Interviews With "Out Of My Mind" Stars Phoebe-Rae Taylor, Luke Kirby & Director Amber Sealey

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

"Out Of My Mind" had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its performances, portrayal of cerebral palsy, writing, and direction. Based on Sharon M. Draper's 2010 novel of the same name, the film tells the story of Melody Brooks, a nonverbal young girl with cerebral palsy who has a sharp mind and a photographic memory. The movie follows her journey as she navigates sixth grade and fights to be heard and understood. She eventually receives a speech-generating device to express her thoughts and feelings. Actors Phoebe-Rae Taylor, Luke Kirby, and Director Ambert Sealey were all kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about their work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now available to stream on Disney+. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free 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 these are Daniel Howard's interviews
0:04.9	with the stars of the film Out of My Mind, Phoebe Ray Taylor and Luke Kirby, and the film's
0:11.4	director, Amber Seeley.
0:13.3	Hi, my name is Melody Brooks, and I have cerebral palsy. Go ahead and stare. It's 2002. You've
0:19.7	never seen a girl in a wheelchair who doesn't talk before?
0:22.6	Here's a list of things I'll never get used to. Butts in my face because people don't see me.
0:28.6	Staircases, people who say hi, but sound so sad. Obviously, this isn't my voice. I can't talk.
0:36.6	And I can sound like whoever I want.
0:39.3	So I picked Jennifer Aniston.
0:42.3	Melody exceeds all my expectations.
0:45.3	Why don't you raise your expectations?
0:47.3	She loves to learn.
0:49.3	It's hard to be objected about your own daughter's limitations.
0:52.3	Hi.
0:53.3	I am working on a program to integrate her into the regular classrooms.
0:58.0	Who's going to turn the pages of her book?
1:00.0	Who's going to take her to the bathroom?
1:01.0	I don't know.
1:02.0	But it feels so right.
1:04.0	Hi.
1:05.0	Yes!
1:06.0	Finally!
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