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I'm watching her in a movie.
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You know what I'm obsessed with about us?
Is that, and you definitely don't know this, we have an unbelievable amount of things in common.
Like it's actually weird.
Like it's really bizarre.
Like I had to make a list.
Because we have so many, just random, coincidental things in common.
For example, we're both only children.
OK, OK. How did you find that?
I'm really curious. OK, I both love and hate it.
Yeah, I understand. That's so interesting.
That's so interesting you're known in child.
I kind of like, I feel like that's why you're very good at making friends.
We're forced to be good at it.
You have to be, because it's like, you have to be that person on the beach on a holiday with your family who's like, yes.
Can I play? Because you don't have the safety net of a sibling.
Yes. And it's hard. But I do think it's a great lesson in life to get good at putting yourself out there.
Yes. But I was actually talking about this with my friend recently.
I love being an only child, because I'm very close with my family.
I'm very like, I feel like I was forced to be at the adults table from a young age.
And be able to sort of sit quietly and listen.
But also, there's a lot about it I don't like.
Like, do you like being an only child?
I did feel lonely. I know what you mean.
It can be really lonely.
And I think the thing that I find loneliest is, I don't know if you feel this way, but I'm a very nostalgic person.
I mean, as well. I love sitting in the sort of comfortable pain of memory and remembering my childhood.
But I think I have this sort of desperate wanton part what it was like to other people, because only I experienced it.
And I don't have anyone else to be like, Dad was like that.
Wasn't he? Mom used to do this thing.
Like no one to be like, oh, and also no one to sort of legitimize my experience as well and be like, yeah, that, I remember that, was like that, not the way you were told it was like, you know what I mean?
Absolutely. Are you very like emotionally attached to your parents, would you say?
Because that's my experience.
I'm like, almost borderline probably toxic in the way that I'm like attached to them in a way.
Yeah, like are you quite like obsessed with your, like I'm just very war anxious about them.
I'm like anxiously attached to them.
Actually, that's so funny.
You say that. Like I was very good.
Like it's maybe one of my biggest regrets.
I wish I'd been like naughty.
Me too. But I was never snuck out.
Yep. No, I was like unbelievably well behaved.
I'm like, I think it's because I felt this incredible pressure that like if I fucked up, I was like, it was all on me.
Yes. You just feel more responsible because you are the only one.
I don't know. Parents, when there's only one child, they have the ability to keep close tabs on the kid.
And so, you know, how would we have snuck out?
Like I don't think we could have.
Whereas like when there's three other kids in the house, it's like, okay, well Johnny's over here.
Like he just shit himself.
So we have to like clean up Johnny's shit.
And then, you know, Sally's over here.
And like she's, you know, I don't know, crying about something.
And then, you know, you can see.
I'm like, you see, you know.
Exactly. But we couldn't do that.
But I think that in some ways, that is kind of a miracle because like the danger in retrospect now that I'm an adult, I regret not taking those risks.
But I'm also like, god like gnarly shit can happen.
Yeah, yeah. So like honestly kind of good.
Yeah. Do you feel like it made you more creative being an only child because you were bored?
I think I was quite weird.
I think, please elaborate on that.
Well, because like, you know, a lot of my childhood was like playing on my own, like in the like with like my little like imaginary like fairy friends.
I had fairy so much. You know, we built fairy houses and stuff.
Oh, big time. I was big time into it.
I took a very serious case.
So we're twins. Oh, good.
We're just exactly twins.
This is insane. Yeah. Now, it's that you have to.
How else were you weird?
Oh, god. I mean, I think I was just, I was just genuinely, just sort of generally embarrassing.
But I think that's carried on into my adulthood as well.
Like I don't know if I've left that.
I guess what else we have in common?
Well, we're both Gemini's.
Hey, hey, was it even worth that?
Yes. I'm like, I'm not very vast in it, but I'm like, I am getting that.
You're good at language.
Gemini's are supposed to be good at language, right?
As in learning languages?
Just language in general.
So like speaking, like just communicator, speaking, and like accents and things like that.
And you have done so many different accents in your career.
And I'm curious, do you have a natural knack for that?
For speaking for language for these things?
That's really interesting.
I didn't know that. I think I do.
Like, I think I have accents in my house.
So I think I've always grown up with loads of different accents.
But I'm also, I think when I'm with other people, I'm mirroring them a little bit.
So that accent thing starts to happen.
But yeah, that's funny.
I wonder if it's actually more to do with my star sign.
How are you with communicating?
Are you a good communicator, would you say?
I don't know. I think, well, I'm struggling to communicate whether I'm a good communicator.
So maybe that's a sign. No, that's a sign.
So far you're a great communicator.
Thank you. I think I'm quite good at articulating how I feel.
I'm just like, but more of me struggles to like voice, how I feel honestly.
Like I'm that part, I'm not good at people pleased or maybe it's what it's really.
Yes, I am prone to people pleasing as well.
I've had to really, really work on that.
It's an inflection. It really genuinely is challenging.
But I think it gets, I guess it gets easier.
I think like what I struggle with is like, I find my people pleasing.
I so struggled to say how I feel sometimes, but then what happens is I just build up resentment, which is totally unfair.
And then I'm just like, cut it all off.
I'm the same. Are you, do you cut people off?
Rarely. I have a very like high stretch, but yeah, sometimes when there's just one little thing that will like, absolutely do it.
And then I'm like, goodbye forever.
Well, you just, but it's also, but it's not even that I feel like if you're describing what I think you're describing, it is this long build up.
But then it'll be like some random thing that breaks the camel's back.
Like it'll be the smallest straw, but I get that final Gemini trait is being indecisive.
There's actually a bazillion Gemini traits.
Honestly, there's probably so many that it would apply to every single human on the planet, which is maybe why people hate astrology.
But are you indecisive?
Would you say? Massively.
Okay. Interesting. So are you with the, yes.
I would say like 75%. So like, I'm not, there are times when I'm just dead set on something for no reason.
Like I couldn't tell you why, but I, I would say for the most part, I am indecisive.
Maybe because I'm a Gemini.
But how do you choose what projects are exciting to you?
Because I mean, I, I feel like there are always, you know, there are so many things to audition for.
And it's like at a certain point, you have to narrow it down and figure out, okay, what, you know, what's worth my energy?
How do you figure that out?
I feel like I'm getting better at it.
But like I, I mean, I love, I love being decided for like I love like going to a restaurant and being like, you tell me why I should.
Like, yes. I'm totally, yeah.
I'm totally out. So with like, and I'm only now in a position in my career where I do have some semblance of choice.
Like, such a privilege, but also like, yeah, it's hard, it's hard because, you know, there's so many reasons why a project could be really good and could, could be not.
But I like, I'm getting much better at sort of like honing in on the kind of career I want and the type of actor I want to be.
And, and also like, I think the thing, especially with filmmaking is I, I love filmmakers.
I love, I love being in a director's vision.
I love feeling like I'm in somebody else's painting.
And so that's becoming a lot more specific for me of like, well, I'm choosing to, to go for a filmmaker and, you know, character is everything, obviously, but you can't, you can't be sure that that character will be what you want it to be unless the filmmaker is like there to make that because it's so their medium.
So yeah. But I also have like a great team who, who they are very patient with me going like, maybe I really want to do it.
Mesh, yeah, I don't know.
Maybe I do. Like, I would do all the time.
So that's important. Like, having a good team who gets it and who also is like, this is actually a really good opportunity.
You should do this. You should at least try it or whatever.
Would you ever like, what's your feeling about being on the other side of things?
So, you know, writing, directing, because I think it depends.
Like, you know, there's certain people that are like, I really just love, you know, this one sort of act.
And it's like, I just like being in it.
So, you know, there's a passion for being almost like a blob of paint for the painter.
Like there's something so beautiful about relinquishing control in that way, especially as an indecisive person.
But do you also have a desire to say, right or direct?
Or are you like, no, I don't care.
I actually would like, in that I'm a bit of a control freak, like I would absolutely love to direct.
And I think also I do love every part of making a film.
And I think that I would love to just sort of be behind the camera and play with camera and play with like music and play with another actor and see what would happen.
So, I definitely have dreams, but I feel like I have so many things that I haven't even like scratch the surface of in terms of acting that I like, it would be a while away.
But I watch your podcast for Charlie XCX.
Yes. Which I loved. Oh my god.
I was like, you're like all of your, just the bra, just, it's all amazing.
Thank you. Charlie was talking about like, I was just thinking she needs to direct.
Like, yes, she really does.
She was like, she was like, I watched like four movies at some, I was unbelievable.
Oh my god. I need to like get my movie watching.
It was like wild. But would you, do you feel this kind of itch?
Like, it's a funny thing when you find yourself in a career like, do you, do you feel an itch to kind of keep changing what you do?
Like, you know, like I've gone back and forth about sort of like, the next, say, 10 years.
Mm-hmm. A lot in the last, say, five years.
Like, you know, just thinking about what I want to do.
And there's a lot of noise around you, right?
People saying like, oh, you would be really good at this, telling you what you would be good at.
And that's very nice and like, very inspiring in a lot of ways.
But at the same time, it's confusing because that's not your own original thought.
So I've been challenged by that, like trying to sort of hone in on what I want to do.
I've sort of started to figure out what I like and don't like when it comes to like my own.
Like for me, I'm terrible at things that are fictional.
Mm-hmm. Like, I'm so funny.
I've like toyed around with the idea of, you know, possibly getting into more things that are that are fictional.
Like in various realms, like, you know, whether that's writing something or whatever.
And there might be a world where that makes sense.
But I'm somebody who, I'm just drawn to nonfiction.
I love documentary. I love, you know, based on true story.
Like, I love these things, right?
Like to create anyways, to consume.
It's, you know, I love everything.
But and so it's, it's confusing.
And I bet you can probably relate to that as well, sort of this.
There's a lot of noise. I also think too, there's a lot of pressure to do things at a young age.
Yeah. Right? Like, oh, you need, we need to do it now.
We're young, we need to do it now.
It's like, no. Like you guys, we can create things for the rest of our lives.
But that's the thing that's so mad to me, because like, I, I threw this industry in I suppose, and also threw being in only child, just always calling back.
But like, I have a lot of older friends.
I mean, and we're always like, you're obsessed with age.
Like, I'm obsessed with going and how old were they when they did that?
Yes. And how old were you when you like met your partner?
And how old were you when you like achieved this thing?
Yeah. I think like, I, I think that's something of like being in your 20s, there's this sort of feeling of like, I don't know.
You're so aware of age and where you thought you'd be and milestones, especially because you know, you've been doing this since you were 16 and there's one, I know everything about you and you start to talk about me.
That's like, I'm a mad stan.
No, this is amazing. But like, when your career kind of launches at a young age, it's funny.
It's like, it's that thing where it's an amazing thing that sort of, yeah, that, that sort of honing in on what you really desire.
And I think when you've sort of gone full blaze into something really young, it's a funny thing when then you're older going like, oh, is this actually, do I really love like, yes, figuring it out.
So yeah, I'm, I'm so obsessed with age and how old people were when they did things that's so funny.
The one thing that like, changed my perspective on it was my dad because he, to me, is the pit of me of somebody who's like, I don't care how old I am.
I don't care what, you know, the timeline is supposed to look like.
It doesn't matter. I'm constantly looking at him like, okay, I have to remember this because there is this sort of pressure.
I think internally in this industry to do everything now, but also societally as well to be like, do everything now.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Find your, your partner that you're going to be with forever if you're somebody who, you know, wants to do that or, you know, start thinking about kids, start thinking about where you're going to live, start doing, you know, you need to be on it and it's, you don't need to be on it, but there's the pressure to be on it.
And it's overwhelming.
It's so overwhelming. We're living a lot longer and actually the guy, the director who directed normal people, he, he did a talk recently with his best friend who us did the music for it.
And they would talk, I wasn't there, but my friend was telling me that they didn't like, he didn't make his first like feature film until he was like in his late 30s.
Wow. Yeah. Maybe even older and like, now he's also nominated and like, you know, he's just, it's amazing when you realize like there is, you can take a deep breath.
Like, yes, there is this feeling like I need to, and I get that you have to work, you have to earn, you have to, you know, start to grow roots for the life you want to have.
But there's also like, I think that pressure of like, it has to be now and I have to have achieved it by 24.
I think it's nice to be like, actually, that's not, not at all.
Not the case. Speaking of that, another thing that we have in common is that we both didn't go to college.
Hey, what was that decision like?
Because I can relate to sort of this feeling of this might not be the right thing for you.
Yeah. Yeah. It was like, I remember sort of the first year, which was like my gap year, I suppose.
And then being like, oh, this is a gap life.
Like this is actually just my life.
Like what I had been acting like from the age of, I had an agent from when I was 16, but I got my first job when I was 17 in a show, which was like the British equivalent of friends.
I played like one of the kids of the adult cast.
Yep. And I'd like have one line an episode, but I'd be like, you know, I thought it was second.
I was like, I had made it.
It is sick. It was sick. It totally is.
I was thrilled. I was working like three or four months in the year and auditioning loads.
And I kind of just was like, I applied for uni and I got in and I really thought about it, but it didn't make sense for me to, it felt like it didn't make sense to go to and then come out of uni three years later to continue trying to audition.
Yes. But I did really weigh it up because I loved learning and I, you know, I loved school and I wanted that life experience, but I decided not to, but I don't regret it.
Do you, do you ever like, no, well, I actually did something even weirder where I left high school as well.
So I didn't even finish high school.
I technically got like the California diploma because I went and took a little test and they were like, here you go.
It's like the bare minimum, but like so legally it's not like I dropped out, I guess.
But it is one of those things where I think when you, when you can feel that there's an opportunity there to dedicate yourself to something in the moment and it's sort of, and you get that feeling that like you must do it now.
Yeah. You can't fight that, but it's something that I struggle with discussing at times because it's not a one size fits all thing like there are so many people who, who love, you know, who loved going to college, who benefited from it so much, who like, you know, have been able to build these like incredible careers off of it.
And so, you know, that's why it's sort of a weird thing because it's like I can't, I can't give advice about it.
I can't know. Like it's, it's something that was so unique.
It's so unique to the individual that, you know, but I was somebody that was so obsessed with doing well in school that it was like, oh my God, what am I doing?
Like leaving. So what made you leave?
What was the decision? I left because YouTube was able to be a job for me all of a sudden.
And I'm like 17 or no, 16 at the time.
And all of a sudden it was like, oh my God, like this, this could be my job for the next few years.
I, I should probably just do this for now.
And then if I want to go back to school, you can.
I always can and that was hard for me to swallow because as we've talked about with age, it's like, yeah, but going back to college as like a 30 year old is embarrassing.
Like that's what I thought as a 16 year old.
Now I know that that's ridiculous.
But at the time I was like, this is, you know, I have to either do this now or I'm never going to do it.
My parents kept reminding me, no, you can go back whenever.
But were you somebody who, you know, you loved learning?
Did you say that your experience at school, like, you know, high school was, how was it?
Like in general. I loved school.
Like, and I was really, I mean, I was head girl, like head girl.
Do you have head girl here?
Do you, what does that mean?
It's a big deal. I was like, it's, it's, it's, no, basically like you just sort of, you do a little speech and then they, like the school votes on where they you should like represent the everybody.
All the class president.
Yeah, yeah, great. Yes.
Yes. So I was, I was head girl and so it was a big deal.
It was not pressure. That's a lot of pressure.
It was not pressure. I mean, I like, I have an old diary that I've been keeping since I was 14 and it is so funny.
I was like, like the amount of pressure I felt.
And I'm like, no, no. Now I look back and I'm like, the stakes were so low.
Yeah, you had no idea the pressure that you were going to experience later in your life.
Yeah. Oh my god. You did not know.
No. But for me, that was like, you know, a big deal.
I love school and I really enjoyed learning, but I think you're right.
I think, you know, that college thing, sort of it was really drummed into us of like we call it university, but like you have to go.
You kind of like have to.
That's the one route. And obviously like, not saying that, you know, like you said, it's very different for each person, but I will say that like, I don't, I feel there's so many other ways to follow what you're interested in.
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What's so cool about your stories that you've been acting for a long time.
Like this has been a steady sort of dream for you since it feels like forever.
And so, you know, has this like, what's your relationship to sort of acting as maybe a hobby to a career?
Like what is that sort of process been like?
And how is your relationship with acting sort of evolved as you've made it into a career?
Yeah, I still can't believe I like get to do it.
Like genuinely, I mean, it's like make believe for a living.
And it is, you know, I mean, I think that this last five years in particular have been bonkers.
Like when I was 16, 17 doing cold feet this sort of show, I, you know, I was working with brilliant British actors who were older than me and just like hearing their like amazing story.
I love actors as well. Yes.
Actors get a bad rap, but they shouldn't.
They shouldn't. But yeah, I just loved all their stories and like watch, like learning from watching them.
And so, you know, and like the jobs that have come my way have been amazing, but normal people was definitely like, if you could boil down my absolute dream project, it would be that.
I'm a huge romantic. It's a love story.
It's like the best writer and book I've read and an amazing filmmaker and brilliant cast.
So I think that that's really sort of, I've been so lucky.
And also in some way spoiled by that because I, you know, it really, what kind of launched my career really was something that is my absolute dream.
So since then, it's just, I feel like I feel so much older now, five years on.
I feel so much older than I was.
It'll age you. It really, yeah, I feel like, yeah, just sort of looking back on, yeah, I feel like I've learned of like a lot these last few years and yeah, really become an adult.
But I am also growing older.
So it's probably just like, no, but I understand what you mean because, in a way, like when, when you really get thrust into, into such a jarring and unusual experience, such as becoming a public figure in one way or another, you, you're faced with challenges that are like so extreme and unusual.
Yeah. That in a way, you know, you're almost forced to sort of mature, I think, all of a sudden at this rapid rate to, to manage the situation that you're being faced with because there are so many scary, you know, intimidating pieces of it, also incredible pieces of it.
But you know, whether it's the pressure of working on something that has this insane budget and, you know, there are other really experienced, you know, actors working on it as well.
So, you know, you know, you're, you know, you're like, I need to live up to this.
I need to step up to the plate.
And then there's this pressure of the whole world's watching.
So it's all of this, like, you know, all of this, I think, forces you to, in a lot of ways, philosophize about things in a way that you would have otherwise or, you know, sort of grow this more adult thick skin in a way.
Totally. But I'm so curious to, for you, that kind of moment of your life changing in that thing of being known, was that like an overnight thing?
Or do you remember, do you remember like a point in your life where you were like, ah, the taps have been turned on and I don't think I'll turn it, it'll turn off again.
It's weird. Like, yes, I feel like it was when I was at school.
And because I started my YouTube channel the summer before junior year, and then by junior year in, in school, people knew about it.
Yeah. And like kids that maybe wouldn't have talked to me before, not necessarily because of any reason other than we just weren't crossing paths.
But I was being sought out to discuss this thing now.
And it was so unusual. And at school, it was like became the sort of like microscopic version of, of, you know, it would sort of later become, but that was sort of when I was like, well, this is weird.
Like people understand.
But then after that, it was like a blur.
Like I don't even remember.
Do you have a moment? Well, it was during COVID.
So I, yes, it was. That's weird.
Weird. Like, and I honestly, it was like, I mean, I don't know if it was because of that, that like, I don't, I know it in some ways a lot of my life has really changed and like, you know, I also feel like it was sort of like a simulation, the whole thing.
Yes. Like, even like the first time we met, I feel like was that, was that the MetGarlo?
Yes. And like that whole, I mean, that whole night was just like a complete simulation for me.
I was, I'm not in my body this, I mean, it went wrong for me in many ways, but like, it was also amazing.
But yeah, I think that like, there was so much sort of during that time, the show came out and I kept getting sort of calls from people saying like, it's everywhere, it's everywhere.
I'm looking, especially in the UK, like it was the biggest, I think, the show that I had ever been on the BBC, I play her and like, I, I was being told that my life was changing exponentially, but in my actual life, I was just having these sort of zoom interviews.
I was on the Graeme Norton show on Zoom.
Yeah. So then you sort of turn your laptop off and be like, did that even happen?
Like 100%. And 100%. It was such a weird thing.
I think Barley, like, there was so often where I was on like, having these conversations with like a journalist, for example, and then reading the article two days later and being like, because I hadn't met a real person, I don't know, it was just a really strange time.
But even like going out with a mask on and having like prolonged eye contact with people and being like, fast but different.
Yeah. Is it that they've just not seen another human being in three days?
Yeah. And they're like, oh, there's, there is one.
Yeah. So yeah, it was really, I guess like, I mean, a couple of years ago, I think, I think I mean, because I went from COVID back to back job to do back to back jobs.
And so it was in an in-seelo experience.
So it was really like 2022 and it was actually coming out into the world and a normal way that I was like, oh, okay.
Yeah. This feels different.
Was it really jarring for you?
Or do you think that in a way it was almost like more comforting to have it be this tangible thing now?
There is something very unnerving about feeling disconnected from your reality because everything is virtual in a way.
And like, your life in all ways is not changing.
Like, you know, what was the sort of emotional reaction?
I feel like I'm quite like, I'm quite self-conscious generally.
Like, I'm actually mostly my like base level is slightly deeper, more spice.
Yes. Which is weird because a lot of the jobs I've done are like really mortifying in many ways.
Like, some of the things I've had to do.
So like, I used to, I remember when I was 16, there was a walk from my English class to the toilet and it would be through the like main common area and everyone would sort of look at you when you were walking.
Yeah. And I remember being really like, I don't know what it worked.
Like, I was so self-aware of this.
And so then it was like that, but on steroids were like, you just get like really like, it's my mouth doing weird things because you know that you're being looked at a little bit more.
Yeah. So I found it quite like strange initially, but now I sort of again have been able to sort of compartmentalize the two things, I think of like life and then that part of it that I know exists.
Maybe it's good in a way.
I mean, obviously, it's not ideal to sort of have this career explosion during a pandemic.
That's not ideal. Right.
But in time, I think there is something sort of nice about it because you can adjust to one thing at a time.
Totally. It was like having stabilizers, I suppose.
And also, I always wonder like, would the show have resonated if it hadn't been?
There was something about that time that was like, it was the perfect escape.
Yeah. Yes. We were all like horny and lonely.
Yeah. And it was like the big show for that.
But yeah, I mean, the thing that I find that the strangest is like about the kind of like zoom in to fuse and doing it all in zoom in and especially like social media growing.
And like, I find I'm not very good at like social media and all of that stuff.
But like, I think that it was the sort of ultimate like autonomy I had over so much.
Like, like, I look back now and I wish I could have said to myself, like that video will live on the internet forever, like where, where are nicer outfits?
Like, choose a bit lighter.
But I was so sort of like, yeah, just setting up my laptop and I'd have these weird moments sometimes during like calls where, because I was so in control of it all like, I wasn't being brought into a room to have interviews.
I was like, setting it up and lighting it where I'd have these weird like urges to sort of do something really like, I don't know, like flash and like throw the laptop on.
Because those are like, I just could ruin my complete career in like one second.
We have the same brain. So do you feel that?
Because I'm, well, that actually leads me to our next thing that we have in common, which is that we're both very anxious.
Fun. I love that you know that.
I know that. You're fun.
So is it true that you also are prone to a level of sort of hypochondria even at times?
Yeah. Yeah. Because I'm the same way.
No way. No way. But more recently, I never ever had an issue with hypochondria at all.
But recently, I am a mess.
This week, this week, I diagnosed myself with multiple things.
I convinced myself that I had lupus.
Oh, no. Because I had a rash on my neck that looked sort of like a hikki.
And I was like, what is that?
And I googled it and Google told me it was lupus.
That was horrible. I have allergies really bad.
My right eye has been twitching.
Convince myself. I was going blind in the right eye.
But isn't it crazy? Like, you literally stubbed your tone.
It's like, you're pregnant or you have like stage four.
Oh, I think I'm pregnant once a week.
Yes. I have, literally, my mom forced me to have an entire like drawer in my bathroom filled with pregnancy tests because of the image that I've called her being like, no, at this time, it's real.
I'm pregnant. Like, it's, I could not understand more.
But also, the anxiety of being a public figure for me has been, to be honest, my biggest challenge this far because of the reason that you just like your explanation of being like, I could just flash and fucking go, oh my God.
It's like terrifying. Intrusive thoughts.
Yeah. Like from anxiety.
And when I'm posting, I like, it takes me so long to like even just doing a story.
I'm like, I could just do, I could do anything.
I can write anything. Even though I don't want to, like what the only thing stopping me is my brain going like at only that, like you'll have it.
It'll have lasting consequences.
We understand. But what if that part of me is, I think it's why like, I don't love heights because a big part of my brain is like, at just jump.
What if you just did? And then obviously my logic's like, you don't want to because you'll plummet.
So do it. Right. But then it's, I don't know.
I'm always like, if that part of my brain just stopped and I just went like, I'm going to just do it.
I know. I know. I would think I could not understand more.
And I feel like the thing that's the hardest I think is for us in a way is that our our situations in life exacerbate and like it makes it harder to do the things that we need to do in a way like, for example, if we need to like promote something on social media or do something on social media, and now we're thinking about not only how everything is going to be perceived, but also like, what if we lose our head one time?
And what if we fuck it up?
Do you feel like you're constantly in a way maybe censoring yourself or do you find that you've been able to manage the sort of fear of the pressure of being in the public eye in a way?
Like how do you manage that?
I definitely like, I definitely sense myself.
I think I'm sort of very, very meticulous or sort of want to make sure that I say the right thing and do the right thing.
But then at the same time, I think I've realized more like how quickly things are yesterday's news.
And also like, we live in a time where like stuff doesn't stay for very long.
No, it doesn't. The like, the Mac Galaday I met you on, like I, I, I got like, meamed for a bit for like a really embarrassing interview I did.
I didn't even see that. That's the thing.
Like probably not that many people did, but obviously that was the only thing all of my friends sent me post the Mac Galaday were like, a lot like this is the funniest thing I've ever seen.
Basically, I had an interview.
I mean, that whole day was, I was like completely just like having an out of body experience.
Of course. I was just like, I just couldn't believe I was there.
And also was like, oh my god, like what am I going to do?
And like my friend Paul had said, like, will meet at the, will meet beforehand.
And he, um, he was late. So I was just sort of out the front of the like, you know, the little pen area that you're in.
And I literally was like, hi guys, Daniel Barcaids to the last like, I was literally working there.
So then this person was like, do you want to do an interview like a Vogue interview?
And I was like, sure, it would pass the time.
And it wasn't like even that bad.
But the like, I basically like just was really unbelievably awkward in this interview.
And then like, it cut and I didn't leave.
Like I should have left.
But I just sort of stood there like like a weirdo.
Anyway, by the way, that's not your job.
Don't worry. They're supposed to be like, okay, you're good.
Thank you. They should have said goodbye.
They should have said goodbye.
I was being polite. I was waiting to be just said.
You should have said goodbye.
No, I, I, as somebody who does the book, they should have said goodbye.
They should have said, okay, goodbye.
I think they actually did say very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, you just forgot.
I think I was like, nobody's scary.
Was it the live one? Yeah, I was terrified.
I think they were cutting away or something.
And I didn't want to just leave.
No, it's very, it's very, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's live.
It's impossible to navigate.
These things happen all the time.
But I understand because I had a similar meme experience with this speech that I did when I won like some sort of digital award, like the Streamy Awards.
It's, congratulations.
Thank you so much for the 18 or something.
But I did this speech. And it was like, I, this is my first big event.
And I did this speech. It's, I didn't know I was going to win.
I had no idea. They told you beforehand.
So I was like, I'm not winning.
I'm just here to like, you know, rub shoulders with like, you know, Casey Neistat or like, you know, these YouTubers that I love.
And like, that's what I'm stoked about.
But I won and I had to go up and give a speech.
I had nothing prepared.
And I fucking bombed it and said to the pointy-eye shit.
She said, I don't even remember.
I've literally blocked it out because I'm not kidding.
I, I continue to this day to get shit about it.
No. It, in the grand scheme, you can Google it after it.
I'm sorry. I'm going to, I'm going to just, it was pretty bad.
Like, I watch it and like, I can laugh now, but whoa.
Next time you win, which we'll be saying, you need to like, do it word for word again.
You need to double down and be like, no, this is my, this is my acceptance speech every time.
Yeah, because guess what, y'all, this is me and you all fucking gave me this award.
Yeah, I won because you like me.
Except me for me. Come here, you know, like give the word to someone like me.
It's like, that's crazy.
You know, but here's the thing though, if you're bringing your genuine personality to the table, you are more prone to these sort of embarrassing moments because you're not putting on this facade.
If you like, choose like, okay, I'm going to go into the mech album and go into the 2018 streaming awards with this sort of facade, then guess what, you're safe.
Mm-hmm. But no one then knows you.
So it's sort of this like, you know, it's attempting root to take, but like, I, I, you know, I personally can't exist in that way.
Like, I don't know how to have that sort of facade.
Also, like, I, I think that people connect to people that they like know or being authentic.
And I definitely, there's been times where I've tried, I've tried to be, but I like, that's just not, like, I still, it's not who I am.
I am, but I also like, I love like when I see people being real.
Yes. And also, there's something, this is really, I didn't, I learned about this recently.
Is there something called the Pratt Fall Effect, have you heard of it?
No. It's actually, this makes this kind of like, it's, it's very interesting, but it's basically a psychological time where by, if you meet, when you meet some of the first time, if you can like, sort of make a fool of yourself or Pratt in yourself, you, you basically like they, you're all to, they automatically like you more.
If that makes sense. Oh.
Whereby like, for example, one of the best things that ever happened to Jennifer Loret.
Well, Loret, otherwise, other than being just like mega talented, was also like, tripping up at the Oscars, because everyone was like, I love her.
She's like a real person.
Yes. We all trip up like what a legend.
Yes. And it kind of like, you know, I mean, winning the Oscars was probably the best thing that happened to her.
One of them. But yeah, I think that like, it's, I think people are just like, realness.
They like being able to go like, I see, I see you, you're a human.
Yes. It's, it's, I also think two, four anxious people in a way to sort of accept and, and be okay with, with embarrassment or failure to like, to come to terms with the fact that that is inevitable.
And you know, in your case, potentially in the public eye, even, to come to terms with it is to set yourself free and then refall in love with, with what you're doing all over again.
And it is challenging to get there.
Would you say that removing the variable of like the public eye, does acting cause or, or relax anxiety or maybe both?
A bit of both. Yeah. I think that like, when you're in the free flow with another actor doing like a cracking scene and you feel completely lost in it, like that is the most sort of freeing feeling because you're just like, oh, I'm just like living in the present in this moment.
And there is something massively magical about the moment between action and cut where you just have the floor and there's sort of like a true escape.
But I also like, I, I'm such a perfectionist and I hold myself to a very high standard.
So I think wanting to get it right, wanting to make sure that like, I've done my best is something that like, and, and the lack of control sometimes where you can't predict whether you're going to have two takes or five or you're going to have like something go wrong or like a weather, weather come in so you, you have to wrap up quickly and you didn't, you know, or you stumbled over a line or, or a line dialogue changes just before.
Like, I think there's some parts of it that then I do like, I find, I, I really want to get it right.
Yeah. But I also like, kind of like that because I think I'll always want to like be, be better than I was before and like, push myself better, like more or so.
Like, and not be complacent.
But it's rational anxiety, right?
Because you're actually having anxiety about something that actually warrants the level of anxiety.
Yeah. You know what I'm saying?
Yeah. Because like, that's something that's been hard for me to distinguish being a very anxious person.
And myself is like, what anxiety is rational and irrational?
Yeah. That one's really, especially with hyperconjure.
Like, because like, there are times where it's hard because that, that is irrational, I suppose.
But, but, you know, you, you can really, it can be psychosomatic.
You really can start to feel it.
Oh, yes. That's really funny.
Have you, how have you found, have you found ways to kind of do that to differentiate the two?
I mean, I'm getting better now because I think that what I've been able to do is, you know, over the years, every time that I think something's going to go wrong and then it doesn't, I remember that and I sort of store that in this place in my brain that is not hidden.
I try to keep it up, you know, in the front of my brain so that I remember that next time.
And that's been the thing that's helped me is like, time and time again, I've worried about these things and they've not come to pass.
Like, I've thought, I'm going blind in my right eye.
I've thought that I got food poisoning, you know, from this like thing that I ate that like, wait, I think it was past its expiration date.
Like, you know, all these little things I've been fine.
Mm-hmm. That's actually the, I think that's such a good way of handling it.
Like that's exactly how I do it too.
Where my health anxiety is not as bad as it used to be, but it definitely like, it comes and goes.
And I think in part, like, I think it's sort of a control thing maybe of being like, I need to do something.
So it's sort of like in a job, I think, where a lot of the time you don't have control over a lot of your life, I think maybe that's sometimes a way of like, of having some.
But you're so right, that's the kind of, I think, not letting myself Google has been a really good thing because then you're sort of rationalising something that there's times where you, you know, it makes sense, but I think where I've gone like, okay, I'm just going to leave it for a bit before I immediately diagnose a bunch of stuff.
But also, it's one of the most like natural human experiences to be anxious.
It's how we survive. Yeah.
Like, the issue is now that like the equivalent of a tiger is like an email you'll get through or less.
And so we're constantly being stimulated with like things that make us anxious.
And so that's that sort of natural and not to like that, I feel like a lot of compassion for that part of myself because I'm like, you know, of course, like there's loads of things that are quite anxiety inducing.
But I think as I'm getting older, I'm getting much better at noticing it and figuring out ways to deal with it.
And like a couple of things have really helped me like journaling is like, yes, it can be so good.
And so good whenever I'm like, really, really anxious, I'm just like, do you know what?
I'm going to like write a bunch of stuff down and suddenly when it's written out, it's sort of the same when you talk to someone about something you go like, yeah, okay, now I'm zoomed out.
That's like, I can tackle that.
Yes. I know that like this, this, this, this, the interest of the word, this thing is actually like, you know, nothing to fear.
No. And then also, um, breathe, like breathing techniques is really good.
Oh. That's a game change.
Yeah. Oh my god. Because I think also there's been times in my life like in 2021, I played like back to back very anxious characters.
Like I've made somebody who's being like hunted by cannibal, somebody who was like being hunted like in the marsh.
Yeah. And then someone who was like, um, well, was, was sort of, was murdered.
So there was like a lot of like for my job, I had to do a lot of like, like, breathe out.
Yes. Yeah. And I really realized there was times where I was doing it loads and that like my body was like, oh, what is happening?
Because my, it didn't know the difference, even though my brain was like that isn't real.
And then the, in the reverse, I think I realized that like you can then trick your body to be calm as well.
And like the sort of like four seconds in and six seconds out, that has been really amazing.
What does your routine look like on a day to day basis that, you know, sort of supports some more calm vibe and my camera come back.
I feel like I'm actually getting into my calm vibe era.
I wasn't for a while, but this like maybe this last month, I feel like, whoa, I'm feeling show.
I'm feeling really showed.
What do you think? What do you think is led to this?
I think I just felt sort of overwhelmed a lot.
And so I've kind of gotten into like a good routine of sort of the thing I found actually to be really great is giving myself 20 minutes of everyday to actually do something I really, really want to do.
Because I like, I read a lot for work, but I love, and I love reading, but a lot of the time when it's for work, I think that there's never a kind of feeling of like, I'm really, so I'm now saying like you get 25 minutes to read like whatever you really want to read.
That's amazing. And then from there, like, you know, so I don't know, like that's really helped, but also just sort of, I think, deleting Instagram really helps me.
Okay. So do you not have your Instagram?
You don't have Instagram.
I do. And then I like, I read, I don't know it and then I delete it often.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. My mental state is absolutely atrocious when I'm going on Instagram a lot.
Yeah. It's horrible. Wait, so tell me your story of deleting Instagram.
Well, I like, I kind of feel that too.
Like I, I, I just, I, I wake up and I'm on it.
And I, I, I kind of put it away and then I go on my phone to like answer an email and I'm on it.
And I'm like, there's a time when I was realizing that like I'm not necessarily sort of like deciding it sort of becoming a habit now.
Yeah. It's just something that I do losing hours to it, getting like comparing myself, feeling anxious.
So I, I, I was like, I just, I, I don't have the self control you do.
Like if I, it's on my phone, I'm clicking on it.
Like I, of course. It's not.
Yeah. So I just deleted it and realized like it really does.
Immediately, immediately change, I don't know my mood.
And I think, yeah, it's just so loud sometimes.
And it's just like all encompassing.
And then you sort of turn off and you go like, oh, it's not, doesn't really exist.
No, like what's here in this room exists and like, yes, that's where I'd rather be most of the time.
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What are you reading right now and what are you watching?
Like what's what's happening?
So I'm actually reading something called I think it's called conversations on love or something.
Mm hmm. The titles this game my brain, but if he be denivosed and act as she she was like yes, read and I'll.
Yes. I'm. It's basically this woman and she's interviewed people over the years about love and she's like I want to why do we learn about maths and science, but we don't know about like one of the fundamental like parts being a human.
Absolutely. It's so good.
It's about like romantic love, but also platonic and familial.
It's like lovely. So I'm loving that.
Okay. Amazing. That's really good.
Oh my watching. I mean, I'm quite a sucker for like bad, but like I like but quite bad.
Like really? Yeah, like if I'm going to watch telly, I'm like I do want to escape.
I like good shows like I watch like watch all the classics, but like like I love like a reality TV show.
I love that you love that.
Oh massively. Like I love.
I don't think you have it here, but we have a show called Made in Chelsea, which is like I don't know that.
It's basically like it just follows people like Chelsea is like a part of London, which is sort of where they're like posh people live.
And they all go to like bougie restaurants and like where like bougie clothes and they're like binky and cheska are like arguing over something.
It's like they're all like really posh, but it's just it just follows them and they're always having a relationship drama and like so real housewives.
Oh, completely. It's like, I love that.
The recipe is the same every episode.
Yeah. You're like, oh, they're still having released dramas in different way, but I will absolutely watch every episode.
Yeah. And I've been watching it religiously since I was probably like 11 and I like I love it.
So that's my big thing. Did you grow up watching like vice documentaries?
Yes, I have. Yes, I really remember I went to Amsterdam to try like weave for the first time.
I was like super convinced it was good for me because of a vice documentary about like California nuns.
Yes. No, that's I grew up on those and I feel like that's what made me like love the demented documentary.
Yeah. Like I just grew to love it.
And you know, it's there's something so there is something so fun about it, but you know, I had a horrible experience smoking weed.
So I hope that yours was better.
No. Did you have a freak out?
Yeah, it was not good. Me as well.
Yeah. I had a panic attack.
One of my worst. Oh, yeah, I ended up in an ambulance in Amsterdam.
I almost called 911. Yeah, yeah.
Mm-hmm. But I was saying the person was like, no one's ever died of smoking.
We were like, you genuinely just like, what did you think you were losing it?
So I went interaling with my friend, which is a big thing in like, well, I think there's a lot of American people on spring break there.
So I think it's a big thing, but well, you just get one massive train ticket and it takes you like to any city in Europe you want to go and you do a list of like cities and my friend Nancy and I went for like two weeks and we went all over.
Amazing. It was so much fun.
But we went to Amsterdam because we were like, we gotta try it.
Of course. We gotta go. We gotta we have to do all.
So like we went mental like for about four days, we were like doing all the brownies, going on walking tours like, you know, and on the final day Nancy was like, it's our last day like we've got to like, you know, we've got to try, we've got to do one and I was like, oh my god, okay, fine.
But can I pick? Because we've smoked too much and I don't really think I have the capacity.
Yeah. So anyway, they have to do this menu over at one of the cafes and it had like a list of stuff and I remember there was one, I think it had some mental name called like slag a Thor on it and it had like four different strains of weed and I was like, yeah, that's what like, that's pure, like that's what the guys in California smoke because I'd seen the vice documentary.
Yep. So I was like, this will be super chill.
Anyway, we shared it and like I was on the side of this canal and you know when you're like on weed and someone just like does the stupidest thing like, I think Nancy went like, or something like that.
And I was like, anyway, yeah, we really pissing ourselves just like laughing for ages.
Yeah. And ages and ages and ages.
And I was like, I was like, where are we going to stop laughing?
Like, yes, that's when it, that's when it, and I was like, I was like, the joke girl, I was like, I was streaming.
I was like, I don't like this anymore.
Like, please, please, can this end?
Yes. So I was like, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha I've won her back.
Especially with this, because I've never been on something that's a big blockbuster.
And it was the most fun film to make, genuinely.
And I think it's the same to watch.
I think it is such a blast.
But also, it's the best cast.
I feel like I have this absolute knack for working with the internet's boyfriend.
I'm so true. I'm like, where are we, Clem Paul?
He's like the best. He's amazing.
And like, you know, like, yeah, I've like, my career, I've worked with so many like, some really enhanced, some kind of really nice friends.
It's amazing, but he's just like phenomenal and like so talented.
And yeah, but no, it was such a great experience.
Like, this is definitely the biggest scale thing I've ever done for sure.
Like, do you feel like you were able to sort of relax into it a bit more because, you know, you have this sort of experience.
I guess I'm trying to like, tap into the fun level.
Like, like, like, what does the fun look like on a set to you now?
Right? Yeah. Well, I feel like there was so much about it that I wanted to do.
Like, I really wanted to work with Isaac, who are director and he, like, he's that filmmaker that I'm obsessed with.
Like, I loved Benari. I loved his first film.
And I thought, like, him doing a disaster movie or like, you know, like him doing twisters is such a cool, unexpected combination.
And yes. And so meeting with Isaac and hearing his enthusiasm, like, he was, he grew up in Arkansas.
So he's like, knows what it is to like see tornadoes and like has seen them.
And like, sheltered from them.
And, and he also like was a big lover of Spielberg and like Spielberg produced the film.
And he, he, like, he was like, I just want to like in my career, I want to do everything.
I want to, I want to not limit myself to what I could do.
Yes. And so I was like, that is so cool.
And so what I want to, I want to be able to be like, yeah, I've done a massive fuck off of huge disaster movie.
And I'm so done like a really insular character driven thing.
And like, I, you know, I want to have that range.
And so his enthusiasm got me excited.
But also just say, I am fascinated by tornadoes and like that.
I have nothing about them.
They're like, they're the wildest thing.
Like, we still know so little about them.
Yes. But we filmed in Oklahoma.
So I got to actually like, like live where they have them regularly.
And we were there during tornado season.
So. Yeah. Like, they were a part of the process and in many ways.
Whoa. For real. And I met like all these like, like, gnarly storm chases who are these absolute adrenaline junky, like, mad scientists.
Yeah. And they were really cool.
And I actually, like, one of them, Sean, who is our main consultant.
Um, he messaged like a bunch of the cast a couple months ago, being they felt like a line from the movie.
He was like, there's a crazy weather.
And like, we all went out and went chasing.
Oh, because I'm like, I didn't actually see a tornado.
But I like, I'm determined to see one before I died.
Like, of course, have to.
Well, especially now, I can't seem.
I can't have seen five in a movie world and not actually seen one.
Yes. So I think that, like, part of it, like that kind of ability to learn about that phenomenon and also like, you know, just like being something that had like crazy stunts and crazy rigs and.
I can't imagine. That's like probably kind of scary in itself, like doing the like, you know, like, I mean, there was like it was like being in a full blown roller coaster.
Like, like some of the scenes were wild.
Like, there was one sequence, which I is just like a such a sick action sequence.
It's all done on a one hour with all these camera whips.
And so we were doing it in pieces and then they whip the camera.
So it looks like it's all happening for real.
So you, you travel with the car, the characters like as a tornado is coming and they go down into this pool.
And then you come back out and the whole world has been flattened.
And so it's like, it looks like it's like it's all in a one and it was like they were dropping horse trailers at us, like people being like pulled up on wires.
Oh, this is this is mad that this is a bad ass.
It was so fun. Bad ass. You, okay, you know what?
You being a kid and not doing any edgy shit has all been this is your edgy shit.
This is my edgy shit. That edgy shit.
Oh my god, I'm being edgy.
You're edgy now. I'm like, edgy.
Yeah. Oh my god, that's so true.
Yeah. This is giving you like all the edgy craze.
Yeah. But I'm not kidding.
Cause like being a storm chaser is the actually the edgy is shit you could ever do.
Is the edgy? Yeah. I mean, you're getting to the edge.
You're literally on the edge.
Also, it's quite literally near death always.
It feels like with that.
Yeah, I mean, I like, definitely when we went storm chasing.
Yeah. Like there was a moment where I was like, oh, we're not in the movie like this is real.
I'm a bit scared. I would be horrified.
Yeah. But we were in safe hands and like the thing with like Sean and all those chases is there.
So disciplined and they're so like they go as far as they know is safe.
They're not like they know what they're doing.
They're not so driving into the into the tornadoes.
But yeah, I mean like I also like have so many weather facts now, which I really enjoy.
Like I love learning about whatever subject I'm like in the movie of so apparently the most tornadoes a year happens in the UK.
Really? Yeah, the UK gets the most tornadoes a year since when they're really little obviously because I've like never seen a tornado.
And never once heard of a tornado happening there.
No, I think they have like extreme tornadoes is like the US wins.
Yeah, by far, but like in general in general, the more frequent like it's the UK and not weird.
Whoa, I know. But now like now you can look out.
I'm going to be like the only chaser in the UK.
Finally, this tiny little yeah, they're so small.
They're so cute. It's just a little leaflurry and I'm like, I thought you can probably make your own there.
Honestly, somehow that's amazing.
I'm so fucking stoked to see it.
There's something nostalgic about it.
There's something like something fucking badass about it.
Yeah, it feels like one of those especially the way it's filmed.
Like it's all it was shot on actual film.
So it has this like grainy 90s like disaster movie nostalgia that is so much fun.
Yes. And I really also like this the CGI like I thought the original holds up like I think it the the visual effects are really impressive, but the team that did the original were working on ours and they were like, yes, we get like another chance.
Yes, with this new technology.
Yes. And so like the visual effects are like it is wild.
Like they look so real. I do think like the experience of watching it will be like as good as chasing.
I hope. Oh my god. This has been amazing.
I get to talk to you all day.
I can talk to you. You if you ever want to come back on and talk about God knows what.
Just know that I'm here.
Oh, thank you. This was awesome.
So lovely. I'll talk to you soon.
Thank you.
