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Getting to Know the ‘Hot Summer Nights’ Cast

Getting to Know the ‘Hot Summer Nights’ Cast

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Young Hollywood sits down with the cast of "Hot Summer Nights" at SXSW to discuss their new film and personal lives. The actors share their favorite foods, celebrity crushes, and insights into the movie's themes and production. They also touch on their experiences working together and the music they listened to while filming.

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Kicking back with Maia Mitchell, Maika Monroe, Alex Roe, and Timothée Chalamet at SXSW

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Young Hollywood

Hot summer night cast in the house. What up, homies? What's up? What's up? What's up? Hey. Hot summer night. Yeah! Young Hollywood, we always have to like get a little bit deeper and personal. So I gotta know, where is your favorite spot to eat? Where is it?

Guest

Um, like a double double and then animal style fries.

Young Hollywood

Alex, what about you bro?

Guest

A nice quiet on the beach, fish and chips, well battered. Well battered fish and chips. Well battered. Well battered.

Guest

Um, I was just in Morocco and I think I had the best meal of my life there. So Morocco food is really like.

Guest

Yeah. Any sort of bagel with cream cheese. New York, New York. Yes.

Young Hollywood

I see you all the way down there. What up, dude? How are you?

Guest

I'm awesome.

Young Hollywood

Uh, one funny fact about you is you are an individualized study at NYU. What does that mean? What? Oh, wow. That is not the next thing I thought was going to be asked.

Guest

Um, let me guess, you got an A?

Young Hollywood

Uh, yes, yes. So, I was like browsing Mica's Instagram and she's got like Scarface, Conor McGregor. Like you like to roll with the OGs, huh?

Mica

Yes. Definitely. McGregor is

Young Hollywood

Yeah. Do you think he's gonna beat Floyd Mayweather?

Mica

Yes. Looking forward to that.

Young Hollywood

And what are the rules gonna be? Can McGregor like take him to the floor?

Mica

He can not to the floor. It's just it's boxing rules.

Young Hollywood

Wow. Alex, is it true that you don't like to have actor friends? What was that about? Cause I see I see three people that you seem pretty friendly with right here.

Guest

I just feel like as actors we're like supposed to represent people who are like regular people and not actors and I feel like if you hang around actors too, too much and that's the only people you hang around with, you kinda only know how to represent other actors, you know? So, I like to keep my friends I grew up with and keep it real, you know?

Young Hollywood

So, Maya over here, you come from this super small like town, now you're this superstar. Like, how did that jump happen?

Maya

I don't I don't think I'm a superstar, but um

Young Hollywood

Yes, you are.

Mica

Thank you, Mica. I think you are.

Maya

Um, I don't know, I just got really lucky um and here I am. So, I don't know. It's just, I think if you work hard and if you're lucky, like but most of it was luck.

Young Hollywood

So, Timothy. You go by Timothy or Tim mainly? Timothée Chalamet: Hey, whatever works.

Guest

We call him Timo. We call him Timo.

Young Hollywood

So, Timo, your family's been in the business for quite some time, right? Did you feel like pressure to jump into the business or did you feel like, you know, you knew the harsh reality of the business and you wanted to do something else? Cause right now you're juggling school with acting. How did that how's this all work? Timothée Chalamet: It came organically, like you said, you know, my grandfather was a screenwriter or my uncle, my aunt um, are directors and writers. But uh you know, I wasn't all that crazy about it. And yeah, I guess that's how it was more it was more organic. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Okay, so we're definitely gonna ask celebrity crush. Timothy, who is it? Timothée Chalamet: Uh, Julie Andrews.

Young Hollywood

Man, you didn't even take a second. Julie Andrews? Impressive.

Mica

Mick Jagger.

Young Hollywood

Mick Jagger, Mica. Alex, who is it?

Guest

Brie Larson. That's a good one.

Young Hollywood

Okay. Uh, Jeff Goldblum. Oh, man. Yes. Yes to Jeff. I get that. Have you ever been to his acting class?

Guest

No. I can't even imagine what that's like. Oh, God. No.

Maya

We should go, Maya, let's go.

Guest

No, no, I'm good. I'm already flushing.

Young Hollywood

So this movie had like a weed theme to it. It's like kinda the big thing. How do you think that's gonna be received? Do you think people are gonna feel like offended by it or do you think it's acceptable now? Timothée Chalamet: Well, I know in the time period, I mean, that's one of the central themes to the movie cause it takes place in 1992 in Cape Cod. So, that was a felony drug offense and I think that's ultimately the the the big catalyst in the movie is that, you know, that wasn't something that was uh legal in the time period. So you have this weird legal affliction that's conflicting Daniel all the while, he has these relationships that are falling apart whether it's with best friends or, you know, intimate people in his life. So, certainly the legalization of weed or rather the lack of it in um in 1992 and Cape Cod, especially on the East Coast.

Young Hollywood

Seems like you guys all came kinda became pretty close shooting this film, huh?

Guest

Yeah, we all lived together in a house in Atlanta. Um, me and Timo, I played football quite a lot. Yeah, it was cool. It was like yeah, it was I think it shows on screen as I think the chemistry that we all kind of built together.

Young Hollywood

All right, what kind of music are you guys listening to? What's like what's your track right now?

Guest

We were in uh we were in Atlanta shooting this. So we were listening to a bunch of trap music. It was like the home the home of trap music. So, uh who are we listening to? We're listening to Fetty Wap.

Mica

Fetty Wap.

Guest

Who else a little bit of uh a little bit of Future and Migos.

Mica

Migos.

Guest

Uh, so you might feel that in this movie as well. You might feel a little bit of uh

Young Hollywood

Do you feel that in this movie? You really do. The soundtrack is

Guest

The soundtrack is

Mica

The soundtrack is pure trap. Hardcore trap. Timothée Chalamet: Yeah. No, it's not, by the way. The opposite of that. It's We actually have some Bowie in the soundtrack. It's amazing to this. Yeah.

Guest

Soundtrack's more of an OG situation. We would listen to it while we were.

Mica

Lance Armstrong. God. Coming in.

Guest

Not about the bike. But yeah, the soundtrack's amazing to this movie. Um, like definitely a character of its own. Yeah, we would listen to like a lot of the songs that ended up uh in the movie like while we were shooting. Yeah. Like on set. So.

Young Hollywood

I think it's gonna be a really fun movie, huh?

Guest

Thank you. Yes, it will be. Yes.

Young Hollywood

All right, Scream Queens. That's all the time we got. Woohoo. Let's do it. All right, Young Hollywood. Thank you so much and thank you, you guys.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Maia Mitchell

    Cast member of 'Hot Summer Nights'

  • Maika Monroe

    Cast member of 'Hot Summer Nights'

  • Alex Roe

    Cast member of 'Hot Summer Nights'

  • Timothée Chalamet

    Cast member of 'Hot Summer Nights'

  • Conor McGregor

    Mentioned by Maika Monroe as someone she follows

  • Floyd Mayweather

    Discussed in relation to a fight with Conor McGregor

  • Julie Andrews

    Timothée Chalamet's celebrity crush

  • Mick Jagger

    Maika Monroe's celebrity crush

  • Brie Larson

    Alex Roe's celebrity crush

  • Jeff Goldblum

    Maia Mitchell's celebrity crush

  • Fetty Wap

    Musician listened to by the cast

  • Future

    Musician listened to by the cast

FAQ

Who are the cast members interviewed for 'Hot Summer Nights'?+
The cast members interviewed are Maia Mitchell, Maika Monroe, Alex Roe, and Timothée Chalamet.
What is Timothée Chalamet's celebrity crush?+
Timothée Chalamet's celebrity crush is Julie Andrews.
What year is 'Hot Summer Nights' set in?+
'Hot Summer Nights' is set in 1992 in Cape Cod.
What was the living situation for the 'Hot Summer Nights' cast during filming?+
The cast of 'Hot Summer Nights' lived together in a house in Atlanta while filming.
What kind of music is on the soundtrack for 'Hot Summer Nights'?+
The soundtrack for 'Hot Summer Nights' includes artists like David Bowie, despite the cast listening to trap music like Fetty Wap, Future, and Migos during filming.
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