The Final Girls pt 1

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Chatting with the female stars of horror comedy 'The Final Girls' at SXSW
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I am here with the ladies of The Final Girls, which first of all, congrats on the New York Times review.
I mean, it's amazing.
Did you guys read it?
You're shocked.
No, they give you a like amazing review.
Really?
I have it here.
We've been working all day.
We haven't had time.
Yeah.
There you go.
It was really good.
They loved it.
Yes!
They loved it.
I'm gonna kick things off a little with a game.
Because this is a horror comedy.
Have you guys ever had a horror comedy haircut?
I did a hair show once, and they you're sitting on a stage and they're cutting your hair and you don't know what they're doing.
And then you get off stage and all of a sudden you have a mullet.
Uh, it was it was fantastic.
I mean, yeah, not a lot of people can say they had a mullet.
The sides of my hair grow uh doesn't grow, and the back of my hair grows very fast.
So I always have a natural mullet if I don't get a haircut.
Right.
Okay.
Sweet.
So, mullet sisters.
I cut my hair like boy short once.
Like super like Anne Hathaway boy short in the fifth grade sixth grade, sometime around that time.
Um, and I had to wear dresses so that people knew that I was a girl.
So it wasn't a good look.
Um, okay.
Um, any horror comedy first or blind dates?
Do we have enough time?
One guy cut cut me and he left, yeah.
No, I don't know how to answer that question.
Horrible, horrible, just awkward moments of sitting and I can be sarcastic sometimes and when sarcasm goes over someone's head and you just and they sit in silence then you feel like such an idiot.
Right.
Right.
Yeah.
That's a horror.
Right.
Yes.
Any horror?
Like it was such a it was so bad.
It was like a horror comedy.
I took it literal.
I was like, I should have set it up better.
Sorry.
What was this signature dance I'm hearing about and it's going viral and
Oh, uh, well, uh,
If I had a song, if I had a song, I would.
What song?
Let me out.
Push me around.
I'm hearin' ya.
I love it still.
I need you.
I need you.
I called you out some little stars.
So build me a works like
That is what I call improvising.
So in this film, you guys it's you guys are trapped in a movie.
Your movie is the movie that you filmed years and years and years ago.
You guys could be real life trapped in any movie.
What would it be?
Dirty Dancing.
Nobody puts Baby in a corner.
Interview with the Vampire.
Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise.
Hello.
Yeah.
Been there, done that.
Oh!
No.
I mean, I I I I Wait!
What?
Let me clarify.
I just Guys, I got to stick my tongue down Tom Cruise's ear in Rock of Ages.
Oh yeah.
That's right.
Is that what this is about this?
No, what's that right right now?
No.
But I would want to be trapped in a movie where there was a time machine element cuz then I'd like never get bored.
Back to the Future.
Back to the Future.
Oh right.
Back to the Future.
And just Back to the Future.
This is the rights of many wrongs done to women in slasher films are corrected in this film.
What does that mean?
Yes or no answer.
This cast is in it, so that was definitely Look at us.
We're like independent, badass chicks.
You kinda you got to make fun of it in the within the movie, which was great.
So it was a commentary on those really campy bad '80s movies that were great.
And you guys you got to do all that overacting that you know, it was awesome.
You were a really bad actress.
It was great.
This is the one time you have license.
Yes.
You can just go
She got the most license to do that.
Yes.
Yeah.
I wasn't allowed to have any thoughts.
Nope.
Very naive, dumb, dimwitted.
A lot of going through that brain.
Yeah, like thoughts go out instead of in for this role.
Oh my gosh.
And you clearly all a lot of out and in in this interview, huh?
Um, anyway, you guys, this was a lot of fun.
Congrats on the film.
Hey, thanks, girl.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Anne Hathaway
Mentioned for her short haircut
- Baby
Character from 'Dirty Dancing'
- Brad Pitt
Actor in 'Interview with the Vampire'
- Tom Cruise
Actor in 'Interview with the Vampire' and 'Rock of Ages'
FAQ
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