Tyra Banks & Francia Raisa Talk Messages To Take Away From Life-Size 2

I love this movie. I love the first one so much. I'm so excited. Did Okay, so did you grow up watching this movie?

Yes. I was 12 years old when it came out. So I watched it over and over and over again. It's such an iconic movie. Everybody that grew up watching this loves love the first one. I'm super excited to revisit it. And I do feel like there's a lot more comedy this time. You know, and and I realize now when comedians say it's sometimes harder to make somebody laugh than to make them cry because comedy is timing. It's it's it's almost like a science.

Are you gonna introduce us to your lady friend? My new friends. I'm Eve. I'm a doll. Excuse me. That's liquid butter.

I love her. And did you grow up with Barbies and did that influence you at all as a young girl growing up with having Barbies?

I definitely had a Barbie, but um, lots of Barbies actually, the houses, the cars, everything, but I think when um, life-size came out, I was really like, I want my doll to come to life. So I got a life-size doll like that was as tall as me and I would steal all her clothes. So she was always naked. But she never came to life and it wasn't the Eve doll. So I wasn't as like happy about it. And I always wanted you to have your own doll, but yeah, it it she was definitely my best friend. The person that had all your secrets.

My mom taught me about a lot of diversity through my dolls. I had black Barbies. I had white Barbies with blonde hair and dark hair and, you know, and just to have that just plethora of beauty. I think that kind of was a little bit of a base for me to like look at beauty and want everybody to feel beautiful.

What would you say is your favorite scene that you shot in this movie? What was the most fun scene to shoot?

Oh, you know what? Butter. Yeah. The butter scene was really fun, especially because I did get to improv a lot when I was walking out of the restaurant.

Did you really drink that butter in the scene?

Um, it was liquid and it was inside of me and I will take to my grave what I was drinking and eating.

Good enough, right? What would be the most What was like the most challenging scene?

For me, the whole process was probably very challenging. I got one of the worst colds I've ever had in my entire life. But the team was so fun and the project was so fun and the subject matter was so fun. It helped all of my stress and lack of sleep and sickness.

What about you? What was what was challenging?

Try not to get sick. Uh, trying not to get sick honestly the whole time and I was like, I love you. Tyra, please. Everything. That way. Um, I don't know. I think I think having to do the emotional scenes. Well, one, the one with my mom, it was my birthday. And I was actually really happy that day and I was like, oh man, now I have to cry. I don't know how to do this. So I was like, please do my close-ups first so I can just get it out the way and then we can move forward, but I think those were tough. Also because it's like opening Pandora's box. I've, you know, that's when I really dig into my own past and my own emotions and like, all right, everything I wanted to say, I'm gonna give to you right here. So

Sure. Yeah, it's definitely emotional.

Now, I also fell. So, in the scene,

Oh, that was a hard scene for me too actually.

Oh, when I fell? That that the kitchen? Yeah, cuz I think just cuz we're blocking, we were just oh so many spots. And um, so there's a scene where I go, whoo, I love your mom and then I run to the couch to start jumping on it. And took a dive. And you know when you fall in front of a lot of people, you I'm okay. You try to laugh. Yeah. I'm okay. And I felt like I was, but then my hip was hurting. No, then I I I pulled this so the medic on he gave me some ice. And then a couple of days later, I developed like a sciatic issue. So I had a medic on set for that and still have to go to physical therapy for that fall on the right side.

Really?

Yes, so it's like

You made it through. You were such a trooper. Oh my God.

And I was like, okay, did you guys at least get the fall? Can we use it? And they're like, it fell out of frames. You can't really see it. I'm like, Oh my God.

Um, okay, so last question, the the first movie had such a heartwarming message. What message do you want the audience to take away from from this film?

Just be yourself and and own your identity, own yourself. Speak your voice. And when it comes to other people, you don't really know what they're going through, just like people didn't understand what Grace was going through. So have an open mind, have an open ear and just understand that if someone's snarky to you or maybe they're having a bad day or whatever, there's something it's not always about you. There's something going on that they just can't talk about and they don't have a doll that they can confide in.

That's a great mindset to have. What about you? What message would you like people to take away from this movie?

There's a line in the new remixed song um that says, and it's speaking to Grace's character, claim your name, fight them fights, Eve be with you day and night. And I feel like so many people, particularly females, um dull their shine. Um, they don't reach their full potential for so many reasons. Sometimes there are obstacles there, but you know, I encourage you to push past those obstacles, find role models, find mentors like Eve be with you. Doesn't mean to be necessarily with you, but those people that can help you combat those times when you don't feel good enough and to continue to push and and claim what is rightfully yours and that's either success or happiness or whatever it is. So that I tell you, don't dull your shine.

That's amazing.