Pablo Schreiber & the cast of Halo & the Joy of Rom-Coms with Camila Mendes and Archie Renaux

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In this episode of pop Culture Weekly, I talk with the cast of Halo

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season two and from Upgraded, Camilla
Mendez and Archie Renaud. Let's go Welcome

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to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon
from my Heart Radio your pop culture news,

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views, reviews and celebrity interviews on
all the movies, TV music and

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pomp culture u CRABE Weekly. Here's
Kyle McMahon, Na Na net, Hello

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and welcome the pop Culture Weekly with
Kyle McMahon. I have course from Kyle

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McMahon and I am so glad that
you were here to hang out with me

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and discuss all things pop culture in
this week's episode. I'm really excited.

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So Halo season two is out today
and Upgraded on Amazon prop video is out

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today. So I talk with the
cast of Upgraded, Camilla Mendes and Archie

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Renault all about the film and and
it is really a great funny rom com.

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It's smart, and you know it
also has Marisa Tomey and the whole

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cast is great. But I talk
with them, and I also talk with

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the cast of Halo season two,
including you know who, Master Chief himself,

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Pablo Schreiber, and we talk all
about the brand new season two of

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Halo, which has a bit of
a reset and I'm loving it. I

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think you'll love it too. So
let's start with executive producer and showrunner of

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Halo season two executive producer Key Key
Wolfkill and show runner David Wiener. Let's

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go. Thank you so much for
speaking with me. I really appreciate it.

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Thank Kyle. So, first of
all, congratulations on the success of

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the show and season two is extremely
exciting and takes the series and you know,

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lots of brand new directions in many
aspects. David, I'll start with

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you, if it's okay you are
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the new show runner, if you
will, how do you find it?

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You know, I kind of wonder
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there's already a season done and so
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less pressure you're putting on yourself,
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done. I think I think I
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up what somebody else put down,
you know, that it was about taking

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all the opportunities that are presented at
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well, what's most interesting about these? You know, what's most emotional,

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what's most compelling, and then being
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an interesting direction as we could.
So I I think it was it was

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there was fun in that. I
enjoyed that. And Kiki, you have

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been for you know, a kind
of massthead for this franchise for a long

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time. First of all, how
did you, you know, finally seeing

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it on screen? What was that
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first of all, like totally lulled
by your voice, but oh thank

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you. No, you know,
for so long we'd thought about doing an

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adaptation for Halo, and it took
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it to come together. So it
was incredible to see the world come to

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life differently, right, And I
would say even more incredible now having season

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one of well season two as well, but having season one on our belts

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to be really clear on what we
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better now feeling like we were really
able to execute on that. So I'm

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really excited for people to see season
two because I feel like it's a little

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more distilled than we were able to
do on season one, just because we

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were learning how to make the show. I love that and you know,

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it has to be for you.
You know, it seems like in so

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many ways it's very much a baby
of yours that you've kind of overseen this

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and then to see it come to
fruition. You know, it's like I

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feel like when I went to Universal
Studios and was in the Wizarding World of

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Harry Potter, I'm like, oh
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here, I assume in a much
more you know, powerful way for you

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seeing this, you know, come
to life and then being able to you

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know, directly affect what's happening and
where it's going and all that. Do

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you find that that it's like,
you know, like a piece of you.

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Oh? Absolutely, I mean I
what a gift right to be able

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to spend this long in the game
industry and then really get to learn another

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industry and so much is different and
so much is the same. But I

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think being able to in the nitty
gritty details and then seeing this magic and

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with these crews, this magic come
together and seeing it come to life on

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a giant screen and the music and
all of it is incredible. And getting

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to work with people like David who
has such incredible skill as a as a

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writer and showrunner to help bring it
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gift and I love I love how
it's expanded the universe, and I love

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how it's shown the universe to new
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Awesome. Thank you both, and
again, congrats on season two. I

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can't wait for everybody to see it
on Paramount Plus. Let's shit. Thanksk

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Kiki Wolf, Kellen David Winner.
I love the new direction that Halo season

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two was in. Halo season one
was great, but let's be honest.

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You know, there were some problems
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and that's what I love about this. So there you go. You

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heard. You heard it right from
the source. Kiki and David. Great

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people, great show. Let's keep
on going. Next up we have Joseph

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Morgan who plays James Akerson. Let's
talk to Joseph Morgan. Thank you so

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much, Joseph for speaking with me. I really appreciate it. You're so

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welcome. Thanks for having me,
of course. So first of all,

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congrats on season two of Halo.
Your character is new in this world,

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you know, in the series itself. What was it like for you to

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kind of join this massive multi you
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exciting to join. You know,
Halo has been a part of my life

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since I was a teenager. You
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came out and playing it through co
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and then Halo two, and then
Halo three, and then you know,

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Halo four, and so yeah,
I was I was very very familiar

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with the franchise, and I had
flagged the season one of Halo to watch,

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you know, before I knew I
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of this show. So I was
excited to see that, and then it

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was just absolutely thrilling to get the
call about season two. As you know,

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they changed a lot of things about
the show between season one and season

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two, including the show runner David
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came on. And I had worked
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and so he you know, he
was the one who initially just sent me

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an email saying I've got there's a
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like you to do if you're available, and I'd love to talk to you

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about it. And then I thought, yeah, that's great, and I

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looked it up and I went,
it's Halo. So I thought, how

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can I play this cool without just
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I was. I was over the
moon to be a part of it,

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you know. And for you,
you know, to your character has kind

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of you know, worked his way
up throughout his life, and then you

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know, as we see you,
you are beginning to make a big impact.

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I'm trying to be as spoiler free
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this series. But but what is
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in this world, especially that,
as you've said, you've essentially grown grown

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up in and and you're an important
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you know, it's a cliche expression, but it really is kind of a

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dream come true. You know.
There's the professional side of me that like,

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I've I've been acting for a long
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thousands of hours on set, so
I'm confident to a certain degree. You

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know, I feel like I can
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other terrific actors and I'm you know, figuring out scenes and bouncing dialogue and

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feeling like, Okay, I'm really
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And then there's like the teenage me
who's walking along the set, you

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know, there's a Covenant ship set
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there's a wark, right, there's
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Okay, so you know, was
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Did I try and wear the helmet
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You'll never know, but don't.
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an incredible joy at being there and
being a part of it, and it's

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such a thrill. I think I'm
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like I play. I'm constantly gaming, so I love to be a part

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of these imaginary worlds and I think
that's part of what draws me to acting.

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And the gift as an actor is
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part of it isn't your imagination,
it's literally there around you. And then

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you get to play like you're in
that world and that's the greatest gift.

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And so this world particular means a
lot to me, the world of Halo.

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So yeah, it was. It
was a thrill. I can't wait

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for everybody to see Halo. You're
amazing in it. Season two is incredible

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and it will be streaming exclusively on
Paramount Plus. Thank you so much for

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speaking with me. Hey, thank
you, man, I appreciate it.

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Joseph Morgan excellent. Next up,
Bokeem would Bind, who plays sorein zero

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sixty six. All right, Beokeem
would Bind. Thank you so much for

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speaking with me. But Keem,
I really appreciate it. My pleasure.

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Man. So, first of all, congratulations on the success of Halo and

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season two. I've watched you know
a number of episodes now and it takes

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everything to a new level and many
facets for you. You know, Season

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two in many ways is a bit
of a reset, you know, both

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creatively with the showrunner and in the
directions. It goes what was it like

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for you, you know, coming
from season one and now and now with

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season two, it was a very
interesting transition in so much as I realized

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in short order I was being propelled
to more of the forefront than what I

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had anticipated initially based upon my experience
from season one. If I might ad

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as an actor, I have a
mercenarial mindset, you know, it's just

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the way things have been going here
too. For I give my script,

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I have a conversation or two with
the director. I prepare, I execute,

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I split, that's it. This
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sense because it's a series, so
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connectivity to the story as a whole
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That took some recalibrating for me.
Based upon season one, I figured I

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would just, you know, kind
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know what I mean, pop out? But this was like, no,

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man, you're you're You're in this, So thats aok ad. That took

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a shift and I'm happy. Actually
it's a kind of a new experience and

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I'm happy And for you, you
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opinion, extremely well for the viewer. Are you happy where you know the

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character, how he has developed?
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you said, he was the same
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scheme of things season one than where
he is in season two and where I

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think he may be going. Like
does that excite you? Oh? Most

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definitely. I liking it too,
at the risk of silence, terribly corny.

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I liking it to a marriage in
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you date right, have a wonderful
time, and then you think, well,

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you know, perhaps wow, this
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okay, let's let's let's let's expand
yeah, let's just expand upon this notion,

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you know what I mean. Yeah, And then there's a little bit

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of intrepidation, obviously, because you
don't know where it's going to go.

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You don't know how things are going
to work out. But that initial instinct

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to take it further is a course
that you follow, and you follow that

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course and you're not quite sure what's
going to happen. But here we all

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it's about to go down. You
know, we're about a week away from

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the show premiering. So I say
all that to say, initially I hadn't

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anticipated this level of involved But now, in hindsight, I'm grateful that I

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took the challenge, and I'm inspired
for what might be yet to come,

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if that makes sense. Absolutely,
And I think it's a journey for the

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viewer as well. And I can't
wait to see the course of sor and

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going forward. And I can't wait
for everybody to see Halo season two streaming

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exclusively on Paramount Plus. Thank you
so much. I really appreciate your time.

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Well pleasure than you have a great
day. Bo Keem, bo Keem

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wouldbine Bokeem really has a whole I
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he has a whole new role.
How do I say it? He has

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a whole new mission. I guess
that's a good way to put it for

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Halo season two, and he does
great. I love it all right,

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master chief himself, Let's talk with
him V one and only. Pablo Schreiber.

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Thank you so much, Pablo for
speaking with me. I really appreciate

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it. Oh my pleasure. Thanks
Kyle, of course. So first of

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all, congratulations on the success of
Halo. I love the first season.

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The second season. I've seen the
first few episodes and it is really taken

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the series to to new places in
so many ways. What is it like

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for you, you know, to
see it's a it's a pretty, in

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my opinion, significant growth. How
do you you know? What is that

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like for you as an actor,
especially at the center of it all.

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It's it's great, It's it feels
good it you know. For me,

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Am, I always try as much
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show up every day and work as
hard as I can and try to have

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a positive effect on anything that I
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something moving in a positive direction,
to see results that I feel are are

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better for the universe, better for
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very fulfilling. We have a new
showrunner, David Wieners, taking the second

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season, and you know, my
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vision of the of the show runner
right and make it the best that it

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could possibly be. So on the
second season, I'm doing my best to

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bring David Wiener's vision to life,
and I think he's got a great and

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unique take on it. I think
the tone of the second season is quite

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different, feels darker, more mysterious. A lot of the action stuff just

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feels more immediate. You know,
you're you're It's more subjective. You're put

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into the battle with the characters and
and it just leaves you or or brings

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you along on the journey in a
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better. Yeah, I love it, and you know, for me,

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I got to ask you, Uh, this is my first time speaking with

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You know, I mean, this is

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like a big, storied franchise.
It has you know, hundreds of millions

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of fans around the world through all
different kinds of mediums. Were you like

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terrified or were you like a kid
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what was that like for you?
When I got the job, I honestly

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I wasn't even thinking about what the
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the fans and all of that stuff.

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What I felt right away is how
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people. You know, from the
very beginning, I was confronted with the

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very real sense that this universe and
this franchise really meant a lot to a

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lot of people. And the more
I dug into it, the more I

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understood why and why. It was
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the character himself and how much he
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when we played the video game back
in the day, we all played

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the character as Master Chief, you
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in the details of his character with
our own personality. So we all ended

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up creating our own vision of who
the Master Chief is in our minds,

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right, So you have millions of
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Master Chief is and what he should
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opinion and disparate feeling on one character, that's the part I didn't really understand.

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as we got going, and as
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I felt reactions to that, both
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great. Man Like the passion from
the fans, whether it's positive, whether

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it's negative, whether it's directed at
me. I love it all because it

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means that people are passionate and they're
engaged, and they really care about something,

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you know, and for me,
I care about it too. I

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love it. You know. I
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just want the best for it.
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fans that have loved this game from
the beginning to be able to enjoy this

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experience. And you know, that
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on to what the video games established. And I want as many new people

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who didn't know what Halo was to
be able to experience this and feel the

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beauty of this massive universe and how
intricately and wonderfully it's been created. By

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the people who have taken care of
this franchise from the beginning, and so

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you know, as much as you
know, as much as the people can

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be loud and opinionated and hurtful with
their comments, that level of passion,

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to me is really beautiful and it's
one that I feel even stronger about you.

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So they're all in this together,
man, and I really hope,

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you know, as many people as
possible can come and check out the new

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season on February eighth on Paramount Plus
and find something that adds to the Halo

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universe in a positive way for them. Absolutely, I think you've done an

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incredible job. Thank you so much
for speaking with me, Pablo. I

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really appreciate it, and I can't
wait for everybody to see Halo Season two.

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Thanks Kyle, appreciate your time.
Brother, appreciate you. Pablo Schreiber,

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I just talk to Master Chief,
do you believe it? I love

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Pablo. He's so great and everything
he does, but he's amazing as Master

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Chief in Halo Season two and Halo
season one, by the way, all

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right, there you go. The
first two episodes of Halo Season two are

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out right now on Paramount Plus,
and of course the rest of the season

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will come out over the next few
weeks. So there you go, Halo

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Season two. All right, So
we're gonna take a break. Got to

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pay the bills, you know what
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sixty seconds and we'll be back to
speak with Camilla Mendez and Archie Renault about

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their brand new Prime video film Upgraded. All right, Thanks for hanging with

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All right, So without further ado, let's speak to the stars of

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the brand new film on Amazon Prime
Video upgraded, Camilla Mendez and Archie for

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No. Thank you both for joining
me. I really appreciate it. Thanks

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for having us, of course.
So uh, this this film, you

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know, it's romance, it's comedy, it's it's got some drama. How

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fun was it for for you to
make it? We can either one and

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Camilla if you want to start.
Yeah, I had a blast. I

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feel like there were so many different
you know, every time I worked with

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a different actor, I felt like
I was in a different movie. Sometimes

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each actor and each each dynamic brought
so much you know, nuance and a

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different flavor to the to the movie. So you know, it's like I

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have these romantic scenes with Archie that
were really fun, and then and then

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this like boss and intern dynamic with
with Claire, and then you know,

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having the relationship with Will's mom Catherine. Each one was just so exciting and

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new. So I had a lot
of fun acting opposite all my co stars.

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And how about for you, Archie, Yeah, I'd say it's just

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nice. It's a nice change.
You know, some some jobs that some

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like genres are very intense and mistakes
are like constantly so so high, and

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so with like something like this where
you kind of get to be off camera

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as kind of giddy at as city
is, you know, kind of help

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create that energy. So it's it's
it's not so it's not so taxing.

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It's like it's very comfortable and then
you're like bouncing off each other. So

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yeah, it's a good, good, good environment and was there you know,

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you mentioned bouncing off each other.
Was there any you know, ad

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libbing in what you were doing or
you know, was it a pretty straightforward

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creative process. I wouldn't say it
was straightforward. We definitely did a lot

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of rewriting just so that we could
tailor the character to the characters, to

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the actors. You know. I
know, with Anna a lot of a

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lot of my lines were changed because
I wanted to make sure that, you

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know, that it felt organic to
her and it felt organic to me in

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terms of performance, and also just
really like getting specific with Anna and Will's

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dynamic and what is it about them
and their differences that make them connect and

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how they balance each other out.
So so there there was a lot of

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rewriting and definitely a little bit of
improv here and there. Mind sight and

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you know, you both have had
incredible careers so far and those will continue.

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Where how does this fit? So? You know, Archie, you

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you've done a lot of different h
uh, you know, not so much

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in the romantic genre category as as
this is where you know, some of

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your projects that you've had before.
How does that is this just like another

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kind of you know avenue for you
to to be an artist or was this

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something that you were like, you
know, I want to do like a

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romantic comedy film sort of thing.
I don't really know what I want to

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do, to be honest, I'm
I'm just hoping to anything anything that seems

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like fun that I'm very lucky to
be doing this job. This is like

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it doesn't feel like a job.
I love this anyway. So yeah,

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well I wouldn't you know, I
wouldn't say I was actively like out looking

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for it. It's a great script, great people involved as well. Yeah,

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just a lot of fun. And
and Camilla, is this you know

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for you similarly, you know,
you have a very varied background as well.

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When you're looking to, you know, decide if you want to do

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a role or not. You know, is that like the back of your

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is that in the back of your
mind, like you know, you know,

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I've always kind of wanted to do, you know, this sort of

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film where I I've always wanted to
work with this person or whatever. Yeah,

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It's it's always like a you know, a combination of things that make

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me want to do a role.
But for this one specifically, I'd say

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it was just that it felt like
something I hadn't done before, like I've

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been in rom coms, but not
with this kind of character. Normally,

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I feel like I've I've played a
lot of really confident, you know,

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self assured characters who always have something
witty and smart to say. And Anna

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is a little bit more softer and
light hearted and sillier. And I think

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there was it's not so fun to
be in a movie, uh, with

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a character like that. So you
know, that's I think what I think

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about when I take on a role
is does this feel new and exciting to

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me? For even if it's something
that doesn't feel new exciting to anyone else,

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if it feels new and exciting to
me personally, then that's what makes

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me want to do it. Awesome, And you know, both of you,

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have you this is kind of to
the to the plot of the film.

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Have you ever and obviously you know
if you have current partners that you

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don't, but have you ever in
the past had a little fib to you

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know, maybe woo somebody that you
were interested in? No, Mam,

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I think I think if you're gonna
lie to someone, I'll talking to him

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that It just really cringes me out
at you feel a bit sick. I

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agree. I feel like it's for
me, Like even a little white lie

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is such a commitment and it's a
risk I'm not willing to take. Yeah,

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yeah, I love that. I
always tell people I can't even remember,

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like what I ate this morning,
let alone try to keep you know,

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lies lies all set. It's just
too much. But you have people

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that you know, have whole relationships
that you know have been based on something

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they thought was innocuous at first and
and it's not. It shocks me what

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some people try to get away with
in terms of someone a whole scripts out.

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For me, if I was going
to get away with it, I

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could keep up of it. Otherwise
mine's then And what do you finally,

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what do you both hope you know, somebody takes from when they're watching the

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film, you know, is this
something you want them to think about?

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Is this something you just want them
to have a great time with, you

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know, one of their friends or
their their love interest. Yeah. I

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think with with rom coms, I
mean, at least with ours, it's

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very it's pretty straightforward, and that
I want people to enjoy it and feel

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comforted by it. You know,
it's a sweet story and it's it's ultimately

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a fun movie. It's not like
super serious, so, you know,

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even though there I think there is
a very beautiful message to it, you

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know, which for me is this
idea of faking it till you make it

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and how that can actually you know, even though lying is yes bad,

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there's a power to you know,
manifesting your goals. If you just act

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like you're a successful person, you're
going to attract success in your life.

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And I think there's a powerful message
in that. But ultimately, you know,

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the beauty of a movie like this
is that we're just trying to deliver

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a good quality rom com. You
know. We don't want to give a

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rom com that's something you feel like
you've seen a million times. We want

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it to feel unique and nuanced,
but also familiar enough that it's comforting and

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enjoyable. I love that. Thank
you both. I think you have accomplished

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that with this. It is you
know, fresh and fun and and sweet.

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I think that's the perfect way to
say it. I can't wait for

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everybody to see the film. Thank
you both for speaking with me. I

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really appreciate it. Thank you so
much. Thank you very much. Cheers,

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have a great day. Kamela Mendez
in Artsy. You know the film

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is great. Upgraded is really a
lot of fun funny. Couldn't come at

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a better time, because you know
Valentine's Day is next week and the big

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game is this Sunday, you know, that big sports ball game and where

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Usher is doing a concert and they
play sports ball before and after. I

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guess to entertain you before Usher comes
on in any event, Upgraded is out

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right now on Prime Video. Check
it out. Great fun, little funny

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film that I think you'll enjoy.
All Right, that is the show for

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this episode. Thank you for chilling
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