Happy Sad Confused - Adria Arjona

Episode Date: September 7, 2026

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How you feeling? You good? No, I'm not good. Are you kidding me? My whole life is in the line, and you're just with me. One might say you're fucking with me. I'm not. I'm so hard to secrecy, and I don't like secrets. I hate secrets. I'm so bad at them. Prepare your ears, humans. Happy, sad, confused begins. Hey, guys, it's Josh. Welcome to another edition of Happy, Sad, Sad, Confused. Today on the show, So first-time guest, Adria Arjona, absolutely killing it in recent years, Hitman, her new film, Onslaught, Andor.

She's in the new Man of Tomorrow's Superman sequel as someone? We don't know. We'll see. Today we are talking about Onslaught, her new film with Adam Wingard. This is a great conversation. So thrilled she finally came on the podcast. Thanks, guys, as always, for checking out happy, say it confused. Remember, hit that subscribe button on YouTube, on Spotify.

However you're enjoying this, I appreciate you guys. remember to check out our Patreon. Patreon.com slash happy, say it confused, early access, discount codes to our live events and much, much more. We've got a live one on October 13th in New York City with Joe Mangonello talking about his career, his new memoir, and more. Okay, main event today, as I said, it's Audrey Arjona, who is very much in demand. She's getting like all these choice roles and well-deserved. She kind of came, I think, I feel like the big break for her in recent years has to be hitman the Richard link later film with her and Glenn Powell but since then getting the absolutely great role of bix in and or being cast in the new thomas crown affair remake getting

this new potentially game-changing role in man of tomorrow uh and leading this film onslaught directed by adam wingard if you know adam wingard's uh films you know that he's kind of got a gonzo spirit like an action slasher spirit to much of his early works and this is kind of a return to form. Adria is a kickass heroin in this. She leads the way alongside a cast that includes Drew Starkey, Reginald Bell Johnson. If you know Diehard, you know who I'm talking about. And Dan Stevens and Rebecca Hall and more. So she's great in this. This is a really fun conversation. And I know a lot of people are going to be tuning into this one because they are curious about Audrey's role in Man of Tomorrow, the Superman sequel. There's a lot of conjecture about who she plays

to lay it out on the table. There's conjecture that she's playing a character named Maxima or there's conjecture that she's playing a character known as Wonder Woman. Now, I don't know who she plays. For the record, I have no idea who she plays. I have no inside Intel. I just know what I believe, which is I'm guessing she's Wonder Woman. And I think she'd be a hell of a Wonder Woman. We have a nice extended conversation about those rumors, a very playful conversation.

Don't worry. We don't spoil anything. But I think no matter who she ends up playing in retrospect, this portion of the conversation you guys are going to dig. So enjoy this entire chat with Adria about her entire career on Slot. all the way back and to the future with Thomas Crown Affair and Man of Tomorrow. Enjoy. Audria, are you ready for this?

I'm ready. Did I get it right, Andrea? You did. You're the first one today. The first one. Yeah. I was going to say, I feel like, look, in the trajectory of your career, you're killing it the last few years especially.

You've been doing it for a minute, but especially the last few years. Have you noticed a ratio of like percentage of people getting it right? No, they keep killing it. They keep killing your name. They keep killing my name. I feel like it's getting worse. No. It is.

What's the worst pronunciation? What's the one that gets under your sketch? Origina was one I got today. That's just adding syllables. That's adding... Yeah, that's adding... That's adding... Yeah, that's adding letters.

You're like, what is happening. I've gotten Abigail many times. Huh. Yeah. Abigail always surprises me and it's the one that I get the most. That's... Not even close. A B, a G, an L.

You're getting real creative. My name is five letters. Guys, come on. It's five letters. Pay some respect. It's Adria Arjona. There it is. Or, or...

Andrea Arjona. Arjona. God damn it. Most importantly, let's call her a first-time guest. I'm happy to have you here. I've been following your work a lot lately. And I've been following yours. Oh, I appreciate you.

Congratulations. The new film we're spreading the good word on is Adam Wingard's madcap, I don't know what we call, a slasher, genre mashup onslaught. That was good. How are you feeling? You're like about to deliver this child into the universe. You've been very much behind this one. You love this one, I know.

Do you tend to get, like, tense before release, excited? Put me in your head a little bit. Well, this one's a wild child. Yes. So I'm a little scared. No, I'm really excited. I'm particularly excited about this one because, and I felt the same in Splitsville because it's very much a director's movie.

You know, I love watching a director take a swing and freaking nail it. And it's, he makes some very interesting choices. The sound design in this movie is amazing. And I just, yeah, I like seeing risky movies go to the theaters. This is what I always say. I mean, one of my montres on this podcast is like, I'll take a big swing that succeeds or fails any day over. I don't need a double. I don't need like a safe.

We've seen plenty of safe movies. Just go for it. Just go for it. Adam Wingard goes for it. So part of like, I mean, there's, I'm sure a lot of appeal. We'll start with the film. Then we'll backtrack about a lot of other stuff in your career if you'll indulge me. But like, I mean, you're aspiring. I would imagine Adam and yourself like to some kind of like iconic badassery. Oh, yeah. In this. Like this is like Ripley Sarah Connor in the DNA. Like is that referenced like right from the start? I mean, maybe there's an air there to. I mean, she was my North star in preparation. And then once I, you know, start. filming, I kind of dropped that idea. I'm like, it's too much for me to... Yeah, put that picture on the...

Put that picture in my trailer. I'm like, no, she's too cool. She's just way too cool. But I aspired, you know, she was part of my inspiration. Yeah. Definitely in the prep work. And I think when you first start watching the movie, you're like a little confused by my character, which is what we sort of intended.

We made a very specific choice that we wanted her to feel messy. Yeah. and have a complicated relationship with motherhood. We see so many male actors get a chance to portray those characters, but rarely do we see women get to portray those characters. So that was really fun, and it was an intentional choice. Is there a sense, I mean, like, for those that have, probably most people that are listening to this podcast,

have watched Adams work before, but like my sense is, like, people are game. Like, I mean, this film alone, your performance, I mean, what Drew Starkey is, doing here, what Dan Stevens is doing here, like props to everybody. Everybody goes for it. Right? Everybody goes for it. Is that something that's just like inherent to like the atmosphere Adam creates on set? It's based into the DNA of the script. I mean, why do you think he attracts actors that are kind of willing to go for it? I mean, it definitely is Adam for sure. But I think for this one specifically, it's Adam coming back home to what he does best, what he's loved to do the kind of movies that defined him as a filmmaker,

he went off and did these big studio movies. And out of what he's told me, I don't wanna speak for him, he loved them. You know, he had so much fun, but there was a part of him that was missing. You know, he wasn't necessarily making his movies. Yeah. And so it felt like a comeback story.

So we were all gained to be like, all right, this is Adam's passion project. Yeah, nothing about this feels compromised. It doesn't feel like, oh, someone in a studio was like, can we put this in here? Can we do that? No. No, no.

No, no, not at all. Like opposite. Not at all, quite opposite. You know, I think, for example, me having an eye patch on. Like, I've been trying my whole career to have a scar on my face and no studio allows me to have blood or scar on my face. You know, it's always like an arm, this, that, but I don't know, I've always, I just thought I would look cool. And no one's let me, except for Adam Winklow. I mean, shades of John Carpenter.

You can't think, you can't see like an eye patch without thinking like Snake Pliskin, at least. I can't, right? I mean, when do you, I know this isn't necessarily like an easy shoot. Like, when do you on this set feel at your coolest and at your lamest on the set? Like, what's the high and what's the low? There is not an easy day on set on this one for sure. I think the beginning of the movie feels a little bit lighter for my character when it's still, you know, it's, it's a performance like no other that I've done. So I think every time you step into someone's shoes that you've never, or like a character that you've never tackled or the idea of a character that you've never tackled, I don't think there's an easy day on set. And I'm kind of neurotic in that sense. I'm like, I just want to do a good job. So is that constantly, is there a constant tension then for you? Like that's, I mean, is that a place that you like to live in as an actor where. No, no, no, no, no. Maybe I'm describing myself wrong. I'm the prop master here.

and the armor, Brett, who is the reason I look cool in this movie, he described me, like, pretty perfectly. He's like, you're like a wild horse. You just go for it. Like, it's a small little direction. I'm like, boom, I just jolt towards things. No, I like to have fun. Has that always been the case?

I mean, because I've talked to a lot of actors where it's like, that's where you want to be optimally. But a lot of times you get, sometimes you get burned by directors, by editors, et cetera. And it's like you want to always get to that. flow state on a set, but that's a lot of trust to put it into a filmmaker. Yeah, well, I do trust Adam Wingard for sure. I think you just have to, I don't know, just go for it. To me, it's a little bit more exciting than overthinking things.

I'm not very analytical when it comes to acting. I can be analytical about other stuff, but when it comes to acting, I'm not. It's like fully intuition. So when people sometimes ask me, like, what's your style? worker what's your process I'm like I don't have one I don't I really don't I every movie is different I mean that being said you did I mean we'll get into the background now if that's okay like you you you were trained like you did at least Strausburg here in the in the city and that's hardcore like acting you know that's

I mean I did a whole conservatory at Lee Straser yeah it was so is that so like going through something like that what did you discover about sort of what your process is, right? Like, were you trying different kind of ways to do what you do now? Like, where are you at now versus where you were then? Oh, I had to shed a lot of stuff coming out of school. Really? Yeah. And there's not, look, I think I've never been a school person. I've never liked school. I loved acting school. They created a community for me. It gave me so many tools. but when I started working, I had to unlearn a lot of stuff. I came with a lot of tricks and little things in my pocket.

And it just wasn't translating the same, at least not for me. I know actors that I went to school with that still follows. It works really well for them. But I don't, yeah, I never worked for me. There's everything about method acting and, you know, replacing things and going back to a, I would always feel, sorry, there's a bet. It's being attacked. There's always something about, like, sense and memory and all those things.

It feels a little too self-indulgent for me. Yeah. I really bounce off of whoever is in front of me and like looking into somebody's eyes and making them react or having fun and just, honestly, just playing and just being a little kid and just trying to play and figure it out. out, that seems to work a lot more. For me, it feels a lot more organic and truthful. Right. That's why I don't come in with so much shit of my own.

I feel like sometimes it could be disruptive for me. I know a lot of people, it works. I think the most important, if I were to have a process, it's sort of like, I don't know how to explain it, sort of gauging everybody else's process. I mean, like, all right, this director kind of works like this, interesting this actor works like that

how do I respect their boundaries and play with them but yeah I don't like imposing your own kind of like yeah no I find that to be selfish it can be selfish for an actor

I mean I've had this conversation with a lot of the actors and I appreciate what you're saying because yeah also where's the fun of it if you've like done all the work if you've done like all the work in your trailer and have like bring like a mattered performance that doesn't like have any conversation

with anybody else like you might as well be doing it on your own. Yeah. Or with a tennis ball. Yeah. Like, I don't, I don't, I don't know. I don't have, I don't have fun that way. Yeah.

I do, I can freak out some actors out. I'm pretty spontaneous. Some people are like, whoa, what do you doing? Is that changing the lines or just changing like movement or like what's, can you give me an example of what that's like? Yeah, sometimes I'll do a couple takes like word for word and then I'll ask for like. One for me. Yeah, one for me kind of.

And, and do certain things. Sometimes it ends in the editing floor. Sometimes it ends in the movie. But you give an option in the edit room. And I think being a producer has allowed me to ask for one for me. Yeah. And those are always, yeah, those are always fun. Yeah.

It shakes it up on set too for everybody, hopefully, in a good way. In a good way. Yeah. I think my biggest talent is paraphrasing. Getting the just of it. Come at me. No one is better. meaning like kind of shortening what you just getting to the gist of the yeah you give me a line i could say

that line in a different way and is by choice and i would imagine there are some you worked with a lot of different directors and there's some that are like cool oh no i know when to do it and when not who's the list of the yes yays and the nays like of the tony gilroy is absolutely no yeah because also it would it would do a disservice i would i would be there's a poetry to what he's doing messing myself up. Yes. If I were to change even a comma or a period in Tony Gilroy, it would not be okay. I would ruin the rhythm of a whole thing.

That's sork and level. You don't want to go near that. So I'm like, I know when to do it. Sure. Richard Linklater, you explore everything in rehearsal and you rewrite it and write it and rewrite it and then you explore more, you figure it out. And then once you get it, there is no improv on set. Oh, interesting.

Zero. That's the whole point of all the rehearsal process, everything. We get to the point where it's locked in. It's locked in. There's no questions on set. If there's a question on set, why didn't you ask it in rehearsal? Like you really exhaust every possibility. And it's been one of the easiest movies I've been in because we knew exactly what we were doing.

We finished early. The mood on set was so light because nobody was figuring it out. I went to sleep in such peace because I knew what I did. I wasn't like, oh man, I should have tried that. Oh, man, I had an instinct and didn't follow it. I followed every instinct. I felt so hard on some because you just have fun. And you've, I mean, when I say that we would go to places and Rick would be like,

what are you guys doing? And you just go to the craziest place because you're in a safe environment. Time is not, you know, time is not part of the equation because we're in rehearsal. And we have all the time in the world. You know, we have three weeks. Yeah, I've never seen like a filmmaker. I've never been on one of the sets. But like, you can certainly, you can kind of tell the vibe of a person related to their set.

Like, my sense is like he's such a chill. So chill. Like everything about him emanates that. And you describing a set sounds like that is Richard Linklater. And so fun and funny and laid back. It's like, walk. I'm like, is this work? Right.

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canon podcast as we plunge into the shadow dark every thursday night at 8 p.m eastern on youtube.com slash the glass cannon with the podcast version dropping the next day see what everybody's talking about and join us in the dark. Okay, so let's go even further back. So growing up, what I know about you is dad, very successful singer-songwriter, I don't know, like, were you on tour with him as a kid? So you have that experience. I would imagine that has to be impactful for you, given where you've ended up, like,

seeing your dad loving, being on a stage, performing. Like, in retrospect, does that imprint on you in a profound way you think to why you do, why you do what you do? I think so. And to be fair, my biggest dream was always to be like a huge pop star. That was the first one? Yeah, I was like, I want to be the next Britney Spears. It's not too late.

And I can't sing. Okay, it's too late. It's too late. I never had a shot. I never had a shot. But no one broke my dream until I think my brother, or I had like a recorder and I recorded myself singing and then I played it back. I was like, that can't be.

That can't be true. That's not me. And I did it again. I was like, oh, I'm bad. How old were you there? I'm really bad. Like, 12 or 13. I'm like, at this point, I'd be singing non-soft. I'm like, I feel so bad for my family. Like, where's my contract? Guys, sign me up. Yeah, now we're actually, Dad, I want to sing a song with you on stage. She's like, no, I'm a meet. You're too young. We're too young. I was like, no, I just was really bad and no one wanted to help me. No, that's sweet and sad at the same time. But, I mean, it worked out. I'm. I'm good. And I still sing. I sing all the time. Really? Badly, but I sing. Hey. I love to sing. Don't rob yourself of that. No. I sang in Splitsville and Michael Corvino really did not believe that I couldn't sing. I'm trying. You thought it was a bit. I'm trying. This is peak, Andrea. This is like the best I got. Okay. We'll cross off Mamma Mia three for you. But you've got a lot of other things you can do.

Thank you. Oh, back to the road. Sorry. that's sort of just because I like clicked in my head for the not for the first time but like I've never really said this I think adaptability is part of the process we were talking about earlier and I think it's from being on the road and moving so much and having to be in different schools and meeting new friends and some people were older younger and you know from all sort of corners of the world and you just sort of had to adapt so I guess that's my that's how I now look at a set? Well, I was going to say, I mean, as you described that, that's an actor's lifestyle. That's like, you know, going from one carnival to the next, joining one company to the next. So, like, that whether you knew it or not was kind of being ingrained into you. And I'm so thankful because now I can, I don't know, I feel like I make little homes wherever I go. Take a couple with you for the next one. Like, keep them in the phone, a couple more friends.

You seem to have, not to blow you up for a second, but you had a really good taste in film and music. Like, just listening to some other interviews that you've given, like, anybody that can, like, go from, like, Adam McKay to John Cassavetes and love them both in equal parts, I respect. Anybody that can talk at length about, like, cinema parody, so I know he comes up. I love that movie, too. I mean, that's when my, like, Ennio Morconi is one of my all time. Oh, my God. You literally said Eni Morricone and, like, Auguste Bumps. Like, that man.

It's the reason I love film is that movie. Yeah. I saw him. And, I mean. He performed here, Radio City, like 20 years ago. And my wife got me tickets we went. And it was pretty special. I saw him too.

I saw him in Budapest when I was doing Emerald City. And it was, I don't know if it was one of his last performance. But he was, you know, he looked pretty frail. Yeah, yeah. And it was funny how he took that, you know, so his dignity. Let me rephrase that. There's something about that man and that man's dignity that, held so much power.

He could barely walk. And he had like an assistant that would help him walk. And he was like, no, people are going to wait for me to walk that. And he took a while to cross that stage. And we all stared in silence. He's like, no, no, he's going to help me. I'm going to do it on my own. And I don't know.

I found that to be fascinating and so old school and elegant. Do you listen to, it's like our movie soundtrack's part of like your playlist? Yeah, big time. Like at the gym on a set. in all contexts. Like, when are you listening and what are you listening to? What are your go-toes?

I mean, Cina Pada de Iso is a huge one. Last of the Mohicans is a huge one. The last 15 minutes of that movie is like basically the best ending of any movie ever. It's amazing. Right?

It's amazing. There's like no dialogue, essentially. I agree with you. 100%. Yeah. Yeah, I will listen to it on set. At the dim, I don't. Because I'll drift.

Like these, I feel like, like movie soundtracks sort of make me escape and go somewhere and imagine. Yeah. Which I guess is what they're supposed to do. So at the gym is not a good thing. If I'm like, you don't drop that weight on me. Exactly. I'll get really hurt.

I'm already ADD though. So trajectory of your early life, you're, I guess, are you starting to get serious, like, in Miami? Or did it take coming to New York and doing Lee Strasbourg where you kind of got serious about the acting thing? serious in New York. I mean, in Miami, I did too. I did Miami acting studio. Ralph Kinnard was my professor and he was the one that pretty much pushed me to go to New York. He kind of, like, he kind of kicked me out. He was like, if you stay in Miami, you're going to do soaps and I really believe that you got something. Yeah. There's more here. And he was the first person to tell me that

I had something. I always thought, I was really soft-spoken. I still kind of am sometimes. And acting was kind of developing this other side of me, and I was becoming more confident, thanks to acting. I was speaking up a little bit more. And that was how it kind of started, because I was really shy.

And then it turned into, oh, wait, I really love this. And then I became obsessed. And I would watch three movies a night. I was barely sleeping. I would come up with so many ideas. at the Miami acting studio. And Ralph was like, I think it's, I think it's time for you to go.

So when he essentially kicks you out or pushes you towards New York, you get here, as we mentioned, Lee Strasbourg happens, or you're training there. Are you also doing like side hustles? Oh yeah, yeah. Every, what side hustle? I did them all.

I was a clown. I was a clown at little kids birthday parties. Were you a good clown? I think so. I don't know. Did you have a shtick? The moms would always give me tip. That's a good sign. That's a good sign. I never got kicked out. Yeah.

Yeah. That was one of them. I was a waitress for a restaurant here. I got fired because I mispronounced the name of the restaurant. It was 1,200 miles. I don't even think that, no, the restaurant definitely does not exist. And I would answer the phone because I was a hostess. I would answer 1,200 miles. That's not a big, whatever. I know, but for months. I was like 1,200 miles. How can Can I help you? One two, zero, zero miles. One two zero. And I was spice it up too.

I'm like, one two zero, zero. Change the rhythm. They're like, it's 1,200. I'm like, okay, I don't understand that American thing of 1,400, 1,200. It makes that and it will never make sense in my head for some reason. I can't defend it. Thank you. So I got fired for that.

So now I hate it even more. You'll never hear me say, 1,200. I'll always say, 1,200. You're scarred for life. I am scarred. Are there any children's birthday clown scars? Is there any, is that, was that a fun job? That was so much fun.

Yeah, you're making kids happy. And you're like. Kind of easy and really funny. I mean, kids are so incredibly honest that, you know, they'll humble you. Yeah. That's for sure. Yeah. The painting you did on my face sucks.

I'm like, you're not wrong. Yeah, you need a director to be that direct. Yeah, exactly. What you just did, sucked. So I can work with any director. I've worked with kids. I got it. I'm, I'm safe.

Is it safe to say, is it true detective essentially kind of the first big major job that really changed everything? Yeah. I mean, does anything ever equate to you? Like, you've had a lot of like really great phone calls, emails, et cetera, the last five, six years, I would imagine especially. But like that first job, that first kind of like major thing that you kind of like, as I understand it, kind of manifested, kind of chased. Like when you get that. Yeah, it was huge. Right?

It was huge. I was with my dad in Mexico. and I think you had just gone off a show or something and we're having dinner and I could not, the whole restaurant found out about that I got to respect to him. Like I was so, I could not, I really could not believe it because the story of that was they were looking at a list of names. Right.

Like they were like, oh, we have a list of like really famous actresses and obviously at not a single IMDB credit, nothing. I had just done narcos. Yep. But it was weird because it was at the beginning of Netflix. Nobody really understood what Netflix was. So it didn't feel as big as, you know, HBO, true detective. And it was season two.

Yeah, coming off with that first season, which was a phenomenon, legit. I can't believe episode five is one of my favorite TV episodes ever. I think that chase is, that sequence is amazing. So I think the oneer you're talking about. It was like the first time anybody had done a oneer like on TV or something. I could be wrong, but I had never seen it. Yeah. Yeah, and I pretended to be my,

it was to be my manager, and I got myself that role. You do a voice, or are you just doing like a... Yeah, I just did like a more serious version of my voice. Would you imagine the voice? And really focused on no accent. Right. 1,200.

1,200 Adria Arjona. I probably said, I probably mispronounce my own name. Just like, intentionally. Just like, Adria is such a great actor. How do you pronounce the last, Adriona, I believe? I'll get back to you on that one. Yeah, and I did the self-tape, sent it,

and then when they called me, I was just like, I couldn't believe it. This actually worked. Oh, I also lied and said I was a local hire. Right. Which I wasn't. I lived in New York. They filmed in L.A.

So I'm like, great. Now I have to move to L.A. And my mom's like, no, you don't. You just have to. yourself of you know a hotel extended stay extended stand or whatever and I was like and then I kind of calculated it and I was like that's too expensive yeah so I moved to LA and I was like I'm gonna move to LA and it was my big moment I got this the cheapest hotel in downtown which ended up crazily having a bomb there a bomb

threat when I was there so we got kicked out of there and that yeah it was really scary. Not for my mom for some reason. She was cool with it. She was like, I gotta go upstairs and get myself. I was like, mom, we gotta get out of here. There's like something really serious happening. There's cops everywhere.

And my mom's like, no. And she got it in the elevator too. And when brought me with her. And we took our time packing the room. I was like, what are we doing right now? This is crazy. What's happening? and we left.

She's like, well, now we don't have to come back. Right. I was like, Mom, we were never coming back. There's a threat in this hotel. So that was like my... All built character, though. Yeah, that was my... Welcome to L.A.

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and is just as entertaining for grownups who love a good mystery. The whole family can listen now wherever you get your podcasts. Was this, so give me, timeline wise, does Belko happen around here? Not yet. No, not yet. Belko came, I believe, if I'm not mistaken, it was Belko, yeah, it was Belko right after. Okay. Now, in this timeline, I did some research.

You've had some close calls. Is it true? You almost got the solo role, the Kira role that eventually went to Amelia Clark? I did some research. out. Well, I said I was, I guess I'm confessing this. I've always said it was a Star Wars show. I've heard you say that. I did some math, did some research. I figured I cracked. Oh, so no one's told you. I just confessed to. No, no, no, no, you didn't. Honestly, to be clear, there actually was reporting at the time that listed your name as the, as one of the locals. Yeah. And funny

enough, I worked with Phil and Chris for Los Rikis. Right. Yeah, I worked with them. They gave me my first, well, Tyler Nelson, Michael Schwartz, and Phil and Chris gave me my first producing credit. So can you take me through at least what the audition the audition process was? Were you there with Phil and Chris? Were you reading with other actors?

Yeah, I was with Alden. Yeah. And it was Phil and Chris were there again. Yeah. And it was, I don't think I've ever been so nervous in my life. They put you in a suit. And like my biggest dream

ever was to be in the Star Wars a movie. You know, I hadn't necessarily seen a Latin American woman like myself being in Star Wars, so it was like a big it almost felt like I had to break that wall or at least somebody else or another Latin American should break that wall.

And I would always root for them. But to be testing, it's like, oh my God, it's gonna be me. Well, that's the thing when you go through something like that and you come close, it's like you start to imagine like, this is the next five years of my life the next 10 years of them. I've got three solo movies coming up for me.

Was that like at that stage in your career, like a tough pill to swallow to- No, I never thought about like the sequels or anything. It was more the emotional attachment of, will I ever be in just Star Wars? Like I just wanted to be in Star Wars. And the fact that I had the opportunity to be a leading character in a Star Wars movie

was like, wow, this would be insane. I didn't think too much of it. But yeah, and then Amelia got it. And she's probably one of the best actresses out there. She's amazing. It all worked out. So I'm like, oh, my God, it makes total sense. Yes, that makes more sense.

And they did it. And I'm so thankful that I didn't get it. Yeah, you wouldn't have gone. I wouldn't have been in Andor. And Bix is, you know, the only character I've tattooed on my body. What's the tattoo? It's just a little X. You can barely even see it.

It looks. I have so many moles. I look like a chips a hole. I do. Now that I said it, no one was going to unsee it. No. We'll forgive it. Okay, so, wait, let's jump ahead since you mentioned Andor because, I mean, I, like many,

it was obsessed with what you guys and Tony achieved on that. Like, he did the podcast, like the smartest man on the planet, intimidatingly smart. So smart. Like, truly. I know. That's why I listen to everything he tells me. Yeah. And I do everything he tells.

I'm like, yes, sir. Mm-hmm. I call him before every job. Yeah. He's now a lifelong kind of mentor. And he's. incredibly busy, incredibly smart. He has a family.

He has a whole life. He's in the editing room constantly. Now he just directed a movie, which I can't wait to see. And he will always answer a phone call in the first two rings. Like, he's the classiest man in the industry for sure. So was that the arc of that character? Did you know it right from the start? Or was that an evolution in terms of like, did you know, I mean, literally last shot of the series

this spoiler alert. When did you know kind of the extent of like where Bix would end up? I knew months before we started filming season two. Yeah. But he, everything Tony says, he delivers. There's never any, if Tony tells you something, that's exactly how he's going to do it. Yeah. He's like the least BS guy in the planet.

Less BS guy. Right? So he's like, hey, listen. Well, when I signed up for the show. show for season. I hadn't read it and I was like

well Tony with all due respect how can you expect me to sign up to something if I haven't read anything and you know

he's like trust me this is the character whatever and he trusted me and he gave me the first three episodes to read

this was after I auditioned and got the role and the whole thing I was like well I need to don't I need to read something?

Yeah he sent me the script and then he told me he's like this character will change your life and this is sort of where this character is going to go

and everything he told me on that phone call happened and then when it comes to season two obviously we expected to do four seasons or whatever and the structure changed the structure change but even those beats that he promised me they were there he made sure that they were in there somehow so I respect that a lot from him so yeah I knew

I knew quite early Do you feel like the impact, I mean, you were talking, you've talked before about like, you know, seeing someone like that looks like yourself in that context in the Star Wars universe. Like I would imagine you've had that experience now on the other side of it of seeing like young girls say something to you. That must be extraordinarily. Oh no. I thought you meant seeing more Latin American like younger Latin American actresses. Well, that too. But even just like have you encounter, I would imagine you encounter young women, young aspiring actors that now have you as a model. Oh my God. That's so scary. No pressure. No pressure. Man, I hope I don't fuck up. Yeah, I have. I have. And it's super inspiring the questions that they ask.

And yeah, I've met a few. I've also met just fans to be like, thank you for, you know, representing us and being someone that I'm like, oh, that could be me. Yeah. Yeah, it's always really exciting, but also terrifying. Right.

You don't want to have that on you when you're doing the job, certainly. Can there be more land American actresses that they can look up to them too? Spread the wealth. Yeah, exactly. I don't want to be the one person. I mean, we're now, I feel like every year we're more and more and more. And I see so many talented actresses just pop off. And it's so exciting. I mean, it's, it's, I root for them. Okay, a bunch of random things for you. You're, you're part of the fortnight world in a very strange way.

It's weird. I was the first skin. That's what I, as I understand it. Yeah, that's for MIRIS. So that was just another job, like back then I would imagine. You had no idea what that was going to turn into. No, no, no. The game hadn't come out. Nothing had come out.

They were under like crazy budget restrictions. It was like, it felt like filming an indie. Right. Like they're like, what, maybe it'll work. Maybe it won't. And then I did it mostly for my little brother. And then he didn't play it until years later. I was like, thanks, too.

Appreciate it. Did this for you. Have you played? Fortnite? Are you a gamer? Mm-mm. Not. I'm like really bad at technology. That's okay. I know, but I'm like desperately trying to be a Gen Z and technology is like not

my friend. So I don't know how that works. You don't have to. You're part of it. You don't have to do the thing. You did the thing rather. You don't have to play the thing. Right, right, right, right, right, right. Right? Yeah. Thank you for that. I don't know. I don't know. Is there a silver whining? I talked to Matt Smith is a buddy of mine. I've talked to who met up Morbius a lot. It is what it is. It maybe didn't turn out the way everybody wanted.

I don't know. I want to put words into your mouth. What's the silver lining of Morvius, if there is one for you? Ah, I got her. I got her. I found the spot. Look, you live and you,

you learn. It was a great experience. Sure. It wasn't, I'm not saying. It was a great experience. I got to meet Matt. I think it's funny. Yeah.

I think if you look at it with eyes of comedy, I think there's sparks in there. Yeah, I'm not so sure. Well, as I told Matt, you should know, I was on a flight once, and I was sitting behind Keanu Reeves, and he was watching Morpius on a plane. Don't break my heart. I think Keanu Reeves is amazing. He's like, then I've never met him. like just he seems so lovely and I really want him to think I'm like like good yeah I don't think he thinks I'm good that's well let's not go there let's not go we'll get him some other movies

I'm gonna get his email and start be like watch this I did up in Splitsville can we give some love the Splitsville because not enough people so I love Splitsville it was so much fun Michael Covino is the wildest, funniest, most beautiful person I've ever met. He's the best. He came to the onsla premiere to the point Kyle and him did. You've done a disproportionate amount of, like, in a time where we're kind of like getting more conservative, like sexy films. Like, I mean, truly, like Thomas Crown Affair looks like the sexiest film with 2027. Like, Switzerland is essentially a sex comedy.

Yeah. I don't really have a question here except like, Josh, I'm kind of sexy. I didn't. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. That was disgusting. That's wonderful. That's our poll quote. That's how you're going to start your interview.

Obviously. Got it. I did that to myself. It's okay. You did it. Anytime your buddy, Jason's asked about you. That's all he says about you. She's hot. She's hot. Yeah, I don't have the question. Well, let's ask. Well, to be fair, I think Splitsville is absolutely wild and I loved the conversation. of open relationships and how Michael and Kyle sort of tackled that. I thought that was amazing. Hitman, I think, is like a romantic comedy thriller. And in a moment where romantic comedies felt like they were never going to come back

because the genres were being flipped and switched. I read Hitman and I was like, oh, I get it. Richard Link later figured out a way to bring this sort of genre back. And then so many people not have done what Hitman did, but in different ways, you know, have reinvented it for for themselves. And I think it was a cool discovery of like, oh, romantic comedies that we knew don't necessarily work as well.

And then there was a time there where like, the man was the woman and the woman was the man. We would watch and be like, I don't want to be that guy. I don't want to be that girl. This is weird. Totally. So it felt fresh and exciting

and a little bit riskier. So I chose that. Ons that's not very sexy. It's not very, it's not like, sure to somebody, I'm sure there's something for everybody. And then Thomas Crown, you know, Thomas Crown is such a, it's such an iconic film

and then getting to be directed by Michael and getting to work alongside Michael, I was like, yeah, and it's just like cat and mouse dynamic and I had never played that. It should be said, for those of those of those who don't know, I mean, you had to jump into that too. That must be a tough experience as an actor.

I mean, jumping at mid-stores. stream and that's a high profile film, a lot of pressure on Michael and the whole crew. Was it kind of, I can't imagine it was easy, but can you talk to me a little bit about jumping into that? Yeah, it was challenging. You know, I got the role. I got on a plane. I think it was like a Saturday, landed a Sunday on Monday.

I was on camera on a pretty easy day, but with a crew that's, you know, they didn't have a movie the day before. So the tension was on, and I remember I did my first shot, and I got an applause, like a welcoming applause from the crew, which was the nicest thing any crew has ever done for me. And I felt welcomed right away. We did play catch-up for a second. You know, there's a lot of stuff that I was rereading the script every night. There was costume fittings, this, that.

But Michael has such a beautiful energy when he films. He kind of makes you feel at ease and that he's got your back no matter what. so I was able to jump into it I was like man I'm ESL it's a lot of lines I need more time and he's like you got this and because he just kept reinforcing

the fact that I had it I was like okay okay you're right you're right well that trailer oozes like more than competence behind the camera like that guy's got oh yeah he's he is insanely talented in front of the camera and

you know off camera he's incredible He's such a good director, too. Let's see. What other film should I ask you about, Audrey? I think this is, we're running out of time. I think we don't have that much time. I think it might be lunch.

Lock the doors. Okay, I'm not going to get you into trouble. Don't worry. Oh, good God. I'm just going to play with this for a second. So you have wrapped Man of Tomorrow. We're all very excited about this. This is James Gunn's new film.

This is the Superman sequel. A couple of questions. And I'm not out to get you in trouble. I promise you. Did you know what role you were auditioning for when you went in? Yeah. Okay. Did you, we're not going to say what character you're playing?

Because who knows? It could be Maxima. Could be. No, no, no. I'm just going to say, here's some context for you. I don't know if your buddy, Jason, who I've talked to him for many years, Mamoa. What Jason? Jason, Momoa.

Oh, Jason, my buddy? Your buddy. He's not my buddy. Your partner. You're Parker. Jason Mamoa many years ago. I talked to when he was cast as Aquaman, the rumors were going around.

And I said to him, there's this rumor going around that you're Aquaman. And he denied it. And he said to me, Josh, I'm not Aquaman. You can punch me in the face if I'm lying to you. I've heard this. I've heard this. I was that guy.

I'm that guy. And he let me punch him many years later. I mean, I bought them back. I'm not going to punch that guy. I don't want any physical violence here. Don't get me wrong. But I'm just saying for context. I don't want wise.

So you want to make a bet. I'll bet you $500 you are playing Wonder Woman. Okay. And what about Maxima? You got to give one for one. So I'll give you $100. I'll give you $500 if you're playing Maxima. It feels like you're going to lose either way.

You're giving me $500. I'll take this bet. I like this one. Wait, wait. If I play Maximia, I get $500. If I play Wonder Woman, I'm like $5. I get the $500. I get the $500.

Oh, you get the $500. Yes. Would you take that bet with me? $500. Yeah. It's a lot of money. We can do it for charity. We can do it like, you know.

Yeah. I like the charity element of it. You want you. We'll take that bet. $500 you donate to one of my charities. Exactly. $500 I donate to one of your charities. It feels like.

This is a win-win, right? Win-win. No matter what happens. Eye contact. I'm broke and eye contact. Okay. Without saying anything about the character, this was a fun experience.

This is a full circle moment for you. You've worked with James and Peter way back when on Belko. Did it feel a little bit like, I don't know. It's a big set to be on a lot of pressure, but still. No, it felt pretty full circle. It felt really cool to just be. I have my little, I don't know if you can see my purse, but I have my little chain.

You can see Superman. They gave that to me. Yeah, I felt really full circle. And in an interesting way, I think we're the same people. I've known Peter for a really long time. I've known James for a really long time. They're so incredibly successful. They're like the head of D.C.

They're all, you know. They just seem like the same cool, funny people. And I felt really refreshing to, I mean, I've seen them throughout the years, of course, and we've caught up throughout the years, but to see, I hadn't been on a set with them. And it's always nice to go back on a set that you, in which you know people. Of course. You know, it happened only to me in Andor did that happen where I got back and I was like, oh, I know everybody here. And it feels really refreshing and you're like, okay, I'm safe.

Especially if you're playing an iconic character, you want that security blanket. Would you say your costume is epic, iconic? Do you like your costume in the film? You could say that if you're playing Maxima. I love, I love... Unbroken eye contact. What happened to that? Hello?

I'm over here. Do you like your costume? I'm not asking you to... You shot the film. They can't fire you. Peter and James. You're killing me. I'll let you go after this, I promise.

Do you like your costume? I love my costume. Cool. Really like my costume. Okay. Can't wait to see it. Both great costumes. What does that mean?

Both, meaning both characters. Yeah. If you are a fan of the comic, both of them. Big Maxima fan over here. Huge. They have great characters. They have great costumes. I can talk.

Yeah. We're good. I'm going to do the rest of this interview in Spanish. It got hot in here, right? Okay, we're going to end with this. I'll let you go, I promise. Happy second few profoundly random questions. How you feeling?

You good? No, I'm not good. Are you kidding me? My whole life is in the line and you're just fucking with me. One might say you're fucking with me. I'm not. I'm so hard to secrecy and I don't like secrets. I hate secrets.

I'm so bad at them. Sounds with the wrong line of work. Okay. Profoundly random questions. Yes. Dogs or cats Dogs What do you collect

I collect Vivian Westwood Corsets I That's a first here I haven't heard that one before I love them I think they're amazing I collect all sorts of kind of little things

Anything orange I will buy That's your color That is my color yeah Do you have a favorite video game of all time Not Fortnite I don't play video games but I did like Pac-Man.

Okay. Classic. I'll have you know Dakota Johnson asked me this. I ask everybody this question. Would you rather have a mouth full of bees or one be in your butt? She asked you that question?

Yeah. I had a goat, though. It's horrible. I know. Maybe in my mouth. Wow. Minority. I don't want...

That's fine. I don't want that. Okay. We're not going to do it. I don't want that. Okay. What's the wallpaper on your phone? My niece.

Lovely. Last actor you were mistaken for? Jessica Alba. Great. By the way, please, I hope it happens more. It, like, lifted my ego for a really long time. I was like, I said yes. I was like, see.

Yes. Since City, great, right? Wasn't I kill it? Wasn't I amazing in honey? I, honestly, I felt like, I felt like. Highlight in your day? Yeah, it made my day. What's the worst note of director has ever given you?

Oh, this is really bad. Do that with less of an accent and less domesticated. That isn't good. It's horrible. That's not good. It was a, somebody overheard it, and it was a problem. I didn't say nothing. I was like, okay, whatever.

But yeah, it was. Hopefully that's early in the career, I would imagine. Yes, yes, yes. It was like a scene where, and it was in a house, and I was like, you know, organizing or whatever before I said my line. And he was like, less accent, less domestication, being domesticated. So I was like, great, be less Latina is what you're talking. Yeah. Awesome.

Cool, cool. What was the relationship like after that? I mean, with ignorance, you just have to, you're like. You're not going to. Ah, man. We're like, all right. Well, now I'm not going to listen to it. Now I know.

Anything you tell me. Exactly. Yeah. Good to know. No notes from you anymore, sir. Finally, in the spirit of happy, second fuse, who's an actor who always makes you happy.

Will Pharaoh. Yes. Love him. Or Jack Black. Amazing. Well, Vow was just here, and it's magical in that scene. And this turns out.

It's the best. A dream of mine is to meet him, but I'm also scared of him. Well, he's exactly what you want him to be. He's the best. Movie that makes you sad? A movie that makes me sad. Oh, man, there's so many.

It's hard to pick one. I mean, cinema parodies, this is one of mine. It's kind of, it's, I don't know, it makes me hopeful for cinema and it's so beautiful in so many ways. The last movie that made me cry was Project Hill Mary. That kind of broke my heart. It was so beautiful. It was so beautiful. But not sad.

It didn't make me sad. The notebook. Yeah. Apparently Ryan Gosling movies make you cry. Apparently Ryan Goslin makes me cry. It's our warning. for today. It's got that special something. And finally, a food that makes you confused. Food that makes me confused. You don't get it. Why do we believe that? I don't,

just not for you. I don't understand eggplant. Okay. It's weird. That's come up a lot here. Yeah, I don't, I don't like anything of it. Is it the texture, the look? I hate the texture. I don't like the look. I don't like it. Yeah, egg plan's not. Is that my thing, beats too. I don't get it. How do you, why would you do that to yourself? If you were confused about it, when you're eating it. Yeah. And then after you're eating it, you'll also get confused. Before, during, and after.

Before, during, and after. Why would you do that again? Yeah, not me. And then add cheese to it, psycho. You could add chocolate, I would still hate it. I don't care. No. Go cheese and beets.

No, not for me. Do you feel good about what we did here today? Yeah. 90% of it at least. We've been on a roller coast. of emotion. Hopefully I didn't get you fired. I'm okay. You didn't do anything. It's okay. This was harder than filming on.

Wow. And I know enough about this movie to know that's a lot. Good full circle. You brought us back. Congratulations on onslaught. Yeah, you're well. You're well trained. Everybody check it out. Support Adria, Adam Wingard, the whole company. Great to connect with you today. Thank you for this time. Thank you for this time.

We did it. You're so good. But you didn't get me. I'm close. Not this time. And so ends another edition of happy, sad, confused. Remember to review, rate, and subscribe to this show on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm a big podcast person.

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