There, she also meets real estate agent Isaac (Jeremy O. Harris) and his partner A.J.
(James Cusati-Moyer), who are unexpectedly staying with Camille despite Yvonne believing she would have time alone.
What Is ‘The True Beauty of Being Bitten By a Tick’ About?
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Clearly, I know about the film, but Pete, I’ll give you these honors.
ZOE CHAO: He was ready.
JEREMY O. HARRIS: That was crazy, Pete.
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That was truly psychotic.
[Laughs]
I appreciate a filmmaker who comes to the table ready!
CHAO: The logline!
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I was reading a lot about your process, and I’m utterly fascinated by it.
I was reading about the table of bubbles and have a big two-part question about that.
I love that mentality.
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OHS: The thing that was new on this onethere are two things that happened.
It’s almost nothing.
I have a follow-up to that!
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They’re all coming very open to it.
I’m asking them, “What do you want to do?
I don’t want to have to tell you everything to do.
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I want you to tell me something, too.”
Those things where they’re putting themselves out there.
Yes, investing, but also taking risks.
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They’re cool, but theyre from the old days.
They’re like, What’s going on with all these new whisper actors?
Back in the day, people weren’t whisper-acting.
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If you tried to whisper act, you would not pass the screen test."
That’s when it’s rich.
That’s when it’s good.
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That’s when someone’s going to make something dynamic.
Theyre so cool that they dontgive.
I want to talk about all of your varied histories with Pete.
This is your second feature film together.Jethicaand now this?
Oh, yes!Jethicacame first.
HERNANDEZ: Well, Pete’s my friend, first and foremost, and a very good friend.
The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick is a 2025 film in which Yvonne visits her friend Camille’s rural home to escape a disturbing event. Accompanied by A.J. and Isaac, they promise a serene weekend until Yvonne’s tick bite unveils unsettling realities beneath the idyllic facade.
We’re going to New Mexico during a global pandemic, making a movie in two-and-a-half weeks.
What are we doing here?
But I also said yes because I wanted to.
I think my experience with Pete onJethicais why.
After we did it, we both knew we wanted to make another movie together.
We didn’t know when or how or where or whatever.
I don’t blame you.
HERNANDEZ: And I’m really glad I did.
I’m really glad.
It doesn’t really matter.
“Don’t put pressure on anything; do what feels good.
If we make a great movie, then that’s a bonus.”
Jeremy, I’m going to come your way now.
You two have an interesting collaboration prior because Pete edited your documentary based on your play.
We met through SXSW long before I went to grad school.
We’re not old, I promise, but we met a while ago here.
It’s really crazy.
I was like, “I know Pete!”
They teach us this game.
It’s a really weird game where, let’s say, they say Rendezvous and Collider.
That’s a hard one.
CHAO: Okay, Rendezvous and Collider.
HARRIS: No, we can’t do it now!
[Laughs]
I kind of want to see it happen now!
What a beautiful answer.
We didn’t get more than we needed."
JAMES CUSATI-MOYER: I think we have the same answer.
CHAO: We do.
That makes so much sense to me.
CUSATI-MOYER: That was our biggest fear.
CHAO: It really was.
But we moved past it.
We conquered our fear.
HARRIS: I think there was a good poop schedule that got figured out because I never smelled anyone.
OHS: There’s your headline.
Every single person here has gone and made a film in a weird way.
“Table of bubbles"that is Pete.
CHAO: One of the things that I really loved about this process was how essential it was.
We used what we had and nothing more than that.
James cooked that beautiful spaghetti meatball dish that’s a family recipe.
There was nothing extraneous.
We’re all in service of this thing, and that thing not even being the final product.
It was really being in service of a process andifthere was a product, awesome.
I’m so proud of the product that we landed on.
But what was most thrilling about it was the making of it.
We had the gift of beingwith the exception of our friend Jesse, who was the soundjust us.
Again, process.It felt like, as Pete said, making a movie when you were a kid.
I loved getting in front of the camera as a kid and making my own skits.
You’re able to just have this joy in your body again because it is that simple.
I love the way you just articulated that.
Go watchLove and Work, go watchYoungstown, go watchJethica.
There are other movies, and I was trying to go through the entire filmographyit didn’t work.
We are told we need a lot of things.
Some of them you might need, but a lot of them, you maybe don’t.
You don’t get better at doing it.
You also just don’t get to experience the fun of making that thing.
You don’t get to get those ideas out of your head.
You don’t get to accidentally make a movie that maybe is good.
The movie existing isn’t even the most important part of it for anyone, really.
I saw often, like, “You have a phone, go shoot your movie.”
It’s the one you worked on with Charli XCX.
That’s what we connected on and why it felt good to make a movie together.
And Jeremy, you’re producing that, right?
I might also appear randomly.
I’ll take that!
Ben Affleck’s ‘The Accountant’ might also get a third installment.
Jeremy, I’ve got a pretty obvious upcoming project question for you because everyone’s talking aboutEuphoria.
Over the course of that show’s run, you’ve had different roles on the production.
HARRIS: There is no role.
[Laughs] No, it’s not a bad thing.
I’m the godfather of Sam’s [Levinson] kid.
I wish that I could be there because I’m getting texts from my friends.
I do know some things, and I think most of the things I know you guys probably know.
