About this episode

Rose Byrne and Emily Blunt discuss their experiences on set, personal anecdotes, and the challenges of portraying real people.

Topics covered include: Car rides to and from set, Emily’s special nickname for Dwayne Johnson, performing with a camera inches from your face, delicately handling playing a real person, Wonderbras, The Rock as the most patient man on Earth, not being concerned with being likable, Mary Bronstein’s intimate rehearsal process, audiences inherent distrust of a woman misbehaving, Emily reconnecting Dwayne and Benny on set of Oppenheimer , wanting to feel terror when choosing projects, and being hyper aware of the ocean.

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