1/9/2024 0 Comments Full movie the hit list![]() Three sort of touchstone films and characters that, um, were very inspiring for this film were “The Joker,” “Eternal Sunshine,” and “Dumb and Dumber.” (laughs) What was it like, operating in that head space? I was, you know, that, going off that concept of nothing matters, I was really struck by how much empathy I got as an audience member for Jobu, even though she’s the villain, because she does just feel like, “God, she needs a hug,” and she, like, she feels so lost. And the fact that it did has been really, um, just awesome. And I loved this role because you, you wanna be able to communicate very complicated ideas, um, through art, you know, and, and you hope that it works. So, you know, it was a really complicated, um, concept to kind of wrap my own head around, but also, to make sure that we were communicating. ![]() SH: You know what I mean? It’s like anything is possible. And for Jobu, this ultra villain, if nothing matters, then I can take this computer, close it, flip it, turn it into a cupcake, and then like punch it, and then eat the confetti. I always say that when Joy experiences nothing matters, it’s a feeling of hopelessness, helplessness, supreme depression, and feeling like at your wit’s end, and on the precipice of being, having no way out. And, also, the, the philosophy that nothing matters. And so, for me, that heartbeat of aliveness, I guess, was kind of rooted in both of them. And that same availability to everybody’s feelings and the news and every universe can also be … launch a villain to be able to access chaos at any moment. It can lead to depression, overwhelm, anxiety, just being completely over sensitized. I could not stop absorbing what I saw in her, the sadness I saw in her.Īnd that was, uh, a starting point for Joy and Jobu, right, was, like, if someone feels everything, then that can often lead to hyper absorption. I saw this stranger cry on the end of the subway car, and I was completely just beside myself. When I first moved there, I would … I remember this time, like the first week I was in New York, I sat on the subway. That’s a term that was coined in, um, an Octavia Butler book, “Parable of the Sower.” Um, but it was also this, this thing that I think I have as an artist or as a squishy-hearted human being, have, uh, just proximity to. So I’ve been talking a lot about how, um, this concept of hyper empathy was a really important starting point for me. What was your approach to that in sort of differentiating them, but also having some sort of core there? SE: Yeah, your character is very interesting ’cause you essentially, you play Joy and Jobu, which is kind of dual roles, and yet they’re really the flip sides of the same coin, in a way. And so I think there’s something about the coalescing of all, all of our weird superpowers, that when I got the script for “Everything Everywhere,” I really understood the heart of the film, both as the family and also these existential questions of the meaning of life, and whether or not anything has meaning at all. But also, I think beneath all that, we have deep intention to hopefully offer some goodness in the art that we make. We really like experimenting and surprising ourselves on set, and improvising. Not only in our ability to be playful with one another. I don’t really know what that says about me, but, um, no, I mean, the Daniels and I met, filming a show right before, “Everything Everywhere,” and when we met, it really felt like meeting artistic soulmates. I was receiving an award, and they showed my audition tape, and the first thing I said was, “I guess I really understood this movie.” (laughs) Um, the Daniels recently showed my audition tape at the Hamptons Film Festival. So when you first get this script, what was it that really locked in with you? Did you get it at first? Here with me is the wonderful Stephanie Hsu of “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” And, yeah, when I think of … Every time I try to describe this movie to someone, when I tell them they need to see it, it has so much going on in it, um, and I, I think the Daniels don’t do any kind of by the book storytelling. SEE Oscar predictions in all 23 categories Watch the full video above and read the complete interview transcript below. “I think that we all really slipped into this family dynamic quite seamlessly, and chemistry is very real, and I think it’s just this sort of unspeakable magic that you can’t quite know why.” “Michelle is so incredible,” Hsu reveals about her leading lady. Three of Hsu’s cast mates also earned bids: Michelle Yeoh (Best Actress), Ke Huy Quan (Best Supporting Actor) and Jamie Lee Curtis (Best Supporting Actress). A24’s movie earned 11 Oscar nominations, more than any other contender this year.
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