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Mudbound Star Garrett Hedlund's Experience With Mary J Blige

Mudbound Star Garrett Hedlund's Experience With Mary J Blige

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Garrett Hedlund discusses his work on the Golden Globe-nominated film 'Mudbound' and the interactive TV series 'Mosaic'. He shares his experience working with esteemed directors and actors, and explains the unique, branching narrative format of 'Mosaic'. Hedlund also reveals why he chooses not to be on social media and talks about his recent Christmas holiday.

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The talented and dreamy Garrett Hedlund stops by the Young Hollywood Studio to tell us about two exciting projects on his radar right now -- the Golden Globe-nominated film 'Mudbound', and the interactive TV series "Mosaic"! He tells us what it was like to work on the intense Dee Rees film and explains how the TV show works, plus he reveals why he's not on social media!

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Young Hollywood

What up young Hollywood. I am here with Garrett Hedlund. Well you know what? There's a bone I kinda want to pick with you right now. You know we are in the year 2018 right now and social media is everything. Um and when I was trying to do my daily stockage on IG, I could not find you whatsoever. So um what do you have to say about that?

Garrett Hedlund

That's how I like it.

Young Hollywood

That's how you like it? Seriously? So no social media at all.

Garrett Hedlund

No, I've never done it. I just thought I'd be very bad at it. I really wanna be good at it and I'd probably take too many pictures of burgers and stuff like that.

Young Hollywood

Anywho, dude you are killing the entire game with all of your projects from like Mosaic to Burden to Mudbound. You are not playing around at all. I'm just curious to know what it have to take for you to prepare for Mudbound?

Garrett Hedlund

We were all passionate about the story. Everybody's such a professional actor, they're amazing artist and it was about us just coming together and and sort of formulating these relationships.

Young Hollywood

I had so many people come to me like oh my God, have you seen Mudbound? You need to see it like ASAP and here you are now. So clearly the chemistry behind the camera worked. Let's talk about Mosaic. Sharon Stone, legendary. How was it working on the movie?

Garrett Hedlund

It was amazing because it's also Steven Soderbergh directed it who's I think one of the greatest directors out there. Ed Solomon and him configured this but crazy sort of algorithm to do something that's uh like alternating narrative.

Young Hollywood

Well hold on, really quick, let's talk about that because each each of the viewers can basically decide on which character they can follow correct?

Garrett Hedlund

There's a thing that if you go on your iPhone right now and you download the app to Mosaic, you start with there's a section with Sharon and once you've seen that you can unlock two other tiers.

Young Hollywood

That's so dope.

Garrett Hedlund

Which unlocks like four other tiers which unlocks this and you can choose the route that you sort of want to go which makes it you know it's it's the first of its kind.

Young Hollywood

It's that's legendary. I have not heard of anything being that interactive. I love it. I feel like you're very like very composed and just you think before you speak and I know you should think before you

Garrett Hedlund

Really?

Young Hollywood

What what's like one thought you're thinking about right now?

Garrett Hedlund

Cats.

Young Hollywood

Cats? Stop, I'm done. Cats really? That's that's incredible. So I want to know honestly, like what are some things that you do for fun? Like what what kind of music do you listen to? Do you go out to the beach like?

Garrett Hedlund

Well man, if it's uh it's just right after the holidays right now. I just spent Christmas with my mom, my brother and my sister. And then I went to uh Cayman Islands and did some work there but also got to go out on the water. Uh went out on a boat. We swam with some stingrays. I screamed like a little girl.

Young Hollywood

You actually swam with them? Are you kidding?

Garrett Hedlund

There are about 70 of them.

Young Hollywood

As we all know, award season is right around the corner. If you could think about it which actor or actress has like had the best performance in your in your opinion.

Garrett Hedlund

I have a few friends that are up there right now and I just worked at I I think Margot Robbie's amazing. She's one of my favorite people in the world and I think it's wonderful what she did in I Tanya. But then also there's Mary J Blige.

Young Hollywood

Preach preach preach.

Garrett Hedlund

Who who just became one of my favorite people in the world. She's an incredible artist. She's like just killing the audiences with this performance and I couldn't be more proud to be chatting about her as well.

Young Hollywood

I love it. That is incredible. Dude Garrett congratulations on everything. I'm so happy for you. Hopefully the next time we sit down and talk you'll have social media. I promise you that'll be the last time I bring it up but Honestly you should get some social media.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Garrett Hedlund

    Interview subject, actor in 'Mudbound' and 'Mosaic'

  • Mary J Blige

    Actress in 'Mudbound', praised by Hedlund

  • Dee Rees

    Director of 'Mudbound'

  • Sharon Stone

    Actress in 'Mosaic'

  • Steven Soderbergh

    Director of 'Mosaic'

  • Ed Solomon

    Configured 'Mosaic' algorithm with Soderbergh

  • Margot Robbie

    Actress praised for her performance in 'I, Tonya'

FAQ

What projects is Garrett Hedlund promoting?+
Garrett Hedlund is promoting the film 'Mudbound' and the interactive TV series 'Mosaic'.
Why is Garrett Hedlund not on social media?+
Garrett Hedlund states he has never done social media because he thought he would be bad at it and would likely post too many pictures of burgers.
How does the interactive TV series 'Mosaic' work?+
Viewers can download an app and choose which character's storyline to follow, unlocking different tiers and routes in the narrative.
Who directed 'Mosaic'?+
'Mosaic' was directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Who does Garrett Hedlund praise for their performance during award season?+
Garrett Hedlund praises Margot Robbie for 'I, Tonya' and Mary J Blige for 'Mudbound'.
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