00:00Oh, Dakota's here.
00:00I don't know what the fuck is going on.
00:31Hi, Josh.
00:32I'm Dory.
00:33Lovely to meet you.
00:33Lovely to meet you, too.
00:34You're so tall, but then I'm so small.
00:36I've got heels on as well.
00:37Do you want me to hear?
00:37I'll get down.
00:38Oh, look at that.
00:40No, it's all right.
00:40Do you know what?
00:40Quite a lot of people do that for me.
00:42Oh, do they?
00:42Oh, well, okay, good.
00:43But it's very gently.
00:44I appreciate it all the same.
00:45You don't actually have to do that if it's uncomfortable.
00:47No, no, it's not.
00:47It's fine.
00:48I needed a stretch.
00:49It's been a while.
00:49Oh, I love that.
00:50Right, listen.
00:51People love this book, don't they?
00:53And I always think for actors,
00:54it must become more pressurized
00:57when you're taking on characters
00:58that everyone has their own imagination
01:00of who that character is, right?
01:01Is there more pressure
01:02when you're taking on a character
01:03that's so loved in a book?
01:04There could be,
01:04but if everybody has their own opinion,
01:06then you can't please everyone.
01:09So I have to kind of come in with my own take.
01:12And honestly, we had a really nice,
01:14we had such a good time on set,
01:16probably mostly because of that guy right there.
01:20So Michael directed it in a way,
01:22he's only directed pretty much comedies
01:23and comedy-adjacent films before this.
01:25And he's got this very sort of experimental
01:28and, what would you say,
01:31improvisational sort of approach to filmmaking.
01:33And when you're taking on a book
01:34that has this much sort of depth of feeling about it,
01:39I think that it's important
01:40to kind of allow yourself the space
01:42to become a little bit less precious
01:44because you just don't want to be stuck
01:46in a sort of rut.
01:47Oh, Dakota's here.
01:48I know, I know.
01:49I see you straightened up.
01:51Yeah, yeah.
01:51Oh, yeah.
01:52Because I was worrying about your legs
01:53and then you just stood up anyway.
01:55So I was like, fine.
01:55She knows how tall I am.
01:57Right, listen.
01:58This is a big question.
01:59But if someone came across a USB stick
02:01that had all of your life story on it
02:03and they had to write an autobiography
02:04about your life,
02:05what would you want to make sure it included?
02:07Is it autobiography or is it just biography?
02:09Just anything of your life?
02:11What do you want to be in it?
02:12Oh, I mean, there's so many things
02:14that I feel like I want to be talked about
02:19amongst my family after I'm gone.
02:23But it's too embarrassing to think
02:24about what people should talk about
02:26while I'm still here.
02:27What about anything from your career?
02:29Yeah, I mean, I did some movies.
02:31Some people liked them.
02:33But really, I'm here for the kind of experience of life
02:36and having such a great relationship with my family.
02:39Hey, man.
02:40Sorry, I'll be right back.
02:41Yeah, go and do it.
02:41Go and do it.
02:41Go and do it.
03:07Andrew came back.
03:08Look at that.
03:08Of course, yeah, I'm back.
03:09I'm back.
03:09I told you I'd be back.
03:10Listen, when I was doing my very serious journalist
03:13research for this, I couldn't help but be inundated
03:16with a smiley, wee, yellow face called Verity.
03:19Do you know about the Verity meme?
03:21I heard about it.
03:22I was wondering if you guys had a meeting beforehand
03:25with the publicist to say, just so you know,
03:27there's this meme.
03:28Have you been briefed on it?
03:29We have not been briefed, but someone talked about it today
03:32and I was like, ooh, I have to check that out.
03:33But I haven't had time.
03:34I've been doing press all day
03:36and then I just basically got on a new suit
03:37and came over here.
03:38Literally.
03:39Well, I was the same.
03:40I was confused by it, so.
03:41OK, so it's something, explain it to me.
03:43So basically it's this little smiley face
03:44that apparently came out of Minecraft
03:46and it's called Verity and it sings a little song.
03:48And apparently Anne in one of the promo clips
03:51like kind of quotes the little smiley face
03:53so they've leant into it, which is quite funny.
03:55Right.
03:55But I just find the idea of you guys
03:56being briefed on a meme before press quite hilarious.
03:59Unfortunately, we did not get briefed on the meme.
04:02I've briefed you now.
04:02Now I've been briefed.
04:03Yes, exactly.
04:04Thank you so much.
04:05I love that I meet you.
04:06I feel like an educated human being now.
04:08Very serious journalist.
04:09No, listen.
04:10I know about Minecraft now.
04:10I feel happy.
04:11Take care.
04:12Hi.
04:29Hello, I'm Jodie.
04:30Nice to see you again.
04:31You look so stunning, by the way.
04:32I feel like I've just been like this.
04:34Gag, just looking at you.
04:35Your outfit's so gorgeous.
04:38Listen, I love this book.
04:39So many people loved it, so I always think for actors,
04:42is there more pressure when you're taking on a character
04:44that everyone's got their own imagination of, right?
04:47Yeah, there is.
04:48But I think Colleen does such an incredible job
04:51of writing her characters that I felt like I understood Lowen.
04:54And also, we had such incredible people guiding us.
04:57And, you know, it was, there's pressure,
05:00but also, it's fun.
05:02Why not?
05:03But you had each other to lean on as well.
05:05It's a nice little trio to bounce off, right?
05:06Yeah, yeah.
05:07Yeah, exactly.
05:08Yes.
05:09Yes.
05:10Now, I don't know if you know,
05:10I was speaking to Josh about this,
05:12but there's this little, like, yellow smiley face
05:14that's taking over all the FOMO for the film.
05:16Do you know about this meme?
05:17Have you been briefed on it?
05:18No.
05:19Right, I'll brief you on it.
05:19Basically, there's this Minecraft meme called Verity.
05:22Oh, somebody brought this up today,
05:23and I don't know what the fuck is going on.
05:25Same.
05:26Anything that's on the internet, I don't know.
05:28When I was doing my very serious journalist research for this,
05:31this is what I was bombarded with,
05:32and I was like, is this in the movie?
05:34Like, what is going on?
05:35Whoa.
05:36But if Annie was here,
05:38she would know exactly what you're talking about.
05:39Well, apparently in one of the promos,
05:41she quotes it, so she's lent into it.
05:43Yeah.
05:44Clever.
05:44That makes sense.
05:45Well, now you're briefed.
05:46Now you know.
05:46Thank you so much.
05:47I feel educated.
05:48Anytime.
05:49Thank you so much.
06:04Because everyone has their own versions of the characters in their head,
06:07and it's impossible to please everyone.
06:09I know.
06:09Well, we had worked very closely with Colleen Hoover on this movie,
06:14so I felt like if she was okay with what we were doing,
06:17we were going in the right direction.
06:18So I haven't felt pressure until now
06:21when people are going to start seeing the movie,
06:23and I'm really hoping that they like it
06:25and that they feel like what we imagined
06:27is close to what they imagined.
06:29Absolutely.
06:30And when I was doing my very serious journalist research for this film,
06:33I was inundated by this little yellow smiley face.
06:36Do you know what I mean?
06:37Oh, I know, yes.
06:37Right.
06:38I sort of do, but not really.
06:40Yeah, because everyone else didn't know,
06:41and I just had a vision of you guys all being briefed,
06:43like, before the premiere,
06:44just so you know.
06:45Yeah, yeah.
06:45There's this little yellow smiley face.
06:47Yes, no, I kind of know, but not really.
06:49Well, apparently Anne,
06:50there was a promo with Anne,
06:52and she kind of lent into it.
06:53Yes, yes, yes.
06:54Listen, every bit of promo helps, right?
06:56Timing.
06:56Timing is everything.
06:57Yes, exactly.
06:58And how do you feel about walking out in a cinema tonight,
07:00sharing this with everybody,
07:02and actually watching it with an audience?
07:03I'm excited.
07:04I've not seen the movie with an audience before,
07:08so this is a big night.
07:10It is a big night,
07:11and that's the correct answer.
07:11Just be excited.
07:12But go and enjoy yourself.
07:14Thank you so much.
