Behind the Scenes of a Film Project

I've been wanting to make this video my entire life.

I love the genre of like the sleek film

where e- everything is in its own sort of color world,

monochromatic, you don't quite understand the world,

and you don't

understand what's wrong with this couple until you do,

meets ghost story, meets

true crime, meets a lot of the plot lines I've seen on

Dateline,

and here we go.

Twins.

Oh, my God.

How funny.

This is fantastic. This is what, this has been, this is de- what

was destined to

happen.

This is the dream. Sometimes when you work with your friends,

it can really go

south

and it'll, you know, like affect your friendship, but she and

I work really well together. We'll do our synchronized routine.

Yeah, the one that we've been practicing for

years.

Yeah.

Finally.

Finally, we get to bring it out into the light.

And action.

No-

Taylor.

Ah.

We'll never get it again.

Amazing.

We'll never get it again.

How fun is it to see each other every day?

The best. It's the best. I really recommend that everyone, uh, make

projects with your friends. It could be kind of like a-

Yeah

... like a rip the jacket off and crash into his mouth kind of thing.

Yeah.

Like a quick moment.

I'm just gonna

go crazy.

Yeah.

All right.

And action.

Cut. Oh, my God, I got a thousand things.

That was incredible.

We're halfway there. 100,000 in two times.

How was it, how was it, how was working with Cara?

There was one person I was calling in for this,

exactly one person on the list.

Clear. Clear.

Oh, having a new boss, incredible. We're in our showboy era, okay?

That's right.

Life of a showboy, this is it. What I'm looking for is speed.

This is a very quick beat, so it's gonna be handing the award,

uh-huh.

Cool. You know? Yeah. Colin is so adventurous in terms of his taste in

roles he would take on, like loves exploring those sides of, of

humanity, like the darker edges of it.

Is there, is there any degree of him enjoying

taunting her like that?

I mean, is there-

Yeah.

Yes.

Have fun.

Play a man who's very successful, very ambitious, an absolute

malignant narcissist, and a psychopath, and all that kind of stuff, so it's not

much of a stretch. Have to say that.

I'm so excited about him being so

wonderful, open,

free, and playful, and passionate about doing this,

but I really want you very

charming.

I know.

Very charming.

Action, Collins.

Oh, my God, this is great. The newest element of this shoot is

that I'm working with a brand-new, uh, DP, cinematographer that I've never worked

with before. His name is Chivo. They call him that because it means goat,

'cause

he's the fucking, he's the GOAT.

Whoa.

Oh.

I didn't see it, but I felt it.

Was that what I thought it was? I think so, but check. Let's take a look.

Take a look.

Show me playback, Rich.

Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect.

Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God.

Dude. Walking through here and seeing the, the way that Chivo has

lit this and the way these sets are and how brilliantly Ethan has done this

production design, I'm kind of like

rethinking the release of the video.

Like, I need to figure out a way to get this on

TV or something.

I'm sort of like, I'm like, "Ethan, Google, when are the VMAs?"

It looks like CG. Chivo's crazy. He's so good.

Oh, my God, that idea.

Oh. Is that over? God. I could run through a wall.

The joy she has

with her creative engine, which is a really significant creative engine,

the

joy she has with it is really quite humbling, actually.

It's very moving.

I love this. I love... Hey, Chivo, so what I'm looking for

is I'm looking for like

motion of like, "I Betty Burst into Your Life like

Fireworks," boom. Mm-hmm.

So if you could come in- Yeah ... like movement. I need movement. Yeah.

And like I want this to be the fun, fast-paced, flirtatious beginnings of a

hot new sexy love that also could be your husband.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Do something where you like pick her up

and twirl her

around or something. Give me some movement and, Chivo,

can you move at the same

time too? Oh, my God.

Oh, my gosh.

It's like we choreographed it.

It's really, really cool. It really goes kind of-

It's like amazing ...

kind of seamless-ish.

It's fun to watch her at work. I love her as a

director.

All I'm looking for is like him, I think you toying with her

or you- Yeah, yeah ... and you s- and you scaring her,

but I think silent treatment

in the beginning. You love embarrassing me in front of

people.

I've, no, I wasn't do- You come here and I'll do it ... I didn't do that.

I wasn't... Please slow down. You're very, very- Look, you're even stuttering now.

You're not even telling the truth. I'm not stuttering.

Let's do this stuff around.

Also, if you want to start out with some

silence, you know how- Great ...

that moment before anyone says anything in a fight- Just this comfort ...

is the worst. We know it's coming. Yeah. So you can do that as long as you want.

All right, cool. I have so much respect for the expertise

and the

art form that they have dedicated their lives to.

Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut.

Oh, that was really, really, really beauti-...

Dakota, how can you just go there? My God.

Dakota will be

bawling her eyes out, sobbing, catatonic,

despondent, and then she's just like, "Okay, what's next?"

Ready, and action.

Oh, my gosh, and she didn't spill it again, and it

was perfect.

She continues to not spill the wine while in full free fall.

That's like a skill I shouldn't have.

It's the final day of the shoot, and it's the 13th, and we're in this

fantastic, incredible art piece of a home

that we're very lucky to shoot in.

So this home has really become like a character in the video, which is exciting,

'cause I love it when a location can really help like

world build.

Dakota.

Welcome. Look at the way that it looks out there.

Look at how it looks out there. This looks fake.

This is, it seems fake. This looks like on a sound stage,

what- Fully

... fully. Those things look like, you know? I'm a professional.

Too many clouds, no one will believe it.

Also, it's weird that you can see the ocean,

'cause it's still quite

misty or foggy. Yeah, I don't understand any of this.

I think that we might be in a really fun part of the simulation.

This isn't real, is it? Yeah, so I just- There's no way.

I'm pretty obsessed with, like, making a shot symmetrical.

It just,

it makes my brain feel good, and there's this

symmetrical pool landing. And then we see through the house, Dakota

here, Colin here, fighting across the table in the

background.

I'm telling you, Brendan Fraser was far there.

Don't do this shit.

The fact that it's, like, the dumbest fight ever.

Oh my God. Chivo.

This is good.

It's amazing.

Guys, I have a very important announcement to

make.

That is a wrap on Dakota Johnson.

Dakota sandwich, you guys are electric together.

Thank you.

This is just a short film reel for everyone else-

Thank you

... gonna cast you as a husband and wife.

I couldn't even sleep last night, 'cause I was like, "I can't believe this

happened."

Like, th- th- this really happened, and I got to be a part of this.

Didn't see myself being a video vixen as a middle-aged Irish actor.

That wasn't on the card. And action.

I love this.

Chivo, do you love that?

Love it. I think we have a bunch.

Uh-huh, we have a bunch.

Yeah, it's like a magic-

Oh my God, you know what that means.

We are wrapped on The Marries, ladies and

gentlemen.

Thank you for having me.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you for having me.

Of course.

It's a good.

Chivo.

Chivo.

And Steve, our director.