It also features a star-studded ensemble with names likeSaweetieandJulia Foxin the mix.
Nastasya, can you give a brief synopsis?
It’s sort of an investigation of how we have to exploit and expose ourselves as artists.
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CAMILA MENDES: She’s very eloquent, I must say.
POPOV: Wow, perfect.
I mean, it’s like you know what happened.
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This idea started about, let’s say, four to five years ago.
It was very claustrophobic, chaotic, and really good content.
It was really funny, but I needed to release something, so I started writing the script.
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It’s not easy to get a first feature off the ground.
We shot it in my grandma’s apartment.
The actors just came out and worked for nothing.
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It was just about showing the fashion, which my sister’s wardrobe is what we pulled from.
I got a huge faith in her editing instinct.
POPOVA: I edited it.
MENDES: It was an incredible sizzle!
It was so captivating and completely sold the tone of the film.
MENDES: Good question!
Perri, your questions are getting a little too good lately.
I’m going onWheel of Fortuneand Iwillwin.
BARYSHNIKOV: This is so bold of me to say.
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I think I’d be really good onSurvivor.
My family watched it growing up.
I don’t know.
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I would probably be driven completely crazy, but I might have a good time.
Would you be able to do that stuff?
BARYSHNIKOV: I don’t know.
As I’m thinking about it, this might just be coming out of my love for Mike White.
POPOVA: I guess I would sayShark Tank.
BARYSHNIKOV: You would be great onShark Tank!
POPOVA: I’m really working on my pitching.
MENDES: I’m struggling to think of competitive shows that I watch.
Can you winLove Is Blind?
BARYSHNIKOV: you’ve got the option to winLove Island.
I saw Cole [Sprouse]last year at SXSW.
I’m seeing him again this year at the festival.
And then I think about Madelaine [Petsch], who’s running around producingStrangersmovies.
MENDES: Once again, a great question, Perri.
Honestly, I think it’s two things.
I think that gave us some creative autonomy that maybe we wouldn’t have had without it.
There wasn’t a single thing we didn’t do.
Every genre we played with and experimented with, every storyline.
Every time someone says something, I’m like, “Yeah, we did that onRiverdale.”
“Yeah, we did that.”
“Yeah, we did that.”
So, I think that just really opened up our minds to different creative avenues.
Anna, I’m coming your way.
This movie is a big deal.
This is your first time leading a feature film, a huge accomplishment, and you absolutely crush it.
My standards weren’t high.
I loved the character so much.
MENDES: There’s literally nobody else that could have played Margarita.
You were born to play that role.
It is so incredibly true.
You make this feel so uniquely your own.
I think there are good intentions.
Nastasya, there’s another person that I really wanted to ask you about.
Can you tell me a little bit about collaborating with her?
It was another blessing.
She became another best friend throughout this process, and she’s just incredible.
By respecting that craft, I think we paid real, true homage to that aesthetic.
So, I just had the best time working with her.
I have to let you go soon, so it’s time to ask about an upcoming project.
It’sMastersoftheUniverse, which is a biggie.
It’s exciting to create this world and in a less pressured environment, if that makes sense.
I think that’s all I can say about that.
He’s very funny.
Very, very talented, and very funny.
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