Where The Crawdads Sing Star Reveals Fave Taylor Swift Song

Hello, Taylor. Hello, hello. Good morning. You look like you got a beautiful view.

Yeah, the beach is literally right there.

What is it? It's insane. Are you in LA?

Yeah, I'm in LA. I'm at the um Addition in West Hollywood.

How's the heat wave for you?

Not too bad. It rained earlier, so it was kind of like a nice relief. got cozy and then I came down here and it was gone, so I missed it.

Yeah, right. Okay, so you have Where the Crawdads Sing coming out. So how do you feel This is a big movie.

Yeah, no, I'm super, super excited. It's the, I don't know, the response from everybody's been really incredible getting to, you know, respond to messages and stuff on Instagram and seeing how the, you know, the movie impacted them and um especially now that it's international, like everybody from, you know, different countries getting to reach out and me trying to decipher, you know, their their texts and like Google Translate it and find out it's something positive. It's it's really nice.

And what a book that becomes a movie. Like obviously like Tik Tok you've probably seen like it's already blowing up on Tik Tok. So are you kind of like like waiting for this big wave to come through because I'm sure you're literally going to blow up.

I don't have a Tik Tok. I don't have a Tik Tok, so I I guess I'll have to get my my sister to like send me some, but that's so cool. No, I didn't know that. Um, yeah, there's a whole wave of like, you know, the younger generation that like lives, eats, breathes on that app. So, uh, I'm I'm that's really cool to find out that it's blown up on there as well.

You should get Tik Tok just when it comes out because I'm sure like your character, yourself will blow up. Like Tik Tok's gonna do wonders to you. It's gonna be great.

Thank you. Thank you.

Did you read the book before you found out you got casted or did you read it after or did you at all?

So, when I found out I was going to be like auditioning for it and doing the chemistry with Daisy, um, I was in Australia at the time and I couldn't get access to uh like a bookstore because of COVID. Um, and so I downloaded the audible version of it and was listening to the audiobook on like one and a half time speed just because I had like two days to prepare, which is not the move by the way. Um, because they do all the accents and stuff on the on the book and it just sounded like mosquitoes, you know, trying to talk to each other. But uh, I, you know, got to listen to half of it and then when I when I got the job, I got to uh finish the the book on the plane on the way home and it was like I I understood why it had impacted so many people and it was um such an incredible read.

And a good read knowing you booked it. So like finishing the book, no problem. You're like, oh, I'm going to be the star in this movie.

100%.

Yeah, you had Reese Witherspoon like on set with you a lot of the times and she had nothing but good things to say about you on Tik Tok. So, uh, what was it like being around her like an icon?

She she's just so like she's always working and and I mean that in the nicest way possible. She's always trying to like figure out how to make something better. Um, and she's like one of those one of those actresses who like turned into this mobile that didn't lose that that charm and that like just southern hospitality she brings with her everywhere she goes. Like she knew everybody's name on set. Um, but she was constantly trying to like game the movie to make it better. Like try to make it as loyal to the book as possible, but how can we make these characters richer? Um, how can we tell the story in a more elevated way? And uh, it was cool to see her work. I was very inspired by it.

Yeah. And it's cool because a lot of the comments too on like the trailer and everything were that I've never seen like a movie match the book so well because usually obviously you go off like different ways and stuff like that. So, uh, that's like really nice that she like made sure like that it stayed true to itself, you know.

Absolutely.

And if you, okay, so say you were in the movie and you uh, were just watching it with a fan, who do you think killed Chase and were you glad that she's guilty, not guilty? We won't spoil.

Oh, man. Um, honestly, at the end, I hope I could talk about this and Katie ends the zoom if I'm not allowed to, but the movie's already been out, but, um, I honestly thought I knew it at the end of it. I I thought like, you know, he very cowardly. I thought Tate would have like, you know, done it but not like like owned up to to having done it to protect Kaya, but I don't I was also thinking you wouldn't let her go through this entire, you know, courtroom drama, uh, you know, knowing that he did it. So I I think he really wondered if it if it was either an accident or if she really had it in her and uh, I think it was a surprise to everybody at the end when when they found out.

Yeah. And seeing like a younger you and then the older version of you, obviously it's not really you, but it's kind of weird seeing on screen that like, because they look very similar to you. Like that could have actually been you and maybe you when you're old.

Yeah, everyone was like, oh my god, that's what you're gonna look like when you're older and Sam was just like really sweet, cute old man and I was like if I if I'm as charming as him when I'm older, I think I did something right, so good casting.

And, okay, so Taylor Swift has an original song in the movie. So what is your favorite Taylor Swift song?

Uh, I love the, especially the music video portion of it, All Too Well, the 10-minute version. I was like obsessed with it because it was like watching a film.

Yeah. It really was. I the media had a field day with that because it was so long. People were like, oh my god, like this is this is too much. People went off. And when you like behind the scenes moment, did you like, what do you, like what was kind of like the vibe behind the scenes because obviously you have such a serious movie. Was it like lighthearted? Like how was it?

I mean, having Daisy as like a partner in crime during the entire time was it felt like we're at summer camp. Honestly, like when we weren't filming, we were just making each other laugh and and giggle to the point where Livi, our director had to separate us a few times just to like, hey guys, like stay focused because we just have fun. We were in this beautiful, beautiful place in New Orleans and we're there for a couple months and um, just getting to bond together and and uh, have these wonderful experiences and then turning into little kids when the camera's not rolling is exactly what you want, especially for a movie with um, you know, heavy themes and uh, and elements in it.

Yeah. And with Daisy, had you met her, did you meet like first day on set, chemistry read? When did you first meet her?

Chemistry read over Zoom, something like we're doing right now. Um, and she was just as charming and wonderful and I was like, God, I hope I get to work with her. Uh, and then I, when I met her in person for the first time, she like ran over and jumped on me and gave me a hug and I was like,

That's so cute.

Yeah.

You're like, I love it here. This is gonna be good.

I did. I'm going to be good.

And when you have like a movie that's just like such intense as this one and the plot and everything, is it kind of hard to like once filming's wrapped to detach yourself from the character? Like does it take you a few or are you pretty good at from like your job?

I'm pretty good at like, you know, not taking my work home with me in that way. Um, I think you have to be. You have to learn to like detach yourself when it's over, but you do miss everybody involved. That's that's probably much harder than um, you know, moving on from the character is moving on from the people.

Yeah. Well, congratulations. And thank you so much.

Thank you so much for

Hope you get Tik Tok. Oh my God, I know it's so hot. And good luck with the rest of your interviews.