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Kit!

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- Hi, I'm Erin Kellyman.
- I'm Ruby Cruz.

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- I'm Tony Revolori.
- I'm Ellie Bamber.

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- I'm Dempsey Bryk.
- I am Amar Chadha-Patel

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and this is your look at

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the behind the scenes of the making of...

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<i>Willow.</i>

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{\an8}Starting about, I don't know,
ten years after the movie was released,

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a week would not go by without somebody
wanting to talk about <i>Willow.</i>

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{\an8}Mm-hmm. First thing I did with George
was <i>Return of the Jedi.</i>

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<i>And then, I'd done the</i> Caravan of Courage
<i>and</i> Battle for Endor.

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And then, I went on to do <i>Labyrinth</i> which
George was involved in  again.

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AMAR CHADHA-PATEL: <i>I read
an interview about</i> Willow,

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<i>where George Lucas had said that</i>

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<i>when he'd met Warwick
on the set of</i> Star Wars

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{\an8}that he wanted to make a story
where the hero was unlikely

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{\an8}and not what you would
expect a hero to be.

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<i>So I watched the original
to refresh my memory of everything</i>

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{\an8}and all the characters and kind of,
to remember how fun it was and how...

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{\an8}I mean, how iconic it was, actually.

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{\an8}<i>How many times
have you worked with George?</i>

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{\an8}- It's my third one.
- What were the other two?

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<i>Uh, I did</i> Raiders of the Lost Ark.

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<i>And, um,</i> Indiana Jones.

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<i>And, of course, this one.</i>

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He's killed me four times in three films.
He doesn't like me.

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{\an8}I feel like it's a movie
that doesn't take itself too seriously.

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Excuse me, are we having a party?

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- Huh?

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{\an8}You have this incredible experience,
which I did,

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{\an8}on the film and Ron Howard, directing,
George Lucas, producing.

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<i>It's my first real movie
and it's this giant, epic production.</i>

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<i>It was out-of-this-world
and extraordinary.</i>

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{\an8}I was captivated by it.

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<i>I was captivated by Warwick,
and by Joanne, and by Val Kilmer.</i>

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Obviously.

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<i>We were all just
absolutely obsessed with it.</i>

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You know, it was successful
when it came out, it was well-regarded.

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But it, you know, it didn't have this,
sort of, place in pop culture.

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{\an8}I sort of tended to gravitate
toward the idea that,

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while, like, <i>Indiana Jones</i> and <i>Star Wars</i>
were the biggest things ever,

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there was this other thing.
There was <i>Willow.</i>

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<i>George Lucas had always
wanted, not so much to do a sequel,</i>

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<i>but to develop it further on television.</i>

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<i>And when Disney Plus came along,
suddenly we felt like,</i>

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well, there's a real home for this.

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{\an8}To all the fans who've waited
over 30 years, the wait is over.

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{\an8}Kasdan from his original conversations
with Ron Howard,

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<i>he's been kind of
building this world up</i>

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<i>and bringing his own kind of sensibility,
humor, and heart.</i>

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{\an8}It has nostalgia, of course,

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{\an8}for those of us
that love the original movie.

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<i>But it feels so fresh and modern</i>

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<i>and he has managed to bring it
into a brand new moment in time.</i>

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So there's this specificity to <i>Willow</i>
and to the Lucasfilm brand.

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<i>And so, my mind kept going to this, like,</i>

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<i>dusty volume
sitting on a shelf somewhere</i>

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<i>with "Willow" on its spine.</i>

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And like,
I wanted to write more of that book.

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{\an8}Jon Kasdan encourages
a very inventive and bold approach.

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<i>But he also respects the skills
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<i>each cast member brings.</i>

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<i>I think as a new cast,</i>

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{\an8}there is pressure stepping in and
taking over, like, such a beloved story.

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<i>Reading the scripts</i>

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<i>and getting a sense
of the premise for the show,</i>

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this thing was gonna live or die
according to the cast.

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<i>So I was kinda nervous about
meeting the new team, as it were.</i>

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And they're so brilliant,
they're so brilliant.

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<i>It's been a joy,
a genuine joy working with them.</i>

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The repartee that is between them,

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that isn't something
anyone needs to direct.

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Uh, it's been a crazy day.
We've had a lot of...

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- Where?
- It's that way.

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- What?
- Lot of horse work going on today.

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- Uh...
- I think... No.

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- Amar, you gettin' on? Ruby?
- CHADHA-PATEL: No, I'll get the next one.

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- Oh.
- Okay.

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As you can see,
a lot of horse work going on.

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<i>I met Ruby, who plays Kit,
who's my twin, on a FaceTime.</i>

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- Oh, hey there. What's up?
- Hey.

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{\an8}And within two seconds
I said, "I think I know you."

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<i>And then, progressively person,
by person, by person</i>

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<i>who I met,
we all kinda said the same thing.</i>

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{\an8}These people are my family.
I've been with them for so long.

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<i>When we're all six of us are together,
like, that's always very fun, you know.</i>

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Um, we can never get anything shot,
but it's very fun.

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Reach out to me.

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<i>What was it like
working with Warwick Davis?</i>

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Um...

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Warwick has a lot of passion.

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Like, well,
like a, like a lot of passion.

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Really passionate.

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He has so many great ideas.

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Warwick is, uh...

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He's very... intense.

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Can we get this thing towed
at owner's expense, please?

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He just has ideas.
He has a lot of ideas. Um...

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<i>For everyone about everything.</i>

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Whether you want them or not.

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How's that?

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{\an8}He likes to remind people
he's number one on the call sheet

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{\an8}which is... which is helpful, I think.

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{\an8}Quiet, please.

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{\an8}Don't wanna do this twice.

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And three, two, one.

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I'm Warwick Davis
and I play Willow.

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Hang on. No, do it again.
That was rubbish.

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<i>We have some of the best</i>

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<i>hair people, makeup people,
set designer people</i>

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{\an8}who have put such a show together

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{\an8}that I have come in here and I'm just
blown away at the level of detail.

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<i>I really liked the troll set.</i>

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It was cool to walk around in there,
it's very easy to actually get lost.

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<i>It's a whole thing as well.
It's a real maze.</i>

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<i>It's not just one tiny, little corner
that everyone squeezes into.</i>

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<i>They built a whole thing.</i>

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<i>This is a great crew.</i>

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<i>Everybody from art department, um,
who've been looking at creative ways</i>

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<i>to accomplish everything
you see behind us.</i>

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{\an8}And then the things you can't see
is what visual effects is gonna do later.

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<i>We have Industrial Light & Magic on</i>

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<i>to supervise
all the visual effects for this work.</i>

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<i>Um, this is gonna be epic, even though
this is already an epic location.</i>

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<i>Instead of being this height,
it's gonna be five or ten times taller</i>

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<i>when we get into visual effects world.</i>

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<i>So we're
in Bavmorda's chamber or High Tower,</i>

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{\an8}That's where the climax
of <i>Willow</i> 1988 happens.

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<i>We see our characters from 1988</i>

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<i>and they interact
with our characters from 2021.</i>

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<i>We looked in the archives
to try and find out</i>

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<i>um, what suitable angles
would help tell the story.</i>

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<i>So try to line up whatever footage
we had with the POVs</i>

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<i>and made sure that our characters
from 2021 were in the right position,</i>

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<i>so they would line up
with the footage that we have to hand.</i>

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<i>So I'd imagine it'll take our team
about three or four months</i>

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<i>to pull this together
and see 'em in this environment.</i>

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<i>And seeing these sets
reconstructed for the series</i>

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<i>has been quite somethin' as well.</i>

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<i>'Cause I believe
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in the movie was a painting.

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In the original movie, this dais part
was the only thing that existed.

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<i>The rest of it was a matte painting.</i>

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<i>Kristian and his team
did an incredible job.</i>

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{\an8}We wanted to have it very similar
to what it looked like in the movie.

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- <i>And Neal Scanlan</i>

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<i>and the creatures department
are legendary.</i>

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<i>They've worked with Lucasfilm and ILM
a lot on various</i> Star Wars <i>projects.</i>

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The attention to detail is wonderful
within the creature department.

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<i>You get a drawing, you get a maquette,
you get a full size sculpt.</i>

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<i>You're given a chance to give notes</i>

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<i>to discuss possibilities
of how it'll look for real.</i>

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{\an8}Uh, to me, workin' on <i>Willow</i>
has been really demanding, actually.

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<i>Creating new characters
and starting afresh was amazing</i>

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<i>and to find solution
to what Jon was writing was really fun.</i>

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Three, two, one, action!

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Going down.

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CHADHA-PATEL: <i>Yeah,
the creatures are amazing.</i>

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Actually, my favorite creatures
were the, um, the wererats.

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- Okay, look out for the wererats.
- What?

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See ya.

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CHADHA-PATEL: <i>Kit and Boorman go
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<i>and we get attacked by wererats</i>

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<i>and there was this crazy,
two-headed rat that attacks Kit</i>

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<i>while I'm down a well,
and just doing my own thing. Um...</i>

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<i>And the puppetry was,
I mean, it's classic CFX.</i>

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<i>Like, fully armatured puppets
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<i>and fingers and eyes
and it looked so creepy and real.</i>

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It was covered in slime and gross.
I loved it.

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{\an8}When I met my first troll,
I was totally gob smacked.

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<i>Uh, the detail that Neal had put into
the face, the wrinkles, everything.</i>

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<i>Even the little warty things
that they had on their bodies.</i>

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{\an8}Uh, people always ask me, you know,
do I use Stanislavski or Meisner.

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Which I always tell them
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because there would be
no Meisner without Stanislavski.

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<i>And, Pippa,
the makeup designer, as well,</i>

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<i>I think her work is awe-inspiring.</i>

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<i>I think she brings a wonderful
naturalism to everything she does.</i>

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{\an8}We thought we'd bring the world to life
with all of our backgrounds.

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Backgrounds have got all the interesting
hair and everything like that.

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<i>Like our Tir Asleeners
we could go quite far with.</i>

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<i>We needed our heroes
to be really relatable.</i>

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<i>We needed everyone
that watches it to kinda go,</i>

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"Oh, that... I kinda... I could be
that person, that could be me," you know?

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- Oh. Yeah.

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I was telling the crew how you do
everyone's makeup except your own,

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- which is virtually impossible.
- Mmm.

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{\an8}I'd say Warwick is very hands-on.

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Yeah. I think... hands-on
is a good way of describing it.

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<i>I'm a perfectionist.</i>

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<i>Every tiny detail on the film set matters.</i>

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And I wanna be part of that.

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<i>I mean,
the guy has an incredible work ethic.</i>

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<i>He's involved in wardrobe,
makeup, production design.</i>

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{\an8}He's our on-set medic,

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{\an8}which is weird
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any medical background or training at all.

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Part of me thinks it is very irresponsible

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and also weird
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But then, on the other hand,
I was chokin' on a chicken bone.

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And he did save my life, so.

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And then, you know,
there's the transportation thing

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which is that he insists on picking up
all of the actors at their homes.

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<i>The actors appreciate it but, weirdly,
like, he'll do it for all of them.</i>

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Except for Ellie.

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<i>Seems to be like
actively sabotaging her call sheet.</i>

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Yeah. Lovely.

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{\an8}Thanks, Warwick. That's great.

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{\an8}Thanks, Amanda.

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{\an8}Um, so we're gonna do
a few now with Ellie, if that's okay.

214
00:11:54,380 --> 00:11:56,966
- Oh, yeah.
- So, yeah, where is she? Where's Ellie?

215
00:11:56,966 --> 00:11:58,050
No idea.

216
00:11:58,551 --> 00:12:00,094
- Hello?

217
00:12:00,094 --> 00:12:03,597
It's locked from the outside. Hello?

218
00:12:03,597 --> 00:12:05,099
We got some great ones of me,
didn't we?

219
00:12:05,099 --> 00:12:06,642
- Yes. Yours was...
- Yeah.

220
00:12:06,642 --> 00:12:08,310
Thank you.
Yeah, no, they were great.

221
00:12:08,310 --> 00:12:11,272
Well, this is <i>Willow,</i> after all.
So, uh, that's all you need.

222
00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:14,024
- Absolutely, yes.
- Good.

223
00:12:14,024 --> 00:12:18,362
{\an8}I think we were most excited about
continuing the story of Elora Danan

224
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<i>who, of course, we only saw as a baby</i>

225
00:12:20,448 --> 00:12:24,201
and is now moved
into the central role of this series.

226
00:12:24,869 --> 00:12:26,537
<i>This is the baby
that he saved.</i>

227
00:12:26,537 --> 00:12:29,707
<i>This is the person that he, sort of, lost.</i>

228
00:12:29,707 --> 00:12:30,791
She's back.

229
00:12:30,791 --> 00:12:33,627
<i>I remember we sat down
with Warwick and told him</i>

230
00:12:33,627 --> 00:12:36,172
<i>that Elora Danan
would finally be in this story</i>

231
00:12:36,172 --> 00:12:38,507
<i>and become the central character.</i>

232
00:12:38,507 --> 00:12:41,761
And his response immediately was, "Why?"

233
00:12:42,344 --> 00:12:48,017
I genuinely, actually think Warwick
is a bit like, intimidated by Ellie?

234
00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:52,688
I don't wanna say
that it's sabotage.

235
00:12:55,065 --> 00:12:58,527
But, but it is. It's sabotage, I think.

236
00:12:58,527 --> 00:13:01,572
{\an8} No, that's ridiculous.
Are you kidding?

237
00:13:01,572 --> 00:13:03,365
Warwick really likes me.

238
00:13:03,365 --> 00:13:06,076
I think, maybe, at one point,
he got the idea that...

239
00:13:06,076 --> 00:13:07,161
Oh.

240
00:13:07,161 --> 00:13:10,289
I wanted to call the show <i>Elora Danan</i>

241
00:13:10,289 --> 00:13:12,249
- and he heard about that...
- Oh.

242
00:13:12,249 --> 00:13:14,210
Okay, Ellie.
We're ready for you on set now.

243
00:13:14,210 --> 00:13:15,336
Thank you, Alec.

244
00:13:16,629 --> 00:13:18,172
<i>A major through line
in season one</i>

245
00:13:18,172 --> 00:13:22,760
<i>is Elora Danan learning to become
more powerful than Willow as a sorcerer.</i>

246
00:13:23,385 --> 00:13:27,348
<i>Uh, so the fact that her wands
kept disappearing from set</i>

247
00:13:27,348 --> 00:13:30,392
{\an8}was unsubtle and problematic.

248
00:13:30,392 --> 00:13:32,603
{\an8}I think Warwick's been
snappin' Ellie's wands.

249
00:13:32,603 --> 00:13:34,313
In fact, I know he has.

250
00:13:34,313 --> 00:13:36,565
We've got security cameras.

251
00:13:37,399 --> 00:13:38,400
<i>Wait for it.</i>

252
00:13:39,485 --> 00:13:40,611
<i>Okay.</i>

253
00:13:40,611 --> 00:13:42,530
<i>Look, look, look. Okay, look!</i>

254
00:13:42,530 --> 00:13:43,781
<i>There's the snatch.</i>

255
00:13:44,949 --> 00:13:46,408
<i>There's the snap. See?</i>

256
00:13:47,034 --> 00:13:48,994
<i>Do you know how many wands
we've gone through?</i>

257
00:13:48,994 --> 00:13:50,579
<i>Must be like, 37.</i>

258
00:13:51,914 --> 00:13:52,915
What the ?

259
00:13:53,374 --> 00:13:55,376
- Right. Okay.
- Then we get to the jump.

260
00:13:55,376 --> 00:13:57,711
The horse is blind,
he doesn't know where he's going.

261
00:13:57,711 --> 00:14:00,339
- He doesn't know where he's going.
- And here we go, three, two, one.

262
00:14:00,339 --> 00:14:02,007
<i>Hsu-gala!</i>

263
00:14:02,007 --> 00:14:04,134
Thank you so much.
You did a great job today.

264
00:14:04,134 --> 00:14:05,219
Thank you very much.

265
00:14:06,512 --> 00:14:07,596
Hi, are you all right?

266
00:14:09,181 --> 00:14:11,058
{\an8}Yeah, definitely.

267
00:14:11,058 --> 00:14:12,393
{\an8}Hi, how do you do?

268
00:14:12,393 --> 00:14:14,979
We're gonna have a body land,

269
00:14:14,979 --> 00:14:16,939
- boom, on the floor!
- Bang!

270
00:14:16,939 --> 00:14:20,192
<i>CC and his team
did a fantastic job,</i>

271
00:14:20,192 --> 00:14:22,945
<i>you know, all of the actors
were doing all of their own work</i>

272
00:14:22,945 --> 00:14:25,239
<i>in there which is sensational.</i>

273
00:14:25,239 --> 00:14:28,784
<i>We put the cast through
an awful lot of, um,</i>

274
00:14:28,784 --> 00:14:30,911
{\an8}physical rigor  on this shoot.

275
00:14:30,911 --> 00:14:32,538
Oh, .

276
00:14:32,538 --> 00:14:34,248
- Are you okay?
- Yeah. All good.

277
00:14:34,248 --> 00:14:36,208
- These actors, I gotta say.
- They're so great.

278
00:14:36,208 --> 00:14:38,085
- I mean, it's been incredible
- And so game.

279
00:14:38,085 --> 00:14:40,254
<i>to watch them grow.</i>

280
00:14:40,254 --> 00:14:41,964
<i>Seeing them fight so well.</i>

281
00:14:41,964 --> 00:14:43,841
<i>Yeah, we have a great young cast.</i>

282
00:14:43,966 --> 00:14:48,971
{\an8}<i>Ellen, Mario, Dennis...</i>

283
00:14:48,971 --> 00:14:55,185
<i>And there's Tommy. Arianna. And Robin.</i>

284
00:14:55,185 --> 00:14:57,646
And they're all relatively,
uh, good in the show.

285
00:14:58,689 --> 00:15:00,816
<i>The big fellow
is a bit of a klutz, though.</i>

286
00:15:01,942 --> 00:15:03,736
CHADHA-PATEL: <i>We have
an amazing stunt team, obviously.</i>

287
00:15:03,736 --> 00:15:06,280
<i>Luke, my stunt double,
he's an incredible sword fighter,</i>

288
00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:08,032
and he teaches me how to sword fight.

289
00:15:08,032 --> 00:15:10,284
<i>The beauty of it is that
he'll teach me these moves</i>

290
00:15:10,284 --> 00:15:11,994
<i>that are incredible
but when I do them,</i>

291
00:15:11,994 --> 00:15:14,872
I make 'em look bad
'cause I'm, I'm like a grasshopper.

292
00:15:14,872 --> 00:15:17,666
From my side of it,
we've got horses in there,

293
00:15:17,666 --> 00:15:22,296
<i>we've got trolls, we've got falls,
we've got fights everywhere.</i>

294
00:15:22,296 --> 00:15:25,090
There's sword fights everywhere.
And I'm havin' a great time.

295
00:15:25,090 --> 00:15:28,344
Amazing!

296
00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:32,264
<i>CC and the team, I mean,
these guys are the best in the biz.</i>

297
00:15:32,264 --> 00:15:34,516
<i>And they're doing a great job.</i>

298
00:15:34,516 --> 00:15:37,144
<i>They, essentially,
design the fights in a way</i>

299
00:15:37,144 --> 00:15:39,897
<i>where it's everything
that we're capable of.</i>

300
00:15:39,897 --> 00:15:43,275
<i>They don't really put anything
in that us as actors can't do.</i>

301
00:15:43,275 --> 00:15:46,445
<i>So we're able to really do it
and get into it 'cause they're incredible.</i>

302
00:15:46,445 --> 00:15:49,365
I can't speak highly enough about them.
So, we're really just lucky.

303
00:15:49,365 --> 00:15:50,991
CHADHA-PATEL: <i>Dempsey Bryk as Airk.</i>

304
00:15:50,991 --> 00:15:54,411
<i>"Bryk" by name, "brick" by nature.
He's been my rock.</i>

305
00:15:54,995 --> 00:15:57,998
He and I have been gym partners.

306
00:15:57,998 --> 00:15:59,583
<i>We've all had to train.</i>

307
00:15:59,583 --> 00:16:01,460
<i>We did a, a month of boot camp.</i>

308
00:16:01,460 --> 00:16:07,591
{\an8}I'm very grateful for the month-long
boot camp that we got to do

309
00:16:07,591 --> 00:16:09,635
{\an8}because I would've... Oh.

310
00:16:09,635 --> 00:16:13,222
{\an8}It would've been tragic
if I wasn't training.

311
00:16:13,222 --> 00:16:15,099
<i>But it was really physically demanding.</i>

312
00:16:15,099 --> 00:16:17,768
<i>Probably the most physically
demanding thing I've ever done.</i>

313
00:16:17,768 --> 00:16:18,852
<i>But so paying off.</i>

314
00:16:18,852 --> 00:16:21,021
<i>Like, I can't believe
I know how to sword fight now.</i>

315
00:16:21,021 --> 00:16:22,856
It is the coolest thing.

316
00:16:22,856 --> 00:16:25,109
{\an8}Joanne, who plays Sorsha,

317
00:16:25,109 --> 00:16:28,570
<i>loved coming out
and playing in the Gales fight.</i>

318
00:16:29,571 --> 00:16:33,742
And she absolutely
has to front it out with the Doom.

319
00:16:39,915 --> 00:16:43,460
<i>With these magical whips,
whipping back and forth at her.</i>

320
00:16:46,547 --> 00:16:49,842
{\an8}Sorsha has the weight of the world
on her shoulders

321
00:16:49,842 --> 00:16:52,761
because she's starting
to see things and hear things.

322
00:16:52,761 --> 00:16:56,223
<i>- And then, the Death Dogs appear...</i>

323
00:16:56,223 --> 00:17:00,310
and she knows that if the Death Dogs
are around then it's all gonna kick off.

324
00:17:00,310 --> 00:17:01,812
Death Dogs.

325
00:17:02,479 --> 00:17:05,858
<i>And I have to get my sword out
that I have put away.</i>

326
00:17:05,858 --> 00:17:07,901
<i>It's really fun doing a fight again.</i>

327
00:17:08,986 --> 00:17:11,822
I haven't had a fight for ages.
It's really fun.

328
00:17:12,781 --> 00:17:14,366
I can assure you,
whatever's out there,

329
00:17:14,366 --> 00:17:17,161
my knights are, are more than capable...

330
00:17:17,161 --> 00:17:18,620
You were a bit early there, Martin.

331
00:17:18,620 --> 00:17:20,998
- Yep. I'm sorry about that.
- Let's just reset Martin.

332
00:17:20,998 --> 00:17:22,916
- You can do it separately.

333
00:17:22,916 --> 00:17:24,376
It was so fun.

334
00:17:28,964 --> 00:17:30,758
<i>Now, people watching this may think</i>

335
00:17:30,758 --> 00:17:32,843
<i>that this was all shot
against a green screen.</i>

336
00:17:32,843 --> 00:17:35,095
In fact, we are actually
out here on the beach,

337
00:17:35,095 --> 00:17:37,681
in the elements, shooting this for real.

338
00:17:37,681 --> 00:17:39,975
{\an8}We really wanted to create our own world.

339
00:17:39,975 --> 00:17:41,852
<i>It needs to be fantastical</i>

340
00:17:41,852 --> 00:17:45,397
<i>and have that kinda slightly
other-worldly feel to it.</i>

341
00:17:45,397 --> 00:17:47,483
{\an8}Welcome to the Bone Reaver encampment.

342
00:17:47,483 --> 00:17:50,694
{\an8}<i>We're in the Forest of Dean.
Very special place.</i>

343
00:17:50,694 --> 00:17:53,197
{\an8}<i>It's basically an area
that was a woodland once</i>

344
00:17:53,197 --> 00:17:55,949
{\an8}and it's collapsed,
it's mines underneath and, a cave system.

345
00:17:55,949 --> 00:17:57,659
<i>And it's all collapsed.</i>

346
00:17:57,659 --> 00:18:01,163
A lot of it is not us, it's all natural,
but we've put in the doors.

347
00:18:01,163 --> 00:18:02,247
<i>All the timber work.</i>

348
00:18:03,123 --> 00:18:06,376
<i>If you look carefully, there's a load
of skulls and just hidden around.</i>

349
00:18:06,376 --> 00:18:09,379
<i>So, as we're goin' around,
you can just see all the details.</i>

350
00:18:10,297 --> 00:18:14,343
We tried to stay clear
of using real Medieval architecture.

351
00:18:14,343 --> 00:18:16,386
We didn't use any real castles.

352
00:18:16,386 --> 00:18:21,225
<i>We do have one or two ruins,
uh, one of them being Neath Abbey</i>

353
00:18:21,225 --> 00:18:25,771
<i>which, uh, the heroes run through
in the beginning of episode five.</i>

354
00:18:26,980 --> 00:18:30,025
<i>We're not in Europe
and we're not even in the Medieval times.</i>

355
00:18:30,025 --> 00:18:31,652
<i>We are in a fantasy world.</i>

356
00:18:31,652 --> 00:18:36,907
So the Willow production being based
entirely in Wales has been great for us.

357
00:18:36,907 --> 00:18:39,827
<i>There's something mythic
about the Welsh countryside</i>

358
00:18:39,827 --> 00:18:42,204
<i>that isn't the same as anywhere else.</i>

359
00:18:42,204 --> 00:18:44,456
<i>You know,
we're making a road movie, obviously.</i>

360
00:18:44,456 --> 00:18:46,750
<i>So, we need to find
a lot of places that feel,</i>

361
00:18:46,750 --> 00:18:51,255
kind of, distinctly different
and can progress in a distinct way.

362
00:18:51,255 --> 00:18:54,174
{\an8}I think the biggest benefit
is the diversity of locations.

363
00:18:54,174 --> 00:18:59,471
<i>And having wide-open space,
so close to the studio.</i>

364
00:18:59,471 --> 00:19:01,431
<i>Within one hour of Cardiff,</i>

365
00:19:01,431 --> 00:19:04,893
<i>you can shoot on beaches, in forests,</i>

366
00:19:05,894 --> 00:19:09,523
<i>by lakes, up valleys, in mountains.</i>

367
00:19:10,858 --> 00:19:14,027
<i>It's been an awesome experience
to get the camera,</i>

368
00:19:14,027 --> 00:19:18,073
the crew, the cast
into the most amazing places.

369
00:19:18,740 --> 00:19:22,035
<i>I've got many fond memories
of filming in Wales on the first film.</i>

370
00:19:22,035 --> 00:19:25,122
<i>So I think it was great that we went back
to Wales for the series.</i>

371
00:19:25,122 --> 00:19:27,291
Basically, we had to go back there again.

372
00:19:31,670 --> 00:19:32,671
Willow...

373
00:19:34,548 --> 00:19:35,841
Let's ride.

374
00:19:40,012 --> 00:19:43,307
You know, after the first <i>Willow</i> came out,
I was on fire.

375
00:19:43,307 --> 00:19:45,893
<i>The first movie
went to his head a little bit.</i>

376
00:19:45,893 --> 00:19:48,020
<i>I mean, to be totally honest,</i>

377
00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:53,192
I think he perceives it
as more successful than it actually was.

378
00:19:53,192 --> 00:19:56,695
I had big ideas.
Big ideas, I'm tellin' ya.

379
00:19:56,695 --> 00:20:01,116
He pitched me maybe,
20 ideas for <i>Willow</i> sequels.

380
00:20:01,116 --> 00:20:03,452
None of them really made any sense.

381
00:20:03,452 --> 00:20:04,828
I invented the colon.

382
00:20:08,290 --> 00:20:09,458
Yeah, the colon.

383
00:20:09,458 --> 00:20:12,920
Basically allows you to make
the same movie over and over again.

384
00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:15,088
You take the title,
put a colon after it,

385
00:20:15,088 --> 00:20:16,506
give it another title.

386
00:20:16,506 --> 00:20:17,799
I wrote loads of them.

387
00:20:17,799 --> 00:20:20,844
{\an8}Willow, <i>colon,</i> Bavmorda's Revenge.

388
00:20:21,386 --> 00:20:23,972
{\an8}Willow, <i>colon,</i> Lost in New York.

389
00:20:23,972 --> 00:20:27,392
{\an8}Willow, <i>colon,</i> Spring Break,
<i>colon,</i> Miami Beach.

390
00:20:27,392 --> 00:20:28,977
{\an8}<i>That's a double colon, that one.</i>

391
00:20:29,394 --> 00:20:31,813
{\an8}Willow, <i>colon,</i> Willow's Colon.

392
00:20:31,813 --> 00:20:35,525
{\an8}which was a public service film
about gastrointestinal health.

393
00:20:36,318 --> 00:20:37,527
Very important.

394
00:20:37,527 --> 00:20:41,365
In his mind, he thought he was creating
the world's first mega franchise.

395
00:20:41,365 --> 00:20:42,741
That wasn't a thing.

396
00:20:43,325 --> 00:20:45,786
<i>There was a lot of opportunity
for me in those days.</i>

397
00:20:46,662 --> 00:20:48,830
<i>I was getting offered some exciting roles</i>

398
00:20:48,830 --> 00:20:51,166
<i>up against some of the biggest actors
in Hollywood.</i>

399
00:20:51,166 --> 00:20:55,087
And that's, uh, that's when I met him.

400
00:20:57,089 --> 00:20:58,548
The weasel.

401
00:20:58,548 --> 00:21:01,593
What can I say,
I'm just thrilled to be a part of it.

402
00:21:01,593 --> 00:21:04,930
The coup
and the ultimate score for our show

403
00:21:04,930 --> 00:21:07,766
was getting Christian Slater to come in
and play Allagash.

404
00:21:08,725 --> 00:21:10,769
<i>And the cast was excited.</i>

405
00:21:11,436 --> 00:21:12,729
<i>Disney was excited.</i>

406
00:21:13,397 --> 00:21:15,482
Warwick was less excited.

407
00:21:15,482 --> 00:21:20,612
It turned out,
they had a long and complicated history.

408
00:21:21,321 --> 00:21:24,574
The Warwick Davis-Christian Slater rivalry.

409
00:21:25,450 --> 00:21:28,370
That... That was the stuff
of Hollywood legend.

410
00:21:28,954 --> 00:21:30,664
He stole my idea.

411
00:21:30,664 --> 00:21:31,999
We were mates.

412
00:21:32,624 --> 00:21:33,667
I took him out to lunch,

413
00:21:33,667 --> 00:21:37,254
told him about this passion project
I'd been working on between <i>Willows.</i>

414
00:21:37,254 --> 00:21:39,965
It was about this sexy DJ
in Brixton, London,

415
00:21:39,965 --> 00:21:42,801
called <i>Would You Mind
Turning Up The Music, Please?</i>

416
00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:46,221
<i>And six months later,
saw a movie poster for a film,</i>

417
00:21:46,221 --> 00:21:49,766
rather rudely entitled,
<i>Pump Up The Volume.</i>

418
00:21:49,766 --> 00:21:52,144
He basically accused me of plagiarism.

419
00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:54,479
In his version of events I, what,

420
00:21:55,063 --> 00:21:57,649
uh, stole his idea,
hired a writer and director,

421
00:21:57,649 --> 00:22:00,861
made the movie and released it in theaters
in like six months?

422
00:22:00,861 --> 00:22:02,654
I mean, how would that even work?

423
00:22:02,654 --> 00:22:06,491
But, uh, man, he was pissed.
He, uh, he came at me, hard.

424
00:22:06,491 --> 00:22:08,118
What? That's what he said?

425
00:22:08,118 --> 00:22:10,287
I came at him hard? Can you imagine that?

426
00:22:10,287 --> 00:22:11,705
I'm British.

427
00:22:11,705 --> 00:22:14,333
I don't do things like that.
I'm a gentleman.

428
00:22:28,221 --> 00:22:31,516
Yeah, he threatened to sue me
in the most English way possible.

429
00:22:31,516 --> 00:22:36,229
And sadly, we never spoke again after that
until this.

430
00:22:37,064 --> 00:22:40,317
The Disney team
have been looking at the dailies

431
00:22:40,317 --> 00:22:42,778
and they're so excited about Christian

432
00:22:42,778 --> 00:22:46,198
and what season two
could be like if you guys are like,

433
00:22:47,157 --> 00:22:49,910
you know, like, buddies and,
like, on an adventure.

434
00:22:49,910 --> 00:22:52,496
- You seem like you're shaking your head.
- Whoa. Wait a minute.

435
00:22:52,996 --> 00:22:55,290
If they put Christian Slater
on Disney Plus,

436
00:22:55,290 --> 00:22:57,834
they're gonna have to change the name
to Disney Minus.

437
00:22:58,627 --> 00:23:00,045
Hey, guys. Yeah.

438
00:23:00,045 --> 00:23:01,755
- Good to see you.

439
00:23:01,755 --> 00:23:03,131
- It's good to have you here.
- Yeah.

440
00:23:03,131 --> 00:23:05,300
Thanks, man.
No, it's great to be here.

441
00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:08,720
They finally arrive
at the silent, burnt-out ruins.

442
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:12,724
{\an8}<i>The beauty of the series
is that it really walks this fine line</i>

443
00:23:12,724 --> 00:23:16,853
{\an8}<i>between being funny as it should be</i>

444
00:23:16,853 --> 00:23:19,856
<i>and this kind of dramatic fantasy</i>

445
00:23:19,856 --> 00:23:23,235
{\an8}that we've kind of grown accustomed to
with <i>Game of Thrones</i> and such,

446
00:23:24,444 --> 00:23:28,115
<i>while also keepin' it contemporary
in a way that's fresh and new.</i>

447
00:23:28,115 --> 00:23:31,076
<i>And it really all just kind of stems
from the mind of Jon Kasdan</i>

448
00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:32,619
who is our show runner and writer.

449
00:23:32,619 --> 00:23:35,872
Jon Kasdan is a very special man.

450
00:23:35,872 --> 00:23:40,210
I think Jon is one of the most creative
individuals I've ever met.

451
00:23:40,877 --> 00:23:42,629
<i>The way he sees this world as something</i>

452
00:23:42,629 --> 00:23:45,966
<i>that is just as valuable now
as when it was created.</i>

453
00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:49,803
<i>You know, Jon has been wonderful
in allowing us to come in,</i>

454
00:23:49,803 --> 00:23:54,099
you know, and to have some fun with it
and be loose with it,

455
00:23:54,099 --> 00:23:57,436
<i>and I think that is the right energy
for this type of story.</i>

456
00:23:57,436 --> 00:23:58,520
<i>I'm free...</i>

457
00:23:58,520 --> 00:23:59,980
- This guy's insane.

458
00:24:00,355 --> 00:24:03,316
This must be
like a dream come true to Jon.

459
00:24:03,316 --> 00:24:08,655
<i>To have eight hours to explore
your childhood adventures</i>

460
00:24:08,655 --> 00:24:11,533
with this massive great team
and this wonderful cast.

461
00:24:11,533 --> 00:24:13,285
Willow!

462
00:24:13,285 --> 00:24:15,203
{\an8}I said yes and came aboard

463
00:24:15,203 --> 00:24:18,415
{\an8}'cause I didn't wanna shatter
his childhood dreams

464
00:24:18,415 --> 00:24:20,625
which clearly this represents.

465
00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:22,919
This is not nostalgia.

466
00:24:22,919 --> 00:24:27,257
It's using the fundamentals
of this world, these characters

467
00:24:27,257 --> 00:24:31,052
<i>but it's very forward thinking
in terms of its sensibilities,</i>

468
00:24:31,052 --> 00:24:34,931
<i>uh, and also,
the adventure that it creates.</i>

469
00:24:34,931 --> 00:24:38,018
<i>I feel like there's something
for everyone in this series.</i>

470
00:24:38,018 --> 00:24:43,273
<i>There are just so many storylines
and characters all weaved together.</i>

471
00:24:43,273 --> 00:24:45,442
There's definitely been days

472
00:24:45,442 --> 00:24:48,612
where I am laughing
and crying and screaming all in one day

473
00:24:48,612 --> 00:24:53,783
<i>and</i>  <i>I mean,
it's crazy for my emotional health</i>

474
00:24:53,783 --> 00:24:56,161
but it,
you know, gets it all out.

475
00:24:56,161 --> 00:24:59,164
I mean, the beauty of fantasy
and sci-fi is that it's not Earth

476
00:24:59,164 --> 00:25:02,000
<i>so you can put anyone
of any diverse background</i>

477
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,711
<i>in what essentially is a world
full of dragons and giants.</i>

478
00:25:05,295 --> 00:25:11,009
Um, if you can have giants and trolls,
why can't you have brown people?

479
00:25:11,009 --> 00:25:14,804
We talk about the impact that these little
moments are gonna have on children

480
00:25:14,804 --> 00:25:18,058
<i>and being able to see themselves
and think, "Yeah, I wanna be that."</i>

481
00:25:18,058 --> 00:25:21,269
I mean, I said this to Jon Kasdan
when I first had my meeting,

482
00:25:21,269 --> 00:25:22,521
my first meeting with him.

483
00:25:22,521 --> 00:25:24,731
<i>You know, Indiana Jones, Han Solo,</i>

484
00:25:24,731 --> 00:25:26,650
<i>characters that every kid wanted to be,</i>

485
00:25:26,650 --> 00:25:30,654
<i>but as an Asian man,
I never saw myself reflected in that way.</i>

486
00:25:30,654 --> 00:25:34,199
<i>The comedic rogue with a heart of gold
character played by an Asian person</i>

487
00:25:34,199 --> 00:25:35,825
so for me it's a huge honor

488
00:25:35,825 --> 00:25:38,161
and I'm very excited
and hope to bring it to life,

489
00:25:38,161 --> 00:25:39,746
and not ruin it and get fired.

490
00:25:40,747 --> 00:25:41,915
Which is a possibility.

491
00:25:42,582 --> 00:25:44,834
And in about ten seconds,
I'm gonna kiss you.

492
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:46,294
So, if you don't want that...

493
00:25:46,294 --> 00:25:50,131
Yes, I would...
I mean, I would be very into that.

494
00:25:51,591 --> 00:25:55,845
So absolutely excited to be able
to represent the LGBTQ plus community

495
00:25:55,845 --> 00:25:59,307
<i>on screen especially something
as wide scale as Disney.</i>

496
00:25:59,307 --> 00:26:01,601
I think this is huge. That is...

497
00:26:03,061 --> 00:26:06,523
Ah!  That makes me so excited.
That makes me so happy.

498
00:26:06,523 --> 00:26:10,485
I honestly never thought I'd be playing
a queer character in a Disney show.

499
00:26:10,485 --> 00:26:16,449
<i>I think it's so important for young people
to see queer characters on shows.</i>

500
00:26:16,449 --> 00:26:17,701
Like, to see it on Disney, too.

501
00:26:17,701 --> 00:26:20,412
It's such a big platform
and it's gonna reach so many people

502
00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:24,249
<i>and if I had that when I was younger
I think I'd feel a lot less scared</i>

503
00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:27,961
<i>and a lot less intimidated by the thoughts
and feelings I was having.</i>

504
00:26:27,961 --> 00:26:30,880
And being a queer woman, and playing
a queer character on a Disney show

505
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,883
is honestly the most insane,

506
00:26:33,883 --> 00:26:37,137
it's the most insane thing.
I never thought I'd be able to do that.

507
00:26:37,137 --> 00:26:41,224
We're Thraxus
and you're watching the Disney Plus.

508
00:26:49,482 --> 00:26:50,525
That was good.

509
00:26:54,404 --> 00:26:55,405
CHADHA-PATEL: Okay, Jamie?

510
00:26:55,405 --> 00:26:56,948
That's
the last shot on <i>Willow.</i>

511
00:26:56,948 --> 00:26:58,325
Well done, everybody!

512
00:27:02,037 --> 00:27:04,623
<i>It has been a joyous experience</i>

513
00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:07,876
and I've loved working
with such talented people.

514
00:27:07,876 --> 00:27:12,881
<i>To become a part of something
that is so beloved by so many people</i>

515
00:27:12,881 --> 00:27:16,301
and to be able to just extend
that world even further

516
00:27:16,301 --> 00:27:18,345
into something
that even more people can love,

517
00:27:18,345 --> 00:27:20,096
I think is a really cool thing.

518
00:27:20,096 --> 00:27:23,558
{\an8}<i>There's lots of comedic moments,
there's lots of really tender moments</i>

519
00:27:23,558 --> 00:27:25,685
{\an8}<i>and there's a real journey to go on.</i>

520
00:27:25,685 --> 00:27:28,480
{\an8}It's just not typical,
it's not what you would expect,

521
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,441
{\an8}<i>and I think that
that is something that is so exciting.</i>

522
00:27:31,441 --> 00:27:32,901
{\an8}You guys are the best! See you.

523
00:27:33,985 --> 00:27:35,111
{\an8}See you next year!

524
00:27:35,111 --> 00:27:38,448
<i>It's turned into like one
of the greatest experiences of my career</i>

525
00:27:38,448 --> 00:27:41,284
so I, I'm very happy to have said yes.

526
00:27:41,284 --> 00:27:43,703
<i>I don't wanna leave for real.</i>

527
00:27:43,703 --> 00:27:45,163
- I know.
- It's not even, like,

528
00:27:45,163 --> 00:27:48,458
I know this is an interview
but I'm actually so sad.

529
00:27:48,458 --> 00:27:53,046
{\an8}The overriding thing I'll take away
is a set that is full of warmth,

530
00:27:53,046 --> 00:27:56,841
<i>fun, great characters, lovely people.</i>

531
00:27:56,841 --> 00:28:01,721
<i>And a real energy to try
and do something a little bit different.</i>

532
00:28:03,139 --> 00:28:07,143
The truth is,
people thought Warwick was crazy.

533
00:28:07,936 --> 00:28:09,979
<i>But the reality
is he was just ahead of his time.</i>

534
00:28:10,730 --> 00:28:14,734
I mean, yes, he can be difficult,
he can be challenging.

535
00:28:14,734 --> 00:28:17,529
<i>And he's got a big ego but you know what?</i>

536
00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:20,281
{\an8}<i>He's got an even bigger heart</i>

537
00:28:20,281 --> 00:28:23,827
{\an8}<i>and he brings out the very best in people</i>

538
00:28:23,827 --> 00:28:26,830
<i>and they bring out the best in him.</i>

539
00:28:26,830 --> 00:28:28,665
And that's what <i>Willow</i> is all about.

540
00:28:28,665 --> 00:28:30,875
It's about heart,
and it's about friendship,

541
00:28:30,875 --> 00:28:32,460
it's about coming together.

542
00:28:33,044 --> 00:28:35,672
And magic, it's also about magic.

543
00:28:36,256 --> 00:28:37,966
Ellie, this is from Warwick.

544
00:28:37,966 --> 00:28:39,259
From Warwick? For me?

545
00:28:40,176 --> 00:28:42,178
Are you kidding? Look at the box.

546
00:28:44,264 --> 00:28:45,473
Oh.

547
00:28:45,473 --> 00:28:46,975
A new wand.

548
00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:50,228
Aw.

549
00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:52,147
Aw, he shouldn't have.

550
00:28:52,147 --> 00:28:56,609
{\an8}For me, this has been a dream that I've
had for, probably, about 30 years.

551
00:28:56,609 --> 00:28:58,111
Every fan of the movie said,

552
00:28:58,111 --> 00:29:00,572
"When will you make another <i>Willow?</i>
We want a sequel."

553
00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:03,491
And Jon here has realized that dream
for many millions of people

554
00:29:03,491 --> 00:29:05,160
around the world who loved the movie.

555
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:09,038
He always tells us to take in every moment
and appreciate all of the little things

556
00:29:09,038 --> 00:29:11,708
which I think
is why he does all these little things.

557
00:29:11,708 --> 00:29:13,418
<i>Like pick us up in the mornin'.</i>

558
00:29:13,418 --> 00:29:16,337
<i>He always reminds us
that everything can go by in a flash.</i>

559
00:29:16,337 --> 00:29:20,175
So to appreciate and love every moment
of every day with each other.

560
00:29:21,050 --> 00:29:23,678
I mean, Warwick might have been
a bit hard on me

561
00:29:23,678 --> 00:29:27,348
but at the end of the day I think
it's because he believed in me.

562
00:29:28,558 --> 00:29:31,227
And now I'm very grateful for that.

563
00:29:33,062 --> 00:29:36,566
<i>Look, I may be Warwick Davis,
titular character of</i> Willow,

564
00:29:36,566 --> 00:29:38,610
<i>massive international movie star</i>

565
00:29:38,610 --> 00:29:43,531
<i>with over $14.5 billion
in box office revenue and counting.</i>

566
00:29:43,531 --> 00:29:47,952
King of the Ewoks, polo buddy
to Prince William, yada, yada, yada.

567
00:29:47,952 --> 00:29:50,789
But the truth is
none of that really matters.

568
00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:52,373
<i>What matters is this.</i>

569
00:29:53,374 --> 00:29:57,462
<i>What we've created here together
is just so much bigger than me.</i>

570
00:29:58,546 --> 00:30:00,590
<i>Maybe Willow isn't just one man.</i>

571
00:30:01,508 --> 00:30:04,052
<i>Maybe there's a little Willow
in all of us.</i>

572
00:30:04,052 --> 00:30:11,476
I am Willow.

573
00:30:11,476 --> 00:30:13,144
I am Willow?

574
00:30:13,144 --> 00:30:15,313
I am Willow.

575
00:30:15,313 --> 00:30:16,523
I'm Willow.

576
00:30:16,523 --> 00:30:17,941
I am Willow.

577
00:30:17,941 --> 00:30:20,568
This has been
the greatest adventure of my life.

578
00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:26,032
But, uh, just to be clear,
contractually speaking,

579
00:30:26,032 --> 00:30:27,826
there is only one Willow.

580
00:30:27,826 --> 00:30:28,993
And that's me.

581
00:30:36,501 --> 00:30:38,211
<i>Have you seen
when he sits on a chair?</i>

582
00:30:39,420 --> 00:30:41,381
<i>Like, we've tried to talk about it</i>

583
00:30:41,381 --> 00:30:43,383
- and he doesn't want to.
- He didn't want to.

584
00:30:43,383 --> 00:30:46,094
<i>You have a reputation as a bit of a klutz.</i>

585
00:30:46,094 --> 00:30:48,680
No. No, I'm pretty coordinated.

586
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,224
<i>I've been doing lot of stunt training
for this mother...</i>

587
00:30:51,224 --> 00:30:52,934
<i>Very complex fight sequences so...</i>

588
00:30:53,977 --> 00:30:55,728
There's a lot of broken chairs on set.

589
00:30:55,728 --> 00:30:58,648
- There's a giant easter egg and if you...
- Oh!

590
00:30:58,648 --> 00:31:00,859
Oh, my... It's okay, he has a problem.

591
00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:02,819
Don't draw attention to it.

592
00:31:02,819 --> 00:31:03,987
It's a huge problem.

593
00:31:03,987 --> 00:31:07,490
<i>He's gonna hurt himself and more than
anything he's gonna hurt someone else.</i>

594
00:31:07,490 --> 00:31:09,075
Have you seen Warwick?

595
00:31:09,075 --> 00:31:11,661
CHADHA-PATEL: What?

596
00:31:11,661 --> 00:31:13,413
I don't have a problem sitting down.

597
00:31:13,413 --> 00:31:14,956
You guys are making this up.
Making me...

598
00:31:14,956 --> 00:31:16,541
- I feel like you're gaslighting me.
- Okay.



