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Episode #640 · Lena HeadyMarch 2014 · 00:04:05
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0:08and the brave 300 are dead. Have I not given enough for your dream of a United Greece, Mr. Cleese? Of him, Jim. Queenie, get him! Queenie? Did you name it after your character here? It's not my daughter. Oh, it's like your dog. Yeah. There's a dog in here for people who don't see the dog here. Yes. So eight years later, to get back, to get back into the character. Wait. Okay, all right. Oh yeah, she looks at the super top. Oh, Queenie. Oh, okay. Yes, Queenie. So getting back into character eight years later. Yes. What was it like? I've had a baby. Oh, she's... You know what's funny? I was dressed as Snoopy last time I talked to Piper,
0:54and now we got the dog here. Oh, you were? Isn't that crazy? That's funny. So eight years later. Yes. The interview we need to do now. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The fascinating interview. Go ahead. So what was it like getting back into character? Is it like Game of Thrones where you just get right back into it because you remember... Could you have to? Besides that reason. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, you know, it's been eight years, but I... There's a moment of finding it again, I guess. Was it easy to find again though? Yeah. The costumes and the sandals and the weird green skin kind of help. You know, you're like, okay, I remember this. Right. Does performance change when you're in front of a green screen? Does it feel more like the stage or is it... No, you just have to...
1:39It's just the color makes you feel sick. Okay, all right. Do you prefer the blue screens? I prefer actual sets. Can't. My old fashion. You know, it's an interesting way to work. It's different, but there's that element of, you know, you have no idea really and truly what's happening until you go and see the movie, you know. There is water. Yeah. So what did you think? You know, it's incredible visually. It always... I keep saying, you know, you're kind of staring at some green bit of concrete and it's got cigarettes on it and an old bit of, you know... a water bottle. You're like, it's the blue and there's nothing. And then you go see it and you're like, holy shit. That's what that water bottle is. That's what they do in their rooms. How does no one differ from Zach as a director?
2:25They're both, they share, you know, a huge enthusiasm and loud voices. So they're both pretty awesome at rallying, you know, the hundreds of people it takes to make something of this scale. So, you know, you're kind of a tiny piece in this. There's a lot of megaphone, a lot of greens, you know, you're like, and then they just kind of tip a ship and you're like, okay, was that, I don't, was that good? I don't know, do you see me? I don't know. I got to go see some cool five questions, five quick questions, one more answers. Script or improv? Script. Letting or McCartney. Oh, Lending. Hitchcock or Kubrick. Hitchcock. Olivier or Brando?
3:11Brando. In one word, 300 Riceman Empire. Adves it. Let me show the quichos to die on our feet rather than live on our knees.
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