Summary
For roughly three decades,Will FerrellandReese Witherspoonhave been two of the biggest names in Hollywood.
Hagner and Viswanathan, who play the brides-to-be in the action-packed comedy, are no strangers to the genre.
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MEREDITH HAGNER: Aw, thank you.
GERALDINE VISWANATHAN: Me too.
I’m sure you hear that a lot.
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I have two quick questions for that.
One, do you have a favorite memory with John Early?
God, I don’t know.
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There was one scene that honestly, I swear to God, didn’t even make it.
We were having this thing and he’s like, “Are you gay?”
And I’m like, “Well, areyougay?”
And he’s like, “Well, areyougay?”
That’s how it had to go.
HAGNER: It started at brunch, being self-obsessed.
We ultimately destroyed the world.
Well, amazing show.
Thank you, and I love John as well.
VISWANATHAN:Oh, he was just so, he’s just so smart.
And I think it’s such a feat to write this script that has so many characters.
It’s such a massive ensemble.
And I feel like every character is so defined and gets to shine.
And like you really… their journeys are so clear.
He just, I don’t know.
He just made it so fun.
HAGNER: I know.
VISWANATHAN: How does he make it look easy?
This was a massive movie.
HAGNER:He’s so kind too.
HAGNER: He directs with such ease.
He knows it, he mapped it, he gets it.
But he’s so mathematically, comedically gifted.
His sharpness is unparalleled and you feel it in the movie.
I mean, he’s a quick mind.
And this movie is about obviously two weddings booked on the same weekend.
VISWANATHAN:I haven’t gone to many weddings, honestly.
HAGNER: You haven’t?
VISWANATHAN: No, I’ve been to two.
VISWANATHAN: I know.
HAGNER: The hell, we gotta get you some weddings.
VISWANATHAN: I know.
I can’t wait.
HAGNER: My wedding was, like, wonderfully chaotic.
That’s so fun.
They were trying to get everybody gone.
And then we didn’t leave.
Geraldine Viswanathan Says Will Ferrell Is the “Ultimate Dad”
Wow.
I want to see that movie now.
That sounds really fun.
In this movie, Will Ferrell has BDE: Big Dad Energy.
Thank you for clarifying.
Um, it was, I mean, yeah, so surreal that Will Ferrell was my dad.
He’s such a tall teddy bear of a man.
It’s really fun to pretend to be his daughter.
He’s just the funniest man in the world.
He’s like, “What are you laughing at?”
I’m like, “Sorry, everything you say is funny.”
But he’s also just like the best and like a really great dad.
Fun fact, his son has a song in the movie, Magnus Ferrell.
He is the song that plays, uh, when Oliver is DJing at the wedding.
HAGNER: I did not know that!
VISWANATHAN: Yeah, that was really cool.
He’s just, he’s the best.
He’s like the ultimate dad.
That’s really cool.
I didn’t know that either about the song, that’s really neat.
What would maybe surprise people about what goes into making a really good comedy?
HAGNER: This one felt easy to me.
I was like, I would actually have paid to do this one.
Um, and every day was like, “Yep!
Gotta go to work.
It’s so fun!”
It was also like a bigger budget than I feel like I’m used to.
VISWANATHAN: Yeah, for sure.
HAGNER: The food was really good.
VISWANATHAN: The crafty was popping.
HAGNER: God bless you, Amazon.
VISWANATHAN: It’s kind of a party.
Being in a wedding dress the whole time, mine was really itchy.
Made of this, like, weird itchy material.
And my makeup was insane.
It was just like a really fun summer in Atlanta when we shot that.
Because everybody was just the coolest.
So it just kind of felt like summer camp.
And then I like, I haven’t told anybody this.
I haven’t even told my…
I probably shouldn’t even say this.
My husband will be like, “What?”
But I brought a pregnancy test to work.
Cause you know, you’re there all the time.
And I was like, “My God, I think I was supposed to get a period.”
TMI, but I was like, “I’m going to bring this to work.”
And I was like, “Oh my God.”
I’m not going to say anything."
I was like, “I’m pregnant!”
Leanne Morgan was like, “Oh my God!”
VISWANATHAN: Oh my God!
HAGNER: Isn’t that funny?
VISWANATHAN: That’s crazy.
HAGNER: So I don’t know.
Then by the end of the movie, I started vomiting and I had to finally tell Reese.
I’m like, “I am throwing up.
I’m not hung over.
I am pregnant.”
VISWANATHAN: It’s literally like the movie.
It’s like the movie.
I’m so method.
I was going to say, you’re really committed to the character.
HAGNER: Yeah I commit babe.
But I just am like, where can I find the parallel to myself?
Because I think of every character is like… having me having gone down like a different path.
So I always find like, what’s the connection?
And this one, actually, I play a lot of psychos.
So this was actually much closer to me as a person.
I’d like to think so.
It felt easy for me in a weird way where I was like, “Oh.”
Then I kept trying to make her like unhinged.
And I think Nick was like, “No, no, no, she’s normal.
She’s just a nice, lovely voice of reason of the movie.”
I’m like, “I’m so sorry.
What’s your process, babe?
VISWANATHAN: My process?
We had to find that.
HAGNER: Gorgeous work.
VISWANATHAN: Oh, thanks.
When I read the character, she broke my heart a little bit.
And then like deeply heartbreaking is a one of a kind thing.
VISWANATHAN: Bless your heart.
Wonderful answers and, unfortunately, I have to wrap soon.
But I’m just going to squeak in one more question.
Geraldine, you’re inThunderbolts*.
Kind of going to be a big deal.
And Wyatt Russell, your husband, Meredith, is in it.
Is there anything you could tease aboutThunderbolts*?
HAGNER: He would murder me.
I’m sworn to secrecy.
I’m putting my head down.
VISWANATHAN: (Laughs).I know.
The Meredith Hagner universe.
But no, all I can say is I play Mel.
I’m Julia Louis-Dreyfus' assistant.
And I’m really excited for people to see it.
All right, very cool.
It was so nice to meet you.
HAGNER: So nice.
Thanks for the great questions.
You’re Cordially Invitedis available to stream on Prime Video.
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