Nervous Laughter with Ari Aster & Joaquin Phoenix
The A24 Podcast
A24
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Topics covered include: struggling to take a compliment, the pressure of the clock, unorthodox techniques for playing a character in physical pain, worst days on set, resisting comfort, Ari’s snappy attitude, Joaquin fainting mid-take with Patti Lupone, the experience of brutal humiliation, old school SFX makeup tricks, crying in front of the crew while filming Midsommar, doing weird shit in attics, and getting each other through moments when you don’t know what the f-ck to do.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey and welcome back to the A24 podcast. |
| 0:08.4 | If you've been listening for a while, you know the format. |
| 0:11.3 | We almost never pair two people from the same project together, and we encourage guests |
| 0:15.1 | to talk about pretty much anything other than their movie or show. |
| 0:18.8 | This conversation is a little bit different. |
| 0:21.2 | Knowing how close Ariaster and Joaquin Phoenix got during the grueling production of Bo is |
| 0:25.1 | afraid, we saw a rare opportunity to let a director and actor speak candidly about |
| 0:29.8 | their creative dynamic, and the very unique set of obstacles they created, and then |
| 0:33.8 | overcame while on set. |
| 0:35.7 | We hope you enjoy that episode, and don't miss Bo is afraid, opening this weekend in |
| 0:40.0 | theaters nationwide. |
| 0:41.9 | Hi, I'm Ariaster, and I am contractually obliged to do this podcast for A24 since they |
| 0:49.2 | funded all my movies, but they never give me enough time. |
| 0:54.0 | And I'm Joaquin Phoenix, and I will not be speaking at all, and I'm going to be putting |
| 0:58.2 | everything on Ari through this entire conversation, and there's no point in me agreeing to do this |
| 1:07.8 | because everybody knows that... |
| 1:12.6 | See, even our intros are... |
| 1:14.6 | I'm an asshole. |
| 1:15.6 | What about the most truthful things that are watching? |
| 1:19.4 | Hey, man. |
| 1:20.4 | Hey. |
| 1:21.4 | How are you? |
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