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Did you know who I was when my name was brought into the mix?
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Uh, I don't...
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No, I didn't.
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I think they went and they went Daisy Ridley's husband.
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And there it was.
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Tom.
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Lily.
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We brought you here today to take a lie detector test.
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One of you will be hooked up to the machine, while the other will ask the questions.
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And then you'll switch.
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this is stephanie our polygraph operator we know her we do
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know a big fan who wants to be in the hot
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seat first can i go first yes do you know why
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this has been like a little bucket list thing i've always wanted to be hooked up to a lot okay
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so i can't wait any longer i'm ready to go
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i'm ready tom to calibrate the machine i'm gonna ask you
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some straightforward questions please answer honestly i promise i will try is your full name thomas jonathan bateman it is
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that is my full name that's me how'd i do so far
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so good thanks man thanks were you born in oxford england
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i was born in oxford england fancy it is a bit
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fancy actually i'm from the not fancy part are you nervous i'm
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so nervous but so excited stephanie are we ready to go we are ready the machine has been calibrated.
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Oh good.
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All right let's get started.
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Let's go.
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You are one of 14 children and you are also a twin.
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Did you become an actor to distinguish yourself from all of your siblings?
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Almost certainly yeah yeah.
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I'm the only one which is kind of strange right
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because you think with 14 people maybe you'd have more
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but yeah I think it's it doesn't take a therapist to work out that I just wanted some attention.
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Is being the favorite child important to you?
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I let that go a long time ago when I realized I wasn't
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so yeah you can't be the favorite of 14 do you know what I mean that's
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so many children that's a tall order
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so it's not really important to me are you the favorite
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now definitely not no my mom did actually say verbatim
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when someone jokingly said who's your favorite she said Merlin
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which is my twin she didn't even think right
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and she was distracted too so it's like we knew she was telling the truth
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so yeah we all uh we all got over
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that pretty quick can you settle rumors once
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and for all here we go this is what this is for this person
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one of your siblings this person is actually my twin brother
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no no he's not no it's it's a hilariously common name isn't it
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and i work he was he was the producer of
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that show i worked a lot of people said is
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that how you got the job um i said yeah yeah it is
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and did you ever pretend you were related to him to use his industry connections?
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No, but that's given me ideas.
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Maybe I will.
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Maybe I will from now on.
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Do you think life would be easier if you were a Nepo baby? Would it be easier?
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I mean, I kind of, you know, I know a few Nepo babies, and I have to say, I think they have a hard time.
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They obviously get doors open for them, but then people, they're living in a shadow.
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It's cold in there.
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Whereas anything that if you're not, you just go, oh, they did that thing off their own back, you know?
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So I don't think it would help.
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so far you've been quite truthful quite quite truthful yeah like out of five
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that would be like what five you played both dr. Jekyll
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and mr. Hyde and ITV's Jekyll
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and Hyde does this mean you earned double the salary god I wish it did
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that would have been so good
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that would have been a whole 25 pounds no no it didn't I just got paid for the one
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because really he wasn't two people He was split down the middle.
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It was one character.
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So you don't think you should have gotten paid double?
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Oh, well, that's a very different question, isn't it, Lily?
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I think I should get paid double on every job.
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So do you think you did a better job of playing two characters than this person?
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Oh, God damn it.
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No way.
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She's like the OG Jekyll and Hyde.
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Come on, that is one of the greatest films.
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What about this person?
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Oh, my God, how many have we got?
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No, no, this person.
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This was one of, that was my favorite movie that year.
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Oh my God, last year, my God, he was amazing.
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I don't know if I read this somewhere or whatever, he had dimples for one character and not the other.
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Like his face was that specific.
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That's incredible.
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Was it like a prosthetic or he just changed how he held his face?
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No, I think it was the way he was just holding his energy and everything, absolutely incredible.
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I'm so happy he won, I was cheering for that.
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He was incredible.
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So you were rooting for him to win the Oscar?
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I was rooting for him, because I tried to do the dimple thing for Jekyll and Hyde, it didn't really work.
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I didn't know that was a thing where you could.
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It is.
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How do you do that, show me?
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What the fu - That's not dimples.
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Are you picking up some deception or something over here?
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No, I can't touch those guys.
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They were amazing.
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Okay.
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Is that coming up true?
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Truthful.
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Thank God.
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Otherwise, Michael B.
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You have said that doing most of your own stunts on this show was therapeutic.
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Do you particularly enjoy trashing hotel rooms?
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I really do.
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Most hotel rooms that I walk into, I think, how quickly could I trash this?
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The machine is picking up.
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There you go.
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Damn it, I just wanna be cooler than I actually am.
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I walk in, I take my shoes off straight away.
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You know, I make the bed.
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No, I don't trash any hotel rooms.
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It did feel very fun to do, though.
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Do you clean up to create less work for the housekeepers?
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I do, yeah.
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I think it's because it's quite a strange feeling, I think, being in a hotel, for long periods.
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It's, I usually don't really like people coming in and cleaning anyway, because it feels strange, you know?
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If you're there for a long amount of time.
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Yeah, but if I know that they're coming in and doing it, I do tidy up, because I was a cleaner.
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I know what it's like to come, and you're like, come on, man, you couldn't have helped me out.
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T -Method.
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Such a good guy.
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Have you ever done anything aggressive to blow off steam?
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Have I ever done anything aggressive to blow off steam?
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Definitely, yeah, so I used to clean toilets, and I remember I was cleaning this toilet.
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You know the nozzle on the hairdryer?
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Yeah.
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And I cracked my head on it, I went, ow, I got so angry that I punched the stall wall.
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I thought you were saying that that's how you blew off steam, was you cracked your head on the thing.
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No, no, the steam was, that created the steam, and then I punched this wall to blow off the steam, but then I just had a really injured hand and a really hurt head, and no one cared.
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Did you create a hole in the wall?
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No, it was pathetic, nothing.
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The only thing that got hurt or damaged was me and my ego, and I haven't thought about that since right now.
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Your character in The Love Hypothesis is the most hated and feared man on campus.
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Was being mean difficult for you?
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Not even a little bit, no. It's so fun to be mean.
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So you don't care what people think about you?
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No, I do care.
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Like in realsies, in real life, I think that's why it was very liberating playing that.
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I thought, my God, if I could just have a little bit of this guy in my life, I care too much.
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Do you care about what I think of you?
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So much, Lily.
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It's a moment, how's that coming up?
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That was truthful.
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This is a scary question for me.
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Did I make a good first impression when we met?
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You're like the reason I wanted to do it because of when we met.
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Because when I met you on that Zoom and we were doing this chemistry read on this Zoom and I was going, oh, I think this script's really fun and I'd never done a romantic comedy before and I really liked the character.
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But when you came on, I was like, oh, I wonder what it's gonna be.
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And you were so playful and fun.
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I didn't want the read to end and then it did and I thought, God, that was so fun.
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So you made a great first impression.
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And I'm not just saying that.
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Ask me, am I telling a lie?
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That was the truth.
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That was the true truths.
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That's so sweet.
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You'd made a great first impression.
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I'm glad.
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And a great second and third.
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Thanks.
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The fourth one.
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Not so much.
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You know what I mean, no one's perfect.
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Don't even tell me if that was true or not.
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So my character in our film is based on fan fiction, inspired by this Star Wars character.
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Who is this?
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Played by your wife.
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Do you wish that you could play a character so iconic that it gets a spin off?
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Yes.
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Her character is so beloved by people.
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I've got to see the impact that she's had on so many people.
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Some of my nieces, I remember when they first met her, they were going, my God, to have that impact on people and to then have a sort of spin off and things being inspired by it, that's a kind of dream, right?
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Because you never know how the work you're going to do is going to be received.
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So I think that's the dream, right?
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That's something so well received that people just want more and more.
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Even if it doesn't exist yet, they're like, well, go ahead and make it, please.
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Our characters have a meet -cute in a bathroom.
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Is that similar to how you and your wife met?
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I love that, no, it's not.
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We didn't meet in a bathroom, no. I would hope not.
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I love that that's the sort of base layer for meet -cutes.
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It's sort of like bathroom.
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I don't think I would call ours a meet -cute.
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It was just a meet.
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It was a meet, but it was kind of cute.
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I thought it was cute.
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Fans refer to your wife's character
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and Adam Driver's character in The Force Awakens as Reylo do
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you think the name has a better ring to it than Olivesen?
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Olivesen, that sounds like a European football manager.
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So like, they're doing Carlson.
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Oh I see, yeah.
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But that's not usually how it works.
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Olivesen.
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Yeah, that's bad.
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Yeah, no, I think, what was it, Raylo?
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Yeah.
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Raylo, Raylo really, I think finishing with an O.
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Yeah, it's nice.
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What was it, Olivesen?
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Olivesen.
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Ugh, that makes me want to brush my teeth.
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Okay, fair enough.
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Yeah, how we doing by the way?
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Am I taking the more, I haven't lied yet?
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We're doing great, yeah.
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I mean, that one time.
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That one time.
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That one time.
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Okay, you wrote the film Magpie, which is about a failing marriage.
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Is it true that your wife, who also starred in the film, gave you the idea for it?
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Yeah, it was her idea.
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Hair, the finger is out.
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Do you think she was trying to send you a message?
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If she did, it was not received.
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I just went, oh my God, yeah, that's a great idea.
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And she sat there going, there is no film, I just want to get this through your stupid head. That was truthful.
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It was truthful, I can't lie.
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Yeah, I know.
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Did you pull from any personal experience when making the film?
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Yeah, well, I wrote the film, and so I don't think it's possible to write something without pulling from personal experience, or act in something really.
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So were you able to get some things off your chest?
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Yeah, but not in the way I think you're hinting at there.
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It's on the paper.
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It's on the paper.
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It was all to do with kind of toxicity within relationships
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and what people let slide and why they might let it slide.
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Hand on heart, wasn't about our relationship, but there were relationships I have seen that are in my life that I've observed that I've thought, this is problematic.
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I'm gonna go ahead and write it in a film and hopefully they get the hint.
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Were there any consequences to that?
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I don't speak to most of the people that I know anymore.
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No, there were no consequences.
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No, I think, I hope, maybe behind closed doors.
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You've said that Daisy gave you notes while you were writing.
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Did you take all of them?
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Oh yeah, Daisy's the kind of person, she gives you a note, firstly, I'm not lying.
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She gives great notes, she gives really good notes, and our tastes kind of align, but also, she gives me notes in acting and stuff, like if I'm reading a scene with her or something, she just goes, hmm, have you thought about that?
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And hilariously, I never have.
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So I do take them.
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Sometimes I do resist them, because sometimes, or you know what I mean, the instinct within you.
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She'll go, hey, have you thought about this?
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I'm like, oh, how dare you.
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Of course I've thought about it.
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Final question.
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Here we go, and then I'm getting my sweet, sweet revenge on you, Nil.
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Did you lie at any point during this lie detector test, and we didn't catch you?
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Everything has been a lie.
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We're through the looking glass, people.
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No, I don't think so.
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I found this actually far more enjoyable.
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You're so truthful.
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You just are.
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It's the easiest thing to be.
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To calibrate this machine, I'm going to ask you some very straightforward questions.
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Please.
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Please answer them, honestly.
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Is your name Lily Pauline Reinhardt?
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It is.
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That's all I'm going to call you from now on.
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Were you born in Idaho?
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Idaho!
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I was born in Ohio.
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And are you ready to take this lie detector test?
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I think so.
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You nervous?
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Yeah.
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How's she doing?
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She's doing great, and we are ready.
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The machine has been calibrated.
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Let's get started.
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Let's get started.
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You moved to LA when you were 18 to pursue acting, but moved back home after six months.
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Now, is that because you missed the scenic beauty of Cleveland?
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No. I moved from North Carolina, actually.
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So I moved to North Carolina when I was 16 for my dad's job.
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So when I was 18, I moved from North Carolina to LA.
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And then after six months, I left because I was so depressed and wasn't making any money.
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I was so physically ill from my depression that I had to go home.
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Oh no. No, that's, I mean, that's the truth, right?
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You are being truthful.
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Yeah.
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Hey, it worked out.
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But then I moved back.
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Wayo.
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I moved back.
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Is LA a terrible place to be a struggling actor?
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It sucks, yeah, to be a struggling actor anywhere, though.
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I'm working through this now with a neuroplastic, do you know what neuroplasticity is?
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I think so, but please, you're a Nazi.
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It's like helping you rewire your brain and get to the root traumas of things,
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and I'm realizing how detrimental my constant rejections during my teenage years have been to my adult development. So yeah.
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What are you doing to get the plasticity?
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Are we talking like magic mushrooms and stuff?
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No, not mushrooms.
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No?
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How's she doing that?
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She's telling the truth.
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Yeah, no shrooms.
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Okay.
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You lived in a shared apartment with, quote, a bajillion people.
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Were you the passive aggressive roommate?
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Probably, I think I lived, so I lived in a house in Hollywood Hills at the bottom of one of the hills with like six people, but I had my own little bedroom,
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but I had to share a bathroom with like four people.
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God, God.
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And the bathroom was right next to my bed, so I was hearing some things constantly.
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You still close with those people?
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No. So did you leave post -it notes on people's dirty dishes?
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No, not at all.
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I genuinely barely used the kitchen.
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I would make things in a crock pot
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and keep the crock pot in my room so I didn't have to leave my room.
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I can really just see that.
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Big introvert here.
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Yeah.
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Is that because you didn't share?
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I actually recall maybe getting mad at someone for taking some of my chips at some point.
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So I guess I, at the time, yeah, I didn't have any money.
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I was like, when I buy food, it's for me.
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I don't think I'd ever come between you and Chips.
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That's a scary place to be.
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Was I having a lot of Chips while we were shooting?
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No, you weren't.
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It was Mountain Dew.
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Your character, Betty Cooper on Riverdale, wore an iconic ponytail.
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Is it true that the location of the ponytail was reflective of her mental state?
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And was that your decision?
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No, the ponytail itself wasn't reflective of the mental state.
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We did a time jump, season five, I believe, and so the ponytail, in order to show my progression as a human being,
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went down closer to the.. the nape of my neck rather than the middle high pony.
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Cause she's grown.
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Cause she's grown and I had extensions in so my ponytail itself was longer.
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Oh, sick.
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Yeah.
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What would your hair say about you right now?
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Oh, well half of it's not mine.
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So, that I'm a fake .
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No, I don't know.
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What would my hair say about me right now?
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That I've been working with Erica, my hair stylist for a long time and she kills it and Matt, my hair colorist, who did it last night.
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Shout out.
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Yeah.
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What does my hair say about me right now?
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Your hair looks great.
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I saw when you walked in, I was like, your hair looks really good.
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Oh, you like the hair?
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Mm -hmm.
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Thanks, man.
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I appreciate a good head of hair, just in general.
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Yeah.
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Because I don't have that.
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You have a great head of hair.
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No, this is smoke and mirrors, baby.
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50 % of it is great.
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Smoke and mirrors, baby.
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Do you use the CoStar app?
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Oh, I used to.
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That tells you about your horoscope.
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Oh.
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But I don't anymore because I think I don't like, I'm too persuasive in a way where if someone tells me like, today you're going to have a bad day, I'm going to be like,
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I'm going to have a bad day.
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And that's not true.
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That isn't true.
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So I don't maybe want to see that stuff.
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I like that.
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Sometimes I do on TikTok when it's like, here's the thing about being a Virgo and I'm like, I'm listening.
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You are an executive producer on our new movie, The Love Hypothesis.
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Doesn't that mean that you had final say on casting me?
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I did you did mm -hmm how's that truth
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that was truthful no thanks man of course we chemistry read twice
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and I know we put you that's a lot like I was doing
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so many zoom chemistry reads sorry maybe no no I had to do it
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and cool I had to do quite a few
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but it was like you're so perfect so it was great I was funny
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because I remember it come in oh they wouldn't do another
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one I was like I'm having fun here I do this
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as many times as you want did you know who I was when and my name was brought into the mix.
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I don't, no, I didn't.
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I think they went and they went Daisy Ridley's husband.
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And there it was.
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But I'm positive the only reason they said that is because of the fanfiction of the book being based off of her.
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Absolutely.
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Plus, I'm happy with that.
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But you know I was very quickly on IMDB going, oh, I know him.
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Is there any actor, any other actor I should say, that you were leaning towards?
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If yes, who was it?
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Yeah, there was two.
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It was between you and another guy.
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I mean, I'm not gonna say who.
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She's so good.
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She's telling the truth.
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Yeah, it was.
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It was him and another guy.
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I'm gonna get that out of you.
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Did I make a good first impression in our chemistry test?
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Totally.
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You were such a, you're such a good actor, and that to me is always the most important.
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I mean, obviously that sounds obvious, but like, and you just so happen to have dark features, which is what we were looking for,
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and you were tall, which is a huge part of the book.
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And like we were, it's kind of nerve wracking when you're casting and you're like, you need to find a, I think he's 6 '4 in the book.
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And we're like, we need to find a guy over six feet so there's a big height difference and with dark features.
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And in you came on Zoom.
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And I came on Zoom, which is hilarious because you're like, you can't see how tall I am on Zoom.
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Oh, I looked that up.
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Oh, of course you did.
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I was Googling that.
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We all were, we had to.
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I like this question were there any performance choices that I made that were cringe to you?
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If yes, what were they?
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That were cringe to me?
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Yeah, did I give you the ick in some of my choices?
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I think we knew this, that you were doing two different versions of Adam,
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one that was a little bit more deeply not socially aware and one that was a little bit more,
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I don't even want to say aware because Adam doesn't care, but I leaned, I responded to the version where you were a little bit more tapped in to what was going on around you.
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Sure, instead of the?
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Instead of a little bit, yeah, yeah, I don't know what we would call that.
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Yeah, good, it was a swing.
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Let's see if it ends.
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You've mentioned in an interview that people say you have a little bite in you.
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Do you agree with that assessment?
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Totally.
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Wow.
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Yeah, I think I'm blunt, and I think people really know how I feel pretty instantly
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and it's really hard for me to hide that and I think that can be off -putting to some people.
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So I definitely know that I can certainly rub people the wrong way with my, because it's not an attitude, it's just like I'm very straightforward.
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So I think some people either really respond to that or they don't.
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I love it.
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I think you know where you stand with someone like you.
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It's great.
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Okay, do you think it has anything to do with this?
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Let me tell you something about this shirt.
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I don't know what this is, can I see this?
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What does it say?
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I support a man's right to shut the up.
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One of the security guys working that night was like, I really like your shirt.
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And I was like, any person who's gonna be insulted by a woman's t -shirt, I'll just let you say that.
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That's what I have to say about that.
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Is there a man in particular that you were sending a message to?
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Not in particular, I think just the patriarchy.
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Just the patriarchy, just men?
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Just men.
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When you put that t -shirt on, were you talking to this man?
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Oh, no, you are the nicest person ever.
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Oh, Lil, that's on camera.
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I would never tell you to shut the up.
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And can we just refer to our judge?
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That was inconclusive, by the way.
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What I just said.
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Lily, this is day one of our press tour.
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I would never.
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I tell everybody that you are a genuine golden retriever.
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Oh!
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I say that about you.
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That's true, right?
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That was true.
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Golden retriever.
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I do.
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I would never tell you to shut up.
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Look at you in your little jacket.
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Is there anything that I have ever said that you wish I didn't?
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No. So you agree with all of my opinions, Lily Reinhardt?
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I don't know all of your opinions, but we got along really well on set.
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So there was nothing that I would...
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Against it all.
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It was never like, Tom said some really crazy today, right?
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That was truthful.
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It sounded truthful.
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Lily, be honest.
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Do you believe that men should have rights?
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I do.
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That was a lie.
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I'm kidding.
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Oh, wow, you got me.
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Nice, nice.
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Did you lie at any point during this lie detector test and we didn't catch you?
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No, the only thing I've been nervous about is that I'm literally shaking with how cold I am in here.
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So I've thought that maybe that would kind of interfere with it, like if I really, like I'm actually shivering.
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So I'm overcompensating a little bit to not shiver, and I feel like that could maybe be picked up as nervousness or something, but...
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You look like a cool cucumber.
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Yeah.
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Let's get this woman a North Face jacket.
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Yeah.
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Stare.
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Boost Your Conversational Fluency with This Fun Lie Detector Clip
Want to sound more natural in casual English conversations? This video of Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman taking a lie detector test is perfect for practicing real-world dialogue flow. The relaxed, playful tone helps you master how to respond quickly, use filler words, and sound authentic—key milestones for fluency. Whether you’re using a shadowing app or practicing on your own, this clip makes learning feel like a game!
Phrase Bank: Reusable Expressions for Everyday Chats
- "Is that how you got the job?" – A common way to ask about opportunities.
- "I let that go a long time ago" – Useful for talking about moving on from past concerns.
- "It doesn't take a therapist to work out" – A casual way to say something is obvious.
- "That's a tall order" – Means something is difficult to achieve.
- "That's given me ideas" – A fun response to a clever suggestion.
Fix Your Weak Spots: Rhythm and Intonation
The video shines at teaching natural speech rhythm. Notice how Tom and Lili pause, stress certain words, and use rising intonation for questions. These subtleties make English sound alive! To practice, try shadow speak—repeat their lines immediately after they say them, matching their tone and speed. Tools like shadowspeak apps can help you track your progress. Focus on phrases like "I'm so nervous but so excited"—the contrast between "nervous" and "excited" is a great example of how intonation adds meaning. With a little practice, you’ll start sounding more like a native in no time!
Ready to level up? Grab your shadowing app and dive into this clip—your next conversation will be smoother than ever!
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has been · has been calibrated · you've been |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was brought · will be hooked · be hooked |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | one which is · Magpie, which is · features, which is |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was telling · was just holding · was cheering |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.