The Daily Show: Ears Edition - ICYMI - Anna Kendrick Discusses Her Multifaceted Role in "A Simple Favor"

Episode Date: August 27, 2019

Actor Anna Kendrick talks about the complex character she portrays in the mystery thriller "A Simple Favor" and recounts her minty onscreen kiss with co-star Blake Lively. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Hey guys, this is Tom Segura. And I'm Bert Kreischer. And you're listening to Two Bears One Cave, or you should be listening to Two Bears One Cave. We are on Spotify. On Spotify. And we are not smart.

That's an understatement. But you'll have a lot of fun, hopefully. I think you might enjoy it if you give us your perfect blood work back from your doctor and you have full permission to tie one on, make sure you check out two bears one cave. It's with me, Tom Stigura and my co-host. Bert Chrysler. The machine. My shirt's off. Please welcome Anna Kendrick. It's a high chair. It is a high chair. Welcome to the show. Thank you for having me. Thank you so much for having me. I feel like you should have warned me personally before this movie came out because I expected

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Yeah, it's kind of about, like, there's lots of, there's lots of plot twists and turns, but it's kind of about people kind of being more than what they seem. And certainly these two women are more than what they seem, and you know, women tend to have secrets in their lives. And Emily. their women, their, their, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, women, te te, te, te, te, te, te, te, te, te, te, te, te, te, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the Emily, Blake's character, has more literal secrets. And I think my character has more kind of secrets in the sense of like her personality is really more than what it seems. Like, if she's the kind of person you look at and you think you have her completely figured out, and there's a lot more to her,

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And, you know, Blake is playing this character who has like the qualities of, you know, that are kind of most valued in our society, which is beauty and style and wealth and she has this sparkling dialogue and she's very dazzling, you know? And so I was like, there was a point when I was reading the script when I was saying to the director Paul Fiego, I was like, you have to give me something less annoying to do because I'm supposed to be the the the the the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, to, to, the, to, to, the, the, the, the, the, the, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you're, you know, you know, you know, you know, th.e...................................... And, the, t'm supposed to be the protagonist. And, you know, the audience is supposed to be on my side. Right. But, you know, the truth is like, she acts the way that she does because she has trauma in her life.

And that is an interesting character to play. Because I have read some people saying, Which means you've played her well though, because it's a weird will to be in where you go, like, this is realistic. She's super nice and super like everything, and people go like, I don't like that she's nice. Yeah, I don't like that she's nice. Yeah, I don't like that she's nice. I don't like that she's chipper, and you know, and it's funny because there's, like, there's the way that I am this way, I'm not really happy. I'm just like really chipper because I'm afraid that if I show one crack, I'll fall apart completely. So it's like kind of my challenge was finding the moments to choose to show that this is all informed by the trauma that she's been through.

And like, there's this running thing in the movie where people are like, oh, you're a saint. And I wanted that, her reaction to that to feel different from her usual place of like self-deprecation, of like, oh, this dress, oh, no, not me, not, to feel like she was really uncomfortable. And like, I'm not, please don't say that. Because, like, to tell her that she's a good, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, th... th. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. th. to. th. th. the the the the the the the of the, like the darkness in her past. Let's talk about a scene in the movie that everyone is buzzing about and that is you kissing Blake Lively. People are really obsessed about that?

Yeah, it's a tough job, you know. I'm a professional, so I got through it. Right. Is it, is it true that this was the freshest, mintiest kiss you've ever had? Yeah. Well I've you know I've kissed some some dudes on screen and you know I'm always like really self-conscious so I'm always like does anybody have a mint who's got floss and I'm using those little like disposable swisper things and stuff and the guy's like you ready let's do this and and this was like two women so we were both like popping mints and gum and floosing and it was probably the mintiest kiss I've k I I I I I I I I I I I I I kiss.. k. k. k. k. k. k. I kiss. I I kiss. I kiss. the the the the th. th. th. the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. th. th. th. th. the th. th. th. I've th. I've th. I've th. I've th. I've th. I've th. I's th. th. I's th. th. th. I's th. I's th. I's th. I's th. I's th. I I I's the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the t. I'm t. I'm teeeeeeeeeeeeeean. I'm just just just just just just theeeeeeean. I'm thee. I'm the. I'm th. I've and it was probably the mintiest kiss I've ever had. Mintiest kiss on screen? Yeah.

In cinema history. In cinema history, I like that. If someone walks out of this movie and they go, like, there's so much to absorb. There's your character's journey, there's the story itself, which is, I cannot explain to you how twisted this movie is without giving anything away. Right? I just know that it was like, because this happened to me in real life. Like, so my uncle... Something from the movie happened to you in real life? Well, what happened is my uncle, extended uncle from my family.

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But the movie really is terrifying and it is a thriller. What do you hope is the one thing people people would take away from the movie when they move? Because there's so many different plots and twists that are happening. When you walk out promoting the movie and seeing the reaction to it, I've kind of been examining like, you know, different people, some people are more drawn to Stephanie my character and some people are more drawn to Emily, and it's actually kind of made me wonder, like, you know, what are the qualities that I value? Like, do I let people off the hook for kind of, you know, bad behavior, like, theyrific, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you, you, you know, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th. th. th. th. th. to th. thrown, th. thrown, their, their, their, their, their, their and like do I need to be more aware of what's going on with a person and that they might be behaving in a way that's off-putting but there might be something going on behind that. That's fascinating. Examine the people you meet more closely because they might abandon their children. Yeah. I like that. I need to find my uncle and use the fun way. In a fun scary thrilling way thank you to. Thank. Thank. Thank to thi. thi. thi. thi. to thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. thi. thi. thi. the story. But in a fun way you guys. In a fun, scary, thrilling way. Thank you so much for being on the show. A simple favor opens the threat is September 14th.

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