.
05:09Which you've always got to do.
05:10It's key.
05:11And the great thing about Farnaby is every rumor you get of people who have like bumped into him in
05:14a pub or a farmer's market or whatever, everybody says he's the loveliest person.
05:18Yeah, he really is.
05:18In the world.
05:19Never met him, but there's still time, guys.
05:21One of these days.
05:21Still time.
05:22Just got to hang out at a farmer's market.
05:24Just got to hang out at a farmer's market.
05:25Got to find the right farmer's market.
05:27Guys, really enjoyed the movie.
05:29I hope you have a lovely afternoon.
05:31And all the very best with it.
05:32Thank you so much.
05:33Thank you so much.
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