WEBVTT - Jean chats with actor George Young on his Hollywood debut!

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<v Speaker 1>Hi George. It's been a while but I want to

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<v Speaker 1>know how you've been. I mean it's been years.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been a new years. Yeah it's been a few

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<v Speaker 2>years what the kids say nowadays it's been a minute

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<v Speaker 2>but it's been a hot minute. A lot of minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been a lot of minutes since we last spoke

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<v Speaker 2>I think. Yeah

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<v Speaker 2>I mean 2015, at least. You know

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<v Speaker 1>how has the pandemic been treating you and your family

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<v Speaker 1>and work

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<v Speaker 2>like everyone.

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<v Speaker 2>I love the pandemic. No, I mean we all hated

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<v Speaker 2>the pandemic right? It got us all stuck inside initially.

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<v Speaker 2>It was all fun and okay. Yeah. Well I can

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy this little home time and then you just go

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<v Speaker 2>crazy especially when you've got kids and family and you

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<v Speaker 2>know everyone out there has had similar issues. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>whole mess hasn't it? And then now we're still in it.

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<v Speaker 2>We're just trying to slowly crawl out of our hermit

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<v Speaker 2>crab existence and just see what's out there now. Real

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<v Speaker 2>life

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<v Speaker 1>since the last time I think we've spoken you have

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<v Speaker 1>obviously moved and not only that, I mean your dad

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<v Speaker 1>twice

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<v Speaker 2>over. How

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<v Speaker 1>has that been for you? I'm just trying to imagine

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<v Speaker 1>you as a dad and all I'm thinking is that

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<v Speaker 1>they're climbing all over you. You're the fun dad, you're

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<v Speaker 1>not the disciplinarian at all doing everything

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<v Speaker 2>was more relaxed and I am. I get anxiety about everything.

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<v Speaker 2>I've always been the more anxious person and scared of things.

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<v Speaker 2>Just scared of things in general Janet was always the

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<v Speaker 2>more outgoing, adventurous one who's not afraid to do anything

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<v Speaker 2>that was pre kids and then post kids, it's translated

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<v Speaker 2>into how we parent. I am, I always the one

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<v Speaker 2>who sees Egan or Dylan, my two kids, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they're standing somewhere a bit too, looks a bit to

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<v Speaker 2>sketch and I'm worried they're going to fall, so I'm

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<v Speaker 2>the one that's okay. Alright, so yes, so we're still

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<v Speaker 2>like that and I am definitely not the relaxed dad.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you loving the fatherhood? Are you feeling, are you

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<v Speaker 1>feeling like, okay, this is this is good,

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<v Speaker 2>gene you don't have any kids, right? You're you're Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I can tell from your fresh face, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't it's like yeah, I can tell from no bags

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<v Speaker 2>under your eyes for me and this is with tons

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<v Speaker 2>of makeup for me, For me it's yeah, it's been,

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<v Speaker 2>there's there's so many more. Instead of this sort of

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<v Speaker 2>like more moderate kind of level of happiness, you get

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<v Speaker 2>these highs and you also get these sort of lows,

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<v Speaker 2>the anxiety of parenting as well, but you get these

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<v Speaker 2>new peaks and new troughs

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<v Speaker 2>of emotion basically and I think it's an actor really

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<v Speaker 2>has opened up a lot more in me that wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>there before, maybe always locked inside before to the point

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<v Speaker 2>where now I would also, in terms of emotionally, I

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<v Speaker 2>would cry at anything, I used to cry a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of stuff, but now you remember Avengers Endgame when Tony

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<v Speaker 2>Stark says, I love you 9000, whenever he says 14,000

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<v Speaker 2>everyone was correct and I always triple it. I just

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<v Speaker 2>bawled my eyes out and also I was on a

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<v Speaker 2>plane recently and I saw two rows down on a

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<v Speaker 2>small screen, someone was watching up, remember up with that

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<v Speaker 1>show, the balloon

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<v Speaker 2>don't talk about it in the short film at the beginning,

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<v Speaker 2>it just shows like this whole lifetime of love and

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<v Speaker 2>they get one of them passes away. Spoiler alert, I

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<v Speaker 2>was bawling just in the 1st 10 minutes, I wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>watching my tv screen, I was watching like three rows

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<v Speaker 2>down two or three rows down on someone else's seat.

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<v Speaker 2>So when the flight attendant came past, I'm bawling and

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<v Speaker 2>sitting in front of a blank screen, what is wrong

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<v Speaker 2>with this guy? What is wrong with him? Well, so

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<v Speaker 2>I

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<v Speaker 1>love that, that is so nice. It's sort of open

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<v Speaker 1>up your, your

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<v Speaker 2>even more than I used to be the most emotional

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<v Speaker 2>wreck and now I'm even more of an emotional wreck now. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's cute, George, that's lovable and you're right, you can

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<v Speaker 1>tap into all that for all your acting work, isn't

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<v Speaker 2>it? Absolutely true. The stakes, you can raise the stakes

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<v Speaker 2>in a much more real way now I feel, I

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<v Speaker 2>feel it really helps.

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<v Speaker 2>But so to any actor out there, my best advice

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<v Speaker 2>is to have kids, anyone and just have kids, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>so

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<v Speaker 1>congratulations on the film on your Hollywood

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<v Speaker 2>debut can come that big? Yeah this scale. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Directed by James wan who is huge in the horror

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<v Speaker 1>scene

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<v Speaker 2>with the Conjuring,

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<v Speaker 1>insidious, saw what was the experience like for you working

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<v Speaker 1>on this film with him? He

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<v Speaker 2>um

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<v Speaker 2>it was terrible. No, he was your perfect director because

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<v Speaker 2>when you talk to him face to face off camera

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<v Speaker 2>and stuff, when you're not working, he's so jovial, he's

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<v Speaker 2>so friendly, so down to earth makes you super relaxed.

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<v Speaker 2>But then when you get to work and you're filming

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<v Speaker 2>and its action,

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<v Speaker 2>he knows exactly what he wants. He's super confident and

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<v Speaker 2>he will guide you through this because he's made billions

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<v Speaker 2>and billions of billions of dollars three times over with

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<v Speaker 2>his franchise. So Aquaman sort et cetera. So I just

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<v Speaker 2>went okay, James, whatever you say, let's do this. So

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<v Speaker 2>he's your perfect director because you don't want someone who's

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<v Speaker 2>nicely nice all the time, including at work and not, no,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't really know what to do,

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<v Speaker 2>he's not like that, he's nice to you. And then

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to work he's down to business and

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<v Speaker 2>that's the perfect combination.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you a fan of the horror genre? Is this

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<v Speaker 1>your thing? Do you love it? Are you?

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<v Speaker 2>I am not, I'm not really usually a fan of

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<v Speaker 2>horror is too scary. Horror films, horror video games too scary.

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<v Speaker 2>What am I

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<v Speaker 1>saying? I shouldn't have asked because you cried it up.

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<v Speaker 2>The main thing for me in terms of acting in

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<v Speaker 2>this sort of is a lot more action. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know whether you've seen it yet,

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<v Speaker 2>but there's a lot of action for anyone who hasn't

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<v Speaker 2>seen it yet. There's a lot of it's more like

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<v Speaker 2>a slasher, like a retro James didn't want to go

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<v Speaker 2>back to the horror genre that he's already worked on.

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<v Speaker 2>If he was going to come back to direct an

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<v Speaker 2>original thing, he wanted to do something that he's always

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to do and that's the sort of retro genre,

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<v Speaker 2>hollow style. I didn't didn't know what was at first,

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it was an ice cream, like a retro

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<v Speaker 2>italian noir, but it's more like an eighties slasher. So

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<v Speaker 2>it's fun. But still there are some scary moments and

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<v Speaker 2>I had to be there and my acting was basically

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<v Speaker 2>to try not to burst into tears when I got scared. No.

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<v Speaker 2>Cut

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<v Speaker 2>George

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<v Speaker 1>get it together.

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<v Speaker 2>George,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll

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<v Speaker 1>be honest, I haven't watched the movie. I only watched

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<v Speaker 1>the trailer and it scared me to bits

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<v Speaker 2>trailer shows you an element of it, but it only

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<v Speaker 2>shows you really small part of it. You don't, first

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<v Speaker 2>of all you don't see a lot of me and

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<v Speaker 2>that's the important thing here. Gene. I think we both agree.

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<v Speaker 2>But but you but you will see it takes you

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<v Speaker 2>on a

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<v Speaker 2>a massive ride. It's just a crazy goes bonkers basically.

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<v Speaker 2>Almost halfway around halfway through it goes just crazy,

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<v Speaker 1>we need to talk about that shirtless scene, which I'm

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<v Speaker 1>so disappointed. Did not make it in the movie.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, believe me. I was disappointed to there's a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of work that went into that now.

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<v Speaker 1>What happened?

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<v Speaker 2>What James told me

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<v Speaker 2>was that it was too hot.

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, he didn't say that when I wake up

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<v Speaker 2>then I woke up I started crying. And what happened

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<v Speaker 2>was when I first met James when I first knew

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<v Speaker 2>I got the role, one of his first conversation with me.

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<v Speaker 2>I was actually in Singapore at the time. He emailed

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<v Speaker 2>me saying, hey George nice to meet you on email,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll meet you soon in L. A. But first um

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<v Speaker 2>do you mind I love this character if he was

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<v Speaker 2>bulked up, only this kind of strong character and I

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<v Speaker 2>said I was like happy to be there. I said yeah, James,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever you want, what kind of body type do you want?

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<v Speaker 2>You want to kind of chris Hemsworth like bulky or

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<v Speaker 2>do you want more sort of cut? Like Bruce lee

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<v Speaker 2>kind of cut, define and George young cut. And he

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<v Speaker 2>said and he replied,

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<v Speaker 2>oh bolt and cut would be great. I thought what?

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<v Speaker 2>I have two months? I was in Singapore eating chicken rice. Everything.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe some ice ca chung as well. I was just

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<v Speaker 2>the algorithm about two months and thankfully the studio paid

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<v Speaker 2>for the producers paid for a personal trainer and stuff

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<v Speaker 2>and just, we just went

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<v Speaker 2>at it and I've never worked out so much in

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<v Speaker 2>my life because think about jean, think of the fear

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<v Speaker 2>of being on like a 40 ft screen permanently. Anything,

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<v Speaker 2>any imperfections whatsoever is there forever. So that drove me

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<v Speaker 2>and let me go to the gym. Anyone just think

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<v Speaker 2>about to be on a massive screen all over the world.

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<v Speaker 2>And so yeah, I got worked out, got all ready

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<v Speaker 2>for that scene. We filmed the scene, I have clips

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<v Speaker 2>of it, I have recording of it and then because

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<v Speaker 2>of the pacing, it's a very action packed pacing especially

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<v Speaker 2>from the sort of right at the halfway point. It

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't be too still. And there was a scene where

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like my injuries were getting tended to and I

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<v Speaker 2>had to reveal a little bit of the chest and

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to drop my trousers as well and he

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<v Speaker 2>just didn't fit the ride that James constructed this roller

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<v Speaker 2>coaster ride of the film. So we have talked about

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<v Speaker 2>it and talked to him like the hashtag released the

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<v Speaker 2>shirt that said to him

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<v Speaker 2>at some point, it's definitely gonna be a deleted scene

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<v Speaker 2>somewhere or in a special edition or somewhere when the

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<v Speaker 2>DVD comes out, it has to be blu ray, whatever

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<v Speaker 2>it has to Yeah, it's got to

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<v Speaker 1>be

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<v Speaker 2>releasing my footage for when I just recorded off it

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<v Speaker 2>was there at the time. She recorded it.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you at least do like a calendar shoot or

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<v Speaker 1>something with all those with all that work that you

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<v Speaker 2>could still do it just the same shot. I already

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<v Speaker 2>did like not now

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<v Speaker 2>but when I had it when I had that body

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<v Speaker 2>the same shot and just do like a zoo lander

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<v Speaker 2>like january, february, exactly the same image just with a

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<v Speaker 2>different background color or something you know and then a

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<v Speaker 2>santa hat like for december of course

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<v Speaker 1>for all the other occasions, Halloween

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<v Speaker 1>Janet must have been a happy, happy wife you know

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<v Speaker 2>she noticed, yeah she was away for one month but

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<v Speaker 2>for the first month I was filming here in L. A.

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<v Speaker 2>And she was in Taiwan she came back for the

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<v Speaker 2>second half of the filming and she noticed she said

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<v Speaker 2>oh well you're a lot thicker, you've definitely, you're a

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<v Speaker 2>lot more solid. She said to me and I knew

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<v Speaker 2>there was a difference there,

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<v Speaker 1>she approves, I mean

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<v Speaker 2>she proved that it was, it was all paid for.

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<v Speaker 2>So just thinking production for paying for that body and

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<v Speaker 2>gave it back as soon as I finished

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<v Speaker 1>what was your first like cheat meal the second, you

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<v Speaker 1>know you were done with that. What did you have

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<v Speaker 2>just carbs finally you know I just desserts, I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have the catering is always, I always compared the catering

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<v Speaker 2>like Singapore when we're filming something, you get the lunch box,

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<v Speaker 2>which I loved. I love it. But then it's very

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<v Speaker 2>different in Hollywood. You get like

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<v Speaker 2>order sushi, but then also you get an amazing desserts

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<v Speaker 2>card like

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<v Speaker 1>cakes

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<v Speaker 2>and donuts or cupcakes and all this stuff and I

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't have any of that when we were filming. So

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<v Speaker 2>I went, what did I have?

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, we went to a fast food place

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<v Speaker 2>immediately after I did the shirt that me and Janet

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<v Speaker 2>disorder just fries and burgers and all that stuff. And

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<v Speaker 2>then I would have, I would have gotten some dessert

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<v Speaker 2>would have been some sort of form of ice cream,

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<v Speaker 2>just like a tub of ice and some and some

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<v Speaker 2>baked goods, you know, whatever I

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<v Speaker 1>can imagine

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<v Speaker 2>it. Imagine this for a second listeners imagine

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<v Speaker 2>all those beautiful desserts we can eat.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you happy with how the movie turned out?

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<v Speaker 2>I've been so happy with the reception, the audiences, the

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<v Speaker 2>comments I'm going on instagram and stuff and just and

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<v Speaker 2>the reviews, I mean people are getting it that there

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<v Speaker 2>was James always said it was going to be a

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<v Speaker 2>polarizing movie. It was going to split the audience down

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<v Speaker 2>the middle. But really what we've found is a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of the critics get it

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<v Speaker 2>because they get that he's trying this new thing with

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<v Speaker 2>the genre and and also homage to some of the

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<v Speaker 2>heroes he directed it. Like brian de Palmer and David

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<v Speaker 2>are Gento. These sort of people that he worshiped when

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<v Speaker 2>he was growing up. So they got it. And the

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<v Speaker 2>audience also, especially the horror fans, especially James, James wong fans.

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<v Speaker 2>They all got it as well. So I'm really pleased

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<v Speaker 2>with the reception. You get it for the there's so

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<v Speaker 2>many highbrows sort of serious things and I love how

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<v Speaker 2>horror and just film the general of pushing the envelope

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<v Speaker 2>that way. But with something, you know, post Covid and everything.

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<v Speaker 2>I just you want to get out of the house.

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<v Speaker 2>See something that's just fun. This is this is just

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<v Speaker 2>like a ride,

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<v Speaker 2>like one of those thrill rides kind of thing,

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<v Speaker 2>like a mixed bag of sweets with sugar. And again,

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<v Speaker 1>what's next for you? I know you're in L. A.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now. What's happening there? Are you working on something

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<v Speaker 1>or you're going to take some time out right now?

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<v Speaker 2>It's meetings I don't want to take any more time out.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean thanks to Covid that was that was a

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<v Speaker 2>big break. But it's meetings now since the movie it's

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<v Speaker 2>just come out. So it's basically just kind of seeing

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<v Speaker 2>what happens after this sort of the aftermath of that

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<v Speaker 2>and what we can do whether it's L. A. Or wherever.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're just seeing talked about the people three to

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<v Speaker 2>someone at Mediacorp as well. And just saying if that

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<v Speaker 2>ever happened because they're just good memories filming and they

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<v Speaker 2>get the right team together. I'll get on the plane

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<v Speaker 2>and do the quarantine like five year quarantine. I can't

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<v Speaker 2>remember

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<v Speaker 1>about their

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<v Speaker 2>half a decade.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Do you miss working here in Singapore?

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<v Speaker 2>There was so much fun. I mean, it's Singapore is just,

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<v Speaker 2>I made so many friends there. I had so much fun.

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<v Speaker 2>It was, it's what developed my career. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 2>did some stuff before Singapore, but really on the scale

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<v Speaker 2>that I could do at the platform that we have

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<v Speaker 2>in Singapore and it was an amazing experience and develop

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<v Speaker 2>my confidence in this realm and developed a fan base

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<v Speaker 2>as well. And it helped. It did help, but it

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<v Speaker 2>did translate to the west. I think Singapore. The beauty

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<v Speaker 2>of Singapore's, you have mandarin and english and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>all sorts of different languages, you have those options and

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<v Speaker 2>including english. So it could translate to the west. So

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<v Speaker 2>for me it was

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<v Speaker 2>an amazing place to grow my career. I would love

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<v Speaker 2>to come back If the right project comes in then

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<v Speaker 2>of course

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<v Speaker 1>that would be great. It would be so nice to

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<v Speaker 1>have you back for a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>Just don't need to do a shirtless scene. I'm just

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<v Speaker 2>saying that I don't want to work that hard again,

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<v Speaker 2>workout that hard. I mean, I will if you need me,

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<v Speaker 2>if people need me to fine, I'll do it. But

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<v Speaker 2>yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean, hey, this huge. You know Hollywood deal comes in

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<v Speaker 1>and says, all right George, You know, you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>be mostly shirtless, you, you're going to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>You're

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<v Speaker 1>working out every day

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<v Speaker 2>and we have a deal.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it's been so lovely chatting with you George. Is

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<v Speaker 1>there anything you want to say to your fans are

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<v Speaker 1>watching or listening to this right now?

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<v Speaker 2>Gene and anyone who hasn't seen malignant yet, it's out

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<v Speaker 2>in theaters right now. Go see it. It's a fun ride. People,

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<v Speaker 2>some people say they're not, they don't like scary movies.

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<v Speaker 2>This is more

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<v Speaker 2>of a fun kind of thriller slasher kind of thing.

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<v Speaker 2>So enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>if I end up crying, I'm going to call you

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<v Speaker 1>or something like George.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not crying. I'll understand. Believe me, I'm the person.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll cry with you. It's okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, George. So nice chatting with you.

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<v Speaker 2>Nice to chat with you to see you.