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Hamm at the Lucy In The Sky premiere at Princess of Wales Theatre on September 11,TiFF
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Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm talk Lucy in the Sky, astronaut love, and interstellar f—kboys
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Natalie, I think this is your first trip back to space since Star Wars, right? How did it feel going back to space?NATALIE PORTMAN: That’s correct, I believe! [Laughs] Jon was a great copilot. Actually, he’s the pilot and [Lucy] was his specialist. It was really fun. It was definitely getting to act out a childhood dream of being an astronaut
What was your research like with actual astronauts?JON HAMM: I met with a Canadian astronaut who stayed on the international space station for over a year. Living in space, sort of as a neighbor to earth for that long was a real trip, he said. I found that interesting about the script. The point of the movie is [exploring] that connection these people have because of this shared experience that only 10 or 15 people in the world have. There’s just nothing else that prepares you for it. In a sense, the research for the role is impossible, because very few people can be off-world in a real way. It’s a real trip, and that’s what we were trying to say with the film: What is the feeling that Lucy goes through and how do you come back from that?
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It’s an interesting psychological concept, but one thing that grounded the movie in contemporary terms: As the kids say, Jon’s character, Mark, can be best described as a f—kboy, right?
PORTMAN: [Laughs]
HAMM: Yes and no. Mark’s one of the only people that can ground Lucy in cosmic reality. For Lucy, it’s more about “Who do I talk to?” The part that turns sexual is about her connecting to him on another level, because they’re the only people who [understand each other].
PORTMAN: They’re almost the same person, but he’s just 10 steps ahead of her. In him, you see where she might end up. He’s going for his second term. He’s further down the road of her existential crisis, with a little nihilism. It’s a warning signal, but she’s drawn to it.
HAMM: We’ve all had people in our lives or relationships where we’ve been like, this is probably a bad choice, but, for right now, it’s probably the best feeling. You certainly have those moments where we’ve all been like, I know what I’m doing is probably not smart, but it will be fun.
Did you do any sort of bonding activities to build chemistry for this?
HAMM: Natalie and I together hosted
Saturday Night Live.
PORTMAN: [
Laughs]
We had dinner a few times. We kind of knew each other. We’re neighbors! We see each other in the neighborhood!
HAMM: I always run into Natalie with her kids, her mom and dad.
PORTMAN: My mom thinks Jon is someone I went to school with because she recognizes him…. She’s like, “You guys went to high school, right?” Like, really?
No, mom, he’s a really famous actor — a really good actor. ‘
Noah also had me watch The Right Stuff as a reference for the hazing vibe at the astronaut training level, which I thought was really helpful because you see how the guys operate together, but, then, imagining how a woman might pop into that was helpful, although it’s funny because it comes off differently. The stuff that comes off playfully between The Right Stuff’s guys comes off almost as bullying with the girls. It’s different when you change gender.
I was also the worst bowler ever, of all time.
So, the scene where you guys are bowling and Lucy’s messing up, that’s real?HAMM: Natalie’s an adult in a child’s body. The ball weighs more than her.
PORTMAN: I’m a gutter-only bowler. It wasn’t written like that! It was written that Lucy does well no matter what, but that wasn’t possible!
HAMM: That said, I guarantee, for the real Natalie Portman, give her a week and I bet she’d be a really f—ing good bowler
PORTMAN: That’s really nice, but I have no tangible skills. Nothing I’ve ever tried to cultivate has really come to fruition, so, we can talk about that later
So your chemistry was already good, but did you guys have any contact with the people who inspired this story?HAMM: Not on my part. We’re telling a different story. It’s about [Lucy] processing being systemically disregarded. Why is she passed over? The answer is: because she’s not like a bro, and it’s a real “F— you.” Why do we have different expectations for women? We’re all human, and if we can do the same job, we should get the same opportunities and be paid the same. Who gives a s— how long your hair is or what junk’s between your legs?
PORTMAN: It’s not a depiction of them, it’s inspired by the idea that someone as high-functioning and as successful as one of the very few people that’s chosen to go to space, the few dozen ever of all time, that they could have such a dramatic breakdown, and what would inspire that existential crisis you face when you come back after seeing the earth looking so small when you’re away. I read about the [real] story, but it’s not about those particular people.
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Do you remember any conversations you had with her on how she wanted you to play Lucy?
PORTMAN: She was generous in not trying to control it and respecting my own process… She has such an amazing eye for finding stories about women that feel like people we know or feel like, even when it’s things that we can’t imagine ourselves doing, in places we can imagine ourselves getting to in an extreme state, and to find women that feel more like us than fantasies of how other people want us to be for them.
HAMM: Reese, like Natalie, has been working and successful since she was a kid, so when you work with people like that who have been around the industry for so long, they have such perspective on stuff. It’s confidence! When I talked to Reese about the project and working on set with Natalie, there’s a sense of working with professionals — no pun intended. [Portman laughs].
I’m glad you guys had the experience, I just wish Reese had better bowling tips for Natalie.
PORTMAN: [
Laughs] Maybe I’ll get her to teach me!
HAMM: Reese is a s—y bowler!
PORTMAN: I bet she’s really good! She’s good at
all the things!
We can save this for Lucy in the Sky 2.PORTMAN: Yes. We’ll have a bowl-off!
https://ew.com/movies/2019/09/13/lucy-in-the-sky-natalie-portman-jon-hamm-interview/
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Thankfully, some of the supporting players cut through the flashiness. Hamm gives one of his most assured film performances as the strutting, endlessly charismatic Mark, while Legion’s Stevens is delightfully nerdy playing Lucy’s oblivious, good-guy husband.
https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/lucy-in-the-sky-toronto-review/5142846.article
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I went to the Q&A in Toronto, where she said you were the sharpest actress she’s ever worked with.Isn’t that lovely? I love the report I got from the screening: It was Natalie and Jon Hamm, and somebody asked her how it was working with me, that I was such a legend, and that she was very complimentary and said something like I was there in the moment, every moment. I told her that I memorized a poem every day to keep my mind sharp and my memory working. Jon Hamm piped up and said, “Oh, she told me it was cocaine!” [Laughs.]
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Jon, there’s a great scene in the movie between you and Natalie, in the back of a pick-up truck. Was that more than one day of filming?
JON HAMM: No, it was a day. Well, it was kind of two days ‘cause there was a bit of it that wasn’t used. There’s a whole other, different part of it that you’ll see on the DVD release. Do we still have those? Are those things, anymore? No, it was delightful. It’s a very important part of the relationship between these two characters, which is just them sussing each other out and figuring out what each of them wants and means to one another. And then, it’s the tipping point in the relationship, where it goes from theoretical to real, and it gets very real, real fast, as happens sometimes.
How was the experience of working on this with Natalie Portman?
HAMM: Terrible. Just awful. I don’t like her. No. Obviously, I’m kidding. Natalie and I have known one another, for some time. I think the first time we met was on SNL.
PORTMAN: Jon’s a regular there. He’s very lucky. He’s invited on, all the time. It’s the coolest thing, ever.
HAMM: Whatever. So are you. So, we had known one another and had almost worked together on a couple of things, here and there. So, to get the opportunity to do so was a real pleasure.
PORTMAN: The feeling is mutual.
Jon, how exciting was it for you to show off your perfect bowling form, in this movie?
HAMM: Especially since I was up for Kingpin, and I didn’t get it. No. There was so much that attracted me to this project, starting with the script, which was so good and so interesting. It’s not just this story of a woman on the verge, or this love triangle. It’s not as basic as that. It’s was way deeper and more intellectual, to me. When I first had heard about it, Reese [Witherspoon] was attached to it, and she had to fall out because of a Big Little Lies 2, Bigger Littler Lies. And then, when Natalie became attached to it, I was like, “Oh, that’s even better! Great! Awesome!” And then, there was Noah. All of these things were coalescing into this project that I felt was becoming greater than the sum of its parts. Everywhere I looked, there was somebody whose work I really respected and enjoyed, so I thought, “Well, this is an opportunity to really do something interesting and fun.” There’s just not that many opportunities to do those things, in Hollywood, at a studio level, really anymore. Those movies are awesome and fun, too, but they’re not necessarily for adults, or for people that want to sit and think and talk about a film afterwards. It’s more of a quick consumption, and a fast food situation, rather than sitting with it. I thought, “This is an opportunity to do the thing that I like to do, which is to sit and indulge in it for awhile.” I was very pleased to be asked to do this. And I crushed the bowling. It was pretty rad.
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HAMM: It’s just a brief shot in the film, but there’s the scene where Natalie and I are talking on the roof of what was meant to be a space building in Houston, but we shot it in Downtown L.A. And L.A. is an amazing place when you get a little bit elevated because there aren’t that many tall buildings, so you can really see forever. I believe it was around sunset, and the light was amazing and it was gorgeous, and we were sitting on this weird parking garage roof, or something, and we could see all the way, forever. You get those kinds of things, every now and again, when you shoot, where you’re like, “Oh, isn’t this nice?” And it just feels good.
What’s the coolest thing about being an astronaut that you learned?
HAMM: It sounds like the coolest thing in the world, having spoken to and met several astronauts. My thing is all of the math and the skill set that you need, but I would relish the opportunity to go into space and see that. Part of the central thrust of the narrative arc of the film is how intoxicating that is, how unique it is, and how few people get to see it. I would take that opportunity, in a heartbeat
https://collider.com/natalie-portman-jon-hamm-interview-lucy-in-the-sky/
How did you identify with the struggle in “Lucy in the Sky?”
The film is about how you’ve gone through this particular thing that very few people can relate to … like being in space. Space is bigger than anything these characters have ever seen in their lives. How do you process that? What becomes of it if you don’t have an outlet for it when you come home? Natalie Portman does an amazing job showing how this can be difficult and devastating. It reminded me of what people who make a TV show go through. You have this shared experience that becomes unique to just those who were involved. I was able to take some of that in my real life and use it for the story.
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