Interview With "Free Guy" Production Designer, Ethan Tobman

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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After what has felt like a forever-long delay from its initial release due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 20th Century Studios is finally releasing "Free Guy" in theaters this weekend starring Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Joe Keery & Taika Waititi. It's been called "The Truman Show" for a new generation, and the result is an enthusiastic, fun, and surprisingly thoughtful social commentary on free will and the imaginary worlds we create for ourselves outside of the real one. That fictional world in this film is "Free City," which required creative world-building and ingenuity to bring to life on the big screen. Production Designer Ethan Tobman was kind enough to discuss his work on the film with us, which you can listen to below. Enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture Podcast, and this is Daniel Howitt's interview with the production designer for Free Guy, Ethan Todman.
0:08.6	My name is Guy.
0:09.7	Sunday should be warm and sunny.
0:11.1	Just a scattering of drive-bys.
0:13.0	And I live in paradise.
0:17.2	I've got a best friend.
0:18.5	This is the greatest cup of coffee up all time.
0:20.4	Oh!
0:57.0	Monday. Is am I right, Joe? You said it, guys. And I work at the bank. Everybody down on the ground! I thought I had everything I needed. But then I met her. Everybody down on the ground. Everybody except you. Me? It's just so... Please, I have a cold fist. There's something inside you, Guy. I don't want something inside me. They expected you to just follow the rules. You are so much more than that. Put these on. Okay. Fine. I can do... Oh my God! What are these trick glasses or something? Guy, there is no easy way to say this. This world, it's a video game.
0:59.0	You're not real.
1:01.0	Please that mother.
1:02.0	And the guy responsible for this world was going to destroy it.
1:08.0	You've met God?
1:10.0	Yes, he's an absolute troll.
1:11.7	Trolls exist.
1:13.8	Buddy, if we're not real, doesn't that mean that nothing you do matters?
1:17.9	I am sitting here with my best friend trying to help him get through a tough time.
1:22.2	Now, if that's not real, I don't know what it is.
1:24.5	I know this world is just the game, but this place, these people, that's all I have. So I'm not gonna be the good guy. Thanks, Guy. I'm gonna be the great guy. Well, enjoy your lifetime supply of virginity. Off you go. This whole good guy routine is ruining the game. Woo! Terminator. It's the first time I've ever driven a car before.
1:45.0	I really wish you'd mention that.
1:47.0	Yeah.
1:48.0	Yeah.
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