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My name is Rich Keefe joined by a special guest today. She is actress, producer, writer. You may have just seen her as Mrs. Lilly, aka Alex's mother and the number one movie in America Weapons. It is Callie Chutera. Callie, how are you? I'm wonderful. Thanks for having me, Rich. Well, thanks for coming on.

I really appreciate it. And congratulations on all the success so far of weapons. It must be a

thrill, number one movie in America, brave reviews. People are loving this movie. Yeah, thank you.

It is. It's been a whirlwind. I think it exceeded all expectations so far, but also I know there was a loyal Zach Krieger fan base waiting for this to come out. So we should have expected the rumble, I guess. Definitely. Now, had you seen Barbarian before you had read the script for this? Like you were well aware of Zach Krieger? I had, yes. I'd seen Barbarian twice in theaters. I was a fan of

whitest kids you know in high school. That was, I think, you know, our number one quoted

show of all time. And when I got the project, all it said was untitled Zach Krieger project.

So I immediately knew I wanted to do it. And this is this is the first project I've done

where I just had so

much admiration for the director going in. Was there a moment when you were reading the scripts

where you were like, oh, this is, this is legit? Yeah. Yeah, I love a good chapter sequence in a film.

And I thought this one was done so well. You always knew where you were in space and time.

And I think there was a feeling amongst the whole cast that we were making something really

special from the beginning. We all had access to the full script. But I think none of us could have

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