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Episode #447 · John Cho, Alice Eve & Karl UrbanDecember 2012 · 00:05:27
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0:13It is safe. It is an illusion putting light all to protect you. Enjoy these final moments of peace. But I have returned to have. How are we doing guys? How are you? I'm good. I'm excited to be. You guys must be excited. This is fantastic. This film is amazing from what I've seen the little bits at least. I guess we'll start with you else. What was it like joining these boys on the cast? No. No, I didn't. It was amazing. I was very, very lucky with the group of people that were already assembled. I mean, obviously JJ knows what he's doing and everyone involved was as intelligent
1:05and talented as the next person. So it was a very, very happy experience from me from beginning to end actually, which is not always the case. No, not always. No, and if it wasn't the case, I'd just say less. That's fair. And what about for you guys? Did you guys get to play with the characters a little more this time now that you've done it once and maybe you're not relying on the original as much? Yeah, it was certainly fun to be able to continue to tell the story of these characters, to evolve their relationships and to find ourselves collectively in a situation where we're tested and really all of those relationships are at straining point. The stakes have never been so high. A film is called Star Trek Into Darkness and that's very reflective of many things
1:55that are happening in this movie. We're fighting internal battles, external battles, and Kirk won the captain's scene in the first film and in this film he really has to come to terms with the responsibility of what it means to own it. Did you get to talk to George as much on this film? Did you need to? Or did you say I've got this now? George in a while, but I didn't have the nerve issue that I had the first time, the nerves issue, I'd rather... The twitch? The twitch? No, he was doing the twitch. I had that same rash though. I know you have that too. The neutron rash. The neutron rash. Let's go to U.S. When you get a script, how do you prepare for a role?
2:41You mean, yes. Right. It's a little deeper and a little different. I knew the end. I thought I'd change things up to it. She does prepare. I've seen it. She tried that before. No, it actually varies. It depends if you're, for example, using an accent, perhaps you will come at it from that first. The voice is always important. Rereading it helps me. And then just having it near me as a sort of threat that it's real, or also helps so I can see it, the script literally physically around. Every time you see it, it's a trigger to re-engage with your character, whether you have a conversation with the DJ on the radio in your character's sort of head or whether you decide maybe that you'll walk like that character as you leave to get the milk that day.
3:31Whatever it is, as long as you have some sort of reminder that you're building up to something around you. This particular script is difficult to read because it's printed on red paper. You could not Xerox and it was... There were a lot of big words. We do something called five questions, so we don't have too much time. Five questions, one word answers. Real quick. Script or improv? Improv. Script. Leonard McCartney. Leonard. Leonard. Harrison. Your biggest influence as an actor. My dad. Dad. Your dad works. Daddy. My father. Come on. My isna. My isna. My isna. My dad. Roll your most proud of.
4:18My dad. Dr. Carol Marcus from Into Darkness. Which I play in 2,000 people. This is great. Wow. Who would I be if I didn't say Sulu from Star Trek Into Darkness? Sulu from... Okay boys, wake up. It's almost done. Today's almost done. In one word, Star Trek. What? Star. What? In one word, Star Trek. Star. Guys, this is unbelievable. We can't get it. Curiosity. Kill the cat.
5:04Multicolored. Multicolored. That's what he would. Well hyphenated. It works. Multicolored. It's a single word. Amazing. So. Shall we begin?
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