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Adam Sandler, Idina Menzel, Lakeith Stanfield, Kevin Garnett and Julia Fox star in Josh and Benny Safdie's latest film 'Uncut Gems.' The cast and directors discussed the film at TIFF 2019.
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00:00Big Daddy was a big one for us.
00:03Wedding singer.
00:03Wedding singer.
00:04Why are you laughing?
00:07He's just so happy on my side.
00:11My kids got me.
00:12It's Sandra's birthday today.
00:14Hold the fire by the way.
00:15Hold the fire. Let me get a pad off.
00:17That's tight. Same man.
00:22It mostly takes place in New York City's Diamond District
00:25and it follows a guy named Howard Ratner,
00:27who's a jeweler.
00:28Kind of an old world jeweler.
00:29Big dreamers trying to flip destiny on its head
00:31and he's a romantic gambler and he's
00:33basically aligned all these things
00:35over the course of 17 months
00:37to kind of hit the big one.
00:39It was amazing to kind of come together and
00:41all of us to work together was just
00:44He didn't want to let you guys down.
00:46None of us did. None of us did.
00:48We know we all love your work.
00:50That makes you
00:51want to work extra hard
00:53and just knowing the opportunity was as good
00:55as it was and the script was as good as it was
00:58and seeing what these guys have done
01:00in the past, everybody was a part
01:02of the movie just knew
01:05it had an exceptional potential, right?
01:08To play his wife.
01:10Yeah, we did. We did have fun.
01:11It was just fun and
01:14you know, I've been working hard to be a part
01:15of something that's special like this
01:17and to have someone as generous and
01:19as talented kind of
01:21throwing the ball back and forth with me
01:23was just all you can really ask for.
01:25Is acting something you're going to
01:26aggressively pursue more or was it just this
01:29specific project?
01:30No, just this.
01:34And only this.
01:35I didn't think it was too difficult to play
01:37myself.
01:40They made everything very relaxing.
01:41I think Adam raised everybody's
01:44capabilities or what that norm was
01:46to another level and I like to think
01:48that I was a part of that.
01:49Julia was unbelievable in the movie.
01:52Lakeith was unbelievable, Adam.
01:53Everybody that was part of this
01:55just upped the ante on everything for me
01:57so I felt very comfortable with who I was playing.
02:00He's definitely going to act again.
02:02Yeah, he should. He should.
02:03I hope so Bill in next time though, you know what I'm saying?
02:05He was.
02:06You guys are sort of known for street casting and adding in
02:09actors who haven't acted before
02:11so I'm curious, Lakeith
02:13and Julia, what was it like to perform
02:15when you're surrounded by people who are
02:16sort of newer to this world?
02:18Especially in New York, they'd be like,
02:20I haven't seen a whole bunch of shit, what is this?
02:22And so it just creates a
02:24level of rawness or a feeling
02:27of rawness when you come on set, which I think is dope.
02:29And it's worth like saying
02:31cut and the motherfuckers don't stop.
02:32Oh yeah.
02:33Just like, you're like, what? Cut, huh?
02:36Yeah, yeah.
02:37People that were in the movie are like people
02:40that have worked in the Diamond District
02:41their whole lives, you know, that really put in work
02:44and to see them like immortalized
02:46in a movie, like they were so happy
02:48that they finally got recognized
02:49for, you know, for being these staples
02:52and just icons.
02:54I guess they were consultants.
02:56Yeah, absolutely.
02:57And they were really important.
02:59And they were blingin', baby.
03:01They were.
03:05If they were.
03:05They were.
03:05They were.
03:07I guess they were.
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