00:00In this movie, powerful people play with the lives of others as if it were a pastime.
00:08How realistic is this portrait of power nowadays?
00:13I mean, I think it's a farcical look at the use and abuse of power, right?
00:19In this context, these families have made an actual deal with the devil.
00:24So it's obviously meant to be experienced through a genre lens, but it is certainly commenting on the dynamics of
00:32powerful people and the way that they have a disconnect with everyone who isn't as powerful as they are.
00:38Yeah, it was an interesting study.
00:39Like, we all talked a lot about power because none of us are people inherently that crave power or who
00:44were raised in power.
00:46But it does make you wonder what someone who is surrounded by that kind of power, why there is constantly
00:52this need for more.
00:53Because I would look at it and be like, you have power, why do you need more?
00:57But for some people, it is this, like, insatiable hunger and why.
01:02And I think you said it right.
01:03It's a farcical lens in which to look at both the abuse of power and the desire for power.
01:09After watching this movie, I thought about the topic of control.
01:14In a world where freedom speech is controlled by those in power, is cinema the only free place to tell
01:24reality as it is?
01:26I have a very probably controversial image, thought about this.
01:31And I think there's a lot of pressure put upon cinema to speak.
01:35I also want everyone to remember that we're telling stories, right?
01:38We are not responsible for teaching children lessons.
01:42We are not responsible for the way of the world.
01:46We certainly can comment on it.
01:47And I think sometimes there's so much pressure to be politically correct in a movie or to say things the
01:52way they have to be as opposed to maybe the way things are.
01:55And so sometimes what I love about this movie in particular is we get to just do it the way
02:01we want to do it, right?
02:03And I worry sometimes that we're too precious with filmmaking and we have to be able to just have that
02:12freedom of speech and be able to say it no matter what company we're working for or what the politics
02:18are.
02:19We have to be able to be creative and to make fun of, right?
02:24Like, it's okay.
02:26Have you ever felt trapped in the roles of Buffy and Frodo in your career?
02:33And do you think that playing iconic roles has penalized your careers?
02:38Look, if I get trapped being a superhero who saves the day that people love, then I'll stay trapped.
02:46Like, I am very fortunate.
02:49I've also been fortunate to get to play other characters.
02:51Like, at the height of my Buffy fame, I got to also play Catherine in Cruel Intentions, right?
02:56I feel like I've been very fortunate that my fans have allowed me to do those things.
03:01But even if they didn't, then I'd be one lucky person.
03:05And I think any actor that says different just hasn't really had time to process, right?
03:11Sometimes when you're doing something, you might want to do other stuff because it's been taking a while.
03:16But that is fleeting, I think.
03:18I mean, I know I've been with him.
03:20I know when anyone comes up to him and wants to talk about Lord of the Rings, he is so
03:24happy.
03:25He's excited.
03:26He's passionate.
03:28And that's an honest.
03:30So happy to engage people about Lord of the Rings and talk about it.
03:33It does not feel like a burden.
03:35It does not feel like an albatross that has, like, prevented me.
03:38You're proud of it.
03:39So proud of it.
03:40And, you know, I think our work has also allowed for more opportunities in our life.
03:45You know, there are certainly films that have come into my life as a result of having made something like
03:52Lord of the Rings.
03:53So I'm so grateful for that.
03:55And definitely do not feel at all penalized by any means.
03:59So I'm so grateful for that.
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