May 13, 2025 • 19 mins
Rebel Wilson steps into the studio to share her experience as Lady Capulet in the modern musical film Juliet and Romeo. Known for her comedic roles, Rebel surprises us with the depth and nuance she brings to a character traditionally seen as villainous. Her enthusiasm bubbles over as she discusses the project's compelling music, the British accent she adopts, and the fresh twists that make this film a standout rendition of Shakespeare's beloved tale. This is Rebel as you've never seen her before - shedding her comedic skin to reveal a performance grounded in sincerity and a touch of familial insight.
And then join me, Kyle McMahon, as I chat with the film’s creative mastermind, Timothy Scott Bogart, who reimagines this classic story with vibrant modern elements and catchy tunes. Timothy, alongside his brother, pop songwriter Evan Bogart, crafts an unforgettable adaptation that captures the essence of love, conflict, and music.
Plus, hear from the dynamic duo, Jamie Ward and Clara Rugaard, whose portrayal of the iconic Romeo and Juliet crackles with chemistry and emotional depth. This episode is a must-listen for anyone eager to experience the magic behind Juliet and Romeo, a film that promises to enchant both fans of Shakespeare and newcomers alike.
Dive deeper into this episode in the Show Notes.
Chapters:
(00:00) - Intro & Welcome!
(02:30) Juliet and Romeo Writer / Director Timothy Scott Bogart
(07:25) Jamie Ward and Clara Rugaard talk Juliet and Romeo
(12:24) - Rebel Wilson on Juliet and Romeo
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And then join me, Kyle McMahon, as I chat with the film’s creative mastermind, Timothy Scott Bogart, who reimagines this classic story with vibrant modern elements and catchy tunes. Timothy, alongside his brother, pop songwriter Evan Bogart, crafts an unforgettable adaptation that captures the essence of love, conflict, and music.
Plus, hear from the dynamic duo, Jamie Ward and Clara Rugaard, whose portrayal of the iconic Romeo and Juliet crackles with chemistry and emotional depth. This episode is a must-listen for anyone eager to experience the magic behind Juliet and Romeo, a film that promises to enchant both fans of Shakespeare and newcomers alike.
Dive deeper into this episode in the Show Notes.
Chapters:
(00:00) - Intro & Welcome!
(02:30) Juliet and Romeo Writer / Director Timothy Scott Bogart
(07:25) Jamie Ward and Clara Rugaard talk Juliet and Romeo
(12:24) - Rebel Wilson on Juliet and Romeo
And be sure to subscribe to the (once a week) Pop Culture Weekly Newsletter!
Kyle McMahon's Death, Grief & Other Sh*t We Don't Discuss is now streaming. Listen here!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
In this episode of pop Culture Weekly, it's all about
the new film Juliet and Romeo. I speak to the cast,
including Rebel Wilson.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Let's go.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Welcome to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon from my
Heart Radio, your pop culture news, views, reviews, and celebrity
interviews on all the movies, TV music and pop culture
you crave weekly. Here's Kyle McMahon.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Nettn na, no net, Hello, and welcome to pop Culture
Weekly with Kyle McMahon. I of course am Kyle McMahon.
I thank you as always for hanging out with me
for another episode of pop Culture Weekly. I am really
excited because this episode, I am thrilled to dive into
(00:47):
the enchanting world of the brand new musical film Juliet
and Romeo. It's it's like a modern twist on Shakespeare's
Timeless Tale, and I think it'll be captivating audiences. I
think it's going to be, you know, one of those
ones that kind of like the Greatest Showmen, where people
(01:10):
like discover it and it grows in like popularity and
all the music is awesome. It's really great. So today
it's all about Juliet and Romeo. I have the talented
actors Jamie Ward and Clara Regard who bring the iconic
characters of Romeo and Juliet to life with their amazing
(01:32):
chemistry and their emotional depth as well. So we'll be
exploring their experiences and challenges and that magic that they
created on screen. And I talk with Timothy Scott Bogart,
who is the writer, director, creator of Juliet and Romeo.
(01:53):
He's got a lot of cool insight on, you know,
this bold reinterpretation of shakespeare classic story. And of course
I'm very excited to welcome the hilarious Rebel Wilson, who
takes on the role of Lady Capulet, who is Juliette's mom.
So I think it's interesting that in this film Juliette's
(02:14):
mom is like ten years older than Juliet. But you know, Hollywood,
but Rebel, I'm sure we'll be sharing her take on
the character and all the fun that she had bringing
you know, this kind of new dimension into this classic story.
So let's just jump right into it. Timothy Scott Bogart
(02:36):
is a writer, director, producer. He created Spinning Gold, which
is like an incredible movie from I want to say
twenty twenty three that is the story of his father,
Neil Bogart, launching Casablanca Records in the seventies, which brought us,
you know, Gladys Knight, Donna Summers, The Village People, Kiss
(02:58):
Eisley Brothers, and I love.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
That movie so much.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
So he's behind that we are talking to him today
about Juliet and Romeo. His take on it is fresh
and bold and blends like modern elements with timeless themes
and modern, super catchy music. It's really like just a
(03:23):
cool take on it. So we are going to speak
right now with Timothy Scott Bogart as we delve into
the making of Juliet and Romeo. Here we go, Timothy
Scott Bogart, Thank you so much, Timothy for speaking with me.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
I really appreciate it for having me Kyle.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Of course, So first of all, congratulations on the film.
Oh well, first of all, I love Spinning Gold, of course,
but but I love the film. Why did you just
you know, there's a million versions of this out there?
Why did you decide it seems like it would be
almost anxiety inducing at least for me to be like,
(04:06):
I'm going to take on this, you know, project that
has been told a million times, and I'm going to
do it in my way.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
What brought you there?
Speaker 1 (04:14):
You know?
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Interestingly, I started out in my early career as a
stage director and directed Romeo and Juliet to play the
actual Shakespeare text multiple times and always felt I failed,
like I always felt, and the audience need to like it,
but I feel there was more story there. So to me,
I always saw there was other things to do around
the edges, and it just played me. Truly, for about
ten years, I kept coming back, kept looking at it,
(04:35):
and I was actually about ten years ago with my
brother Evan Bogart, who wrote all the music.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
He wrote Haymout for Beyonce. It was a amazing pop songwriter.
Speaker 5 (04:42):
I remember asking him why did he think of Shakespeare's
dyamic Contaminor. He said that was the poetry of his time. Said, well,
that was interesting. What's the poetry of our time?
Speaker 4 (04:49):
He said, pop music?
Speaker 5 (04:51):
He said, watch the young generation. The music isn't something
they listened to, it's something they are. It breathed through them.
I said, well, that is the most glo description of
anything that I could ever hear about what Shakespeare was
trying to do in his time.
Speaker 4 (05:04):
So that kind of idea started leading me off of inner.
Speaker 5 (05:07):
Voice, but you know, accessible language that we could absolutely
understand and get into with.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
This incredible music that lifts us up.
Speaker 5 (05:14):
So it was something that plagued me, challenged me, wanted me,
and then I finally kind of found that way in
and said, my gosh, Ultimately, Shakespeare is about adaptation. Every
single version you've ever seen, I'm doing it in World
War two, I'm doing it here. His themes were meant
to be re explored, and my job ultimately was to
figure out how to make them for this moment, this time,
for this audience.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
And how did you you know, with your brother, how
did you figure out, you know, song wise, because again
you're you're dealing with material that you know is is revered, revered, reverd.
Speaker 5 (05:50):
This is why No, for sure, you know, Evan and
I always had a specific strategy about the kind of
a quality of genre of the music and even and
there we moved them.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
This was a little more code play, this was a
little more like this.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
So we had a certain kind of approach that but
ultimately it was so unique as these songs, and I
do believe it's quite different than many other musicals.
Speaker 4 (06:11):
These songs really.
Speaker 5 (06:13):
Are so part of the tapestry of the piece. It'd
be like a proper four minute radio cut, right, but
it plays over eighteen minutes in the movie. So verse
comes in, it goes into score, something else comes in
and goes in. So it really was like a writer's
room working hand in hand every second, even to the
point we're in Italy. I'd suddenly be shooting something and
we were doing a live capture and go, oh my gosh,
the horse is taking four more seconds to get from
(06:35):
here to there. You guys have twenty minutes. You have
to re architect the song right now, go to the
mobile recording studio that was kind of slanted on the
mountain and get it back to us. So it really
was hand in hand understanding the needs and understanding the
desires that we wanted. But it was a remarkably cool
experience musically.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
I love that, and I love you know.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
The end product is incredible and I can't wait for
everybody to see Juliet and Romeo.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Thank you so much, Timothy, Thank you, Kyle, have a
great day too.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Timothy Scott Bauguard such an awesome creator, and I love
his vision in in on Love, his vision in Love,
his vision on Romeo, Juliet, and Romeo in Juliet, whatever
it is. I love his vision with the new pop
musical film Juliet and Romeo.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
All right.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Next up talented actors Jamie Ward and Clara Regard, who
bring the iconic characters of Romeo and Juliet to life.
They both give really powerful performances and like I said,
the fresh kind of take on the story is really awesome,
and especially with like the kind of modern pop music,
(07:49):
I just think people are gonna love it. So let's
talk to Romeo and Juliet themselves. Jamie Ward and Clara Regard, thank.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
You both so much for joining me. I really appreciate it.
Thank you you as well.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
So tell me, you know, first of all, congrats on
the film.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
What is it like to play?
Speaker 1 (08:15):
I mean, these are iconic characters that everybody in the
world knows and has for you know, Ever, what's it
like to play characters like that?
Speaker 4 (08:28):
What's it like?
Speaker 6 (08:29):
It's a good question. It's definitely different to from reading it.
You know, reading it is one thing, but to get
to experience each pivotal moment that they went through sort
of over the course of three or four months. I
was in this sort of state of melancholy throughout throughout
(08:49):
the entire process, I think, and I had this like
nineties kind of playlist going on, so I was definitely
in a different state. Felt not that I was going,
you know, a method or anything, but it definitely felt
that was where Romeo was. That's how Romeo was feeling
and where he was in that time, and just what
(09:12):
he was going through with his family and how his
name it sort of was trapping him. And this idea
of love and not being able to love the person
you want. Those are really relatable feelings that we all have.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
And yeah, and how about well, I'm sorry, and how
about for you?
Speaker 5 (09:37):
Well?
Speaker 7 (09:38):
I The beautiful thing about this adaptation is that it's
it's written in very accessible language and also with the
pop music that's sort of intertwined and runs through the
whole story, it it feels very relatable for and for
(09:59):
a modern audience. And it really helped me get underneath
the skin of of Juliet and in this version and
understand how sort of complexity and nuances and moxy yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
And did you both, like you know, are you able
to kind of separate what you this kind of history
that these characters have and be like, Okay, no pressure,
this is my take on these characters. Or do you
feel some kind of responsibility in some way?
Speaker 6 (10:36):
I mean you go, yeah, I mean I felt responsibility
for sure, but I think the fear went away when
we knew what world we were going to be playing.
It's it's so different. It's it is an adaptation, and
it's it's a pop musical. So I never really felt
(11:00):
the pressure. I don't know whether you feel the same, Clara,
but I never really felt the pressure to be like
Leo or to be like to do a national theater
production or something. It just it felt different and special.
Speaker 7 (11:16):
Yeah, I think I would completely agree. And I also
think once you go down that rabbit hole of you know,
all the amazing performances that have been of Romeo and Juliet,
you can quite easily start spiraling. I think so cocon
mechanism for me as well, was leaning to this very
(11:39):
different and modern and bold reimagining of the characters.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
I love that, and you guys have both now put
your mark on these iconic characters with this awesome film.
Thank you so much for joining me, and I can't
wait for everybody to see Juliet and realmea.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
Thanks Carl, Thanks, have a good day.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Guys, Jimmy Ward and Clara regard Romeo and Juliet themselves.
What I think is interesting, by the way, is that
Jamie Ward, in his last feature played Jesus. So now
he's gone from playing Jesus to Romeo. He's kind of
racking up those iconic characters. I mean, not that Jesus
(12:19):
is a character, but you know what I'm saying, iconic
roles for his career already. All Right, we're gonna take
a quick break, and when we come back in sixty seconds,
we're gonna talk with the one and only, the amazingly talented,
hysterically funny and lovely person, Rebel Wilson.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
We'll be right back.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Thank you for supporting our sponsors who allow me and
us to bring Pop Culture Weekly to you each and
every week. So thank you for that, and thank you
to our sponsors. Now it's all about Juliette and Romeo.
The brand new film, the musical pop musical movie kind
(13:03):
of retelling of the classic story of Romeo and Juliet
and I love it. I really love the how it
just how it takes a timeless story and you know,
makes it modern and kind of combines those two things.
It's really you know smart, I think, all right, So
I mean Rebel Wilson, come on. She is a queen
(13:28):
of comedy, known for her unforgettable roles in movies like
The Pitch Perfect Films and Bridesmaids. She brings a unique
blend of humor and heart to every project she touches,
and in Juliet and Romeo, she takes on the role
of Lady Capulet, Juliet's mom, so she brings a fresh
(13:49):
twist to this classic character. And Lady Capula is really
a standout I think in Juliet and Romeo. So here
she is the one and only rebel. We'll say, Hi, Revel,
thank you so much for speaking with me.
Speaker 8 (14:06):
Hi Kyle say good to chat.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Yes, So, first of all, congratulations on the film it is.
I love how it's like a fresh take on this.
What drew you to Juliet and Romeo.
Speaker 8 (14:18):
I think the pop music, like it's so cool, Like
these are such great like standalone pop songs. And I
love when I saw movies like Greatest Showman and they
had all these like killer songs. I think this movie
has got that. It's just got these anthemic type songs
that are really cool. And so I heard the songs
the demos and I was like, oh, yeah, okay. I
(14:41):
wasn't thinking Romeo and Juliet adaptation would be on my radar,
but when I heard the music, I was like, damn
like this. I think this is going to be really good.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
And for you, you know, as you play Lady Capulet, you know,
on an character that's been around forever, how do you
like kind of find your own way to put your
own spin on it?
Speaker 8 (15:04):
It is, Yeah, it's normally quite a villainous character Lady Capula,
and a lot of really famous actresses throughout the centuries
have played her. And I guess I tried to play
the dilemma of you want your daughter to marry somebody
who they're you know, not in love with, but playing
(15:26):
it in that I was that girl twenty years before,
and I had to marry somebody in the movie. It's
Rubit Everett, and I had to marry him when I
was her age. And how I related to that is
like in my family, a lot of things that my
grandma had, you know, struggled through also my mom struggled
through and then also I struggled through, and so it
(15:48):
kind of that that relatability of that element.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
That's that's interesting.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
And so you're able to pull those pieces through your
life and kind of channel that into your version of her.
Speaker 8 (16:02):
Yeah, so I just you know, hopefully it's a slightly
less villainous because often she's just played as outright evil
and yeah, and hopefully this portrayaler is slightly you know,
she doesn't do the right thing by her daughter, but
she definitely struggles with it.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
You've done so many great characters.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Do you take each one as like you know, you're
waking up and today you're doing this character or is
in other words, I feel like it would be hard
when you're doing you do such a range of characters
to like be very specific for this character, for this project,
Like do you are you able to separate each project completely?
Speaker 8 (16:47):
I mean, I'm lucky when I get to do like
some of the big Hollywood comedy films, A lot of
it is a lot of me. So like playing fat
Amy and the Pitch Perfect movie is like a lot
of it is. I'm not really doing any prep, just
come into work and hanging out with my friends and
just being having a laugh, whereas Juliet and Romeo is different.
(17:07):
It was more back to my early days of playing
playing characters. And I hadn't have an accent for the film,
like a British RP accent. And it's set in thirteenth
century Verona, so it's not like I've just woken out
of bed and you know, IM then dressed in these
corsets and these kind of queenly outfits and in these
(17:30):
medieval castles. So I did, for the two weeks that
I shot for this film really kind of lived that
lady capulate life. It was freezing. It was like zero degrees.
You can see in the movie there's a lot of
kind of smoke coming out of our ou out of
our faces because it was so freezing, and so being
(17:50):
in that environment, I just you know, I wasn't going
home and watching Real Housewives or something at night. I
was most living in that thirteenth century, just just for
the two weeks of the filming of the Yeah. Yeah,
And so I think it gives the performance just a
special flavor of its own.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Well it works, and I thank you so much. I
can't wait for everybody to see it. You're so great
in it and everything you do. Thank you, Rebel, Ah,
thank you, Rebel. Will see.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
Love love love her.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
She's hysterically funny, she's so sweet, and she's so talented,
and I just I'm I love that she is on
the show. Juliet and Romeo is out. Now go see it.
Let me know what you think. I really think. You know,
if you like films like The Greatest Showman, which I
absolutely loved, you know those kinds of musicals, or you're
(18:45):
a rom com fan, or you're a fan of you know,
classic Shakespearean stuff, You're gonna really love Juliette and Romeo.
So make sure you see it. Let me know what
you think. Hit me up on socials and we will
talk all about it and I will see you next episode.
All right, I love you.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Thank you for listening to pop Culture Weekly. Here all
the latest at Popcultureweekly dot com.
Speaker 4 (19:18):
Julie and Rollo.
Speaker 5 (19:21):
You never know where the love will go.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Oh uh
In this episode of pop Culture Weekly, it's all about
the new film Juliet and Romeo. I speak to the cast,
including Rebel Wilson.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Let's go.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Welcome to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon from my
Heart Radio, your pop culture news, views, reviews, and celebrity
interviews on all the movies, TV music and pop culture
you crave weekly. Here's Kyle McMahon.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Nettn na, no net, Hello, and welcome to pop Culture
Weekly with Kyle McMahon. I of course am Kyle McMahon.
I thank you as always for hanging out with me
for another episode of pop Culture Weekly. I am really
excited because this episode, I am thrilled to dive into
(00:47):
the enchanting world of the brand new musical film Juliet
and Romeo. It's it's like a modern twist on Shakespeare's
Timeless Tale, and I think it'll be captivating audiences. I
think it's going to be, you know, one of those
ones that kind of like the Greatest Showmen, where people
(01:10):
like discover it and it grows in like popularity and
all the music is awesome. It's really great. So today
it's all about Juliet and Romeo. I have the talented
actors Jamie Ward and Clara Regard who bring the iconic
characters of Romeo and Juliet to life with their amazing
(01:32):
chemistry and their emotional depth as well. So we'll be
exploring their experiences and challenges and that magic that they
created on screen. And I talk with Timothy Scott Bogart,
who is the writer, director, creator of Juliet and Romeo.
(01:53):
He's got a lot of cool insight on, you know,
this bold reinterpretation of shakespeare classic story. And of course
I'm very excited to welcome the hilarious Rebel Wilson, who
takes on the role of Lady Capulet, who is Juliette's mom.
So I think it's interesting that in this film Juliette's
(02:14):
mom is like ten years older than Juliet. But you know, Hollywood,
but Rebel, I'm sure we'll be sharing her take on
the character and all the fun that she had bringing
you know, this kind of new dimension into this classic story.
So let's just jump right into it. Timothy Scott Bogart
(02:36):
is a writer, director, producer. He created Spinning Gold, which
is like an incredible movie from I want to say
twenty twenty three that is the story of his father,
Neil Bogart, launching Casablanca Records in the seventies, which brought us,
you know, Gladys Knight, Donna Summers, The Village People, Kiss
(02:58):
Eisley Brothers, and I love.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
That movie so much.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
So he's behind that we are talking to him today
about Juliet and Romeo. His take on it is fresh
and bold and blends like modern elements with timeless themes
and modern, super catchy music. It's really like just a
(03:23):
cool take on it. So we are going to speak
right now with Timothy Scott Bogart as we delve into
the making of Juliet and Romeo. Here we go, Timothy
Scott Bogart, Thank you so much, Timothy for speaking with me.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
I really appreciate it for having me Kyle.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Of course, So first of all, congratulations on the film.
Oh well, first of all, I love Spinning Gold, of course,
but but I love the film. Why did you just
you know, there's a million versions of this out there?
Why did you decide it seems like it would be
almost anxiety inducing at least for me to be like,
(04:06):
I'm going to take on this, you know, project that
has been told a million times, and I'm going to
do it in my way.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
What brought you there?
Speaker 1 (04:14):
You know?
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Interestingly, I started out in my early career as a
stage director and directed Romeo and Juliet to play the
actual Shakespeare text multiple times and always felt I failed,
like I always felt, and the audience need to like it,
but I feel there was more story there. So to me,
I always saw there was other things to do around
the edges, and it just played me. Truly, for about
ten years, I kept coming back, kept looking at it,
(04:35):
and I was actually about ten years ago with my
brother Evan Bogart, who wrote all the music.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
He wrote Haymout for Beyonce. It was a amazing pop songwriter.
Speaker 5 (04:42):
I remember asking him why did he think of Shakespeare's
dyamic Contaminor. He said that was the poetry of his time. Said, well,
that was interesting. What's the poetry of our time?
Speaker 4 (04:49):
He said, pop music?
Speaker 5 (04:51):
He said, watch the young generation. The music isn't something
they listened to, it's something they are. It breathed through them.
I said, well, that is the most glo description of
anything that I could ever hear about what Shakespeare was
trying to do in his time.
Speaker 4 (05:04):
So that kind of idea started leading me off of inner.
Speaker 5 (05:07):
Voice, but you know, accessible language that we could absolutely
understand and get into with.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
This incredible music that lifts us up.
Speaker 5 (05:14):
So it was something that plagued me, challenged me, wanted me,
and then I finally kind of found that way in
and said, my gosh, Ultimately, Shakespeare is about adaptation. Every
single version you've ever seen, I'm doing it in World
War two, I'm doing it here. His themes were meant
to be re explored, and my job ultimately was to
figure out how to make them for this moment, this time,
for this audience.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
And how did you you know, with your brother, how
did you figure out, you know, song wise, because again
you're you're dealing with material that you know is is revered, revered, reverd.
Speaker 5 (05:50):
This is why No, for sure, you know, Evan and
I always had a specific strategy about the kind of
a quality of genre of the music and even and
there we moved them.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
This was a little more code play, this was a
little more like this.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
So we had a certain kind of approach that but
ultimately it was so unique as these songs, and I
do believe it's quite different than many other musicals.
Speaker 4 (06:11):
These songs really.
Speaker 5 (06:13):
Are so part of the tapestry of the piece. It'd
be like a proper four minute radio cut, right, but
it plays over eighteen minutes in the movie. So verse
comes in, it goes into score, something else comes in
and goes in. So it really was like a writer's
room working hand in hand every second, even to the
point we're in Italy. I'd suddenly be shooting something and
we were doing a live capture and go, oh my gosh,
the horse is taking four more seconds to get from
(06:35):
here to there. You guys have twenty minutes. You have
to re architect the song right now, go to the
mobile recording studio that was kind of slanted on the
mountain and get it back to us. So it really
was hand in hand understanding the needs and understanding the
desires that we wanted. But it was a remarkably cool
experience musically.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
I love that, and I love you know.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
The end product is incredible and I can't wait for
everybody to see Juliet and Romeo.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Thank you so much, Timothy, Thank you, Kyle, have a
great day too.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Timothy Scott Bauguard such an awesome creator, and I love
his vision in in on Love, his vision in Love,
his vision on Romeo, Juliet, and Romeo in Juliet, whatever
it is. I love his vision with the new pop
musical film Juliet and Romeo.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
All right.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Next up talented actors Jamie Ward and Clara Regard, who
bring the iconic characters of Romeo and Juliet to life.
They both give really powerful performances and like I said,
the fresh kind of take on the story is really awesome,
and especially with like the kind of modern pop music,
(07:49):
I just think people are gonna love it. So let's
talk to Romeo and Juliet themselves. Jamie Ward and Clara Regard, thank.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
You both so much for joining me. I really appreciate it.
Thank you you as well.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
So tell me, you know, first of all, congrats on
the film.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
What is it like to play?
Speaker 1 (08:15):
I mean, these are iconic characters that everybody in the
world knows and has for you know, Ever, what's it
like to play characters like that?
Speaker 4 (08:28):
What's it like?
Speaker 6 (08:29):
It's a good question. It's definitely different to from reading it.
You know, reading it is one thing, but to get
to experience each pivotal moment that they went through sort
of over the course of three or four months. I
was in this sort of state of melancholy throughout throughout
(08:49):
the entire process, I think, and I had this like
nineties kind of playlist going on, so I was definitely
in a different state. Felt not that I was going,
you know, a method or anything, but it definitely felt
that was where Romeo was. That's how Romeo was feeling
and where he was in that time, and just what
(09:12):
he was going through with his family and how his
name it sort of was trapping him. And this idea
of love and not being able to love the person
you want. Those are really relatable feelings that we all have.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
And yeah, and how about well, I'm sorry, and how
about for you?
Speaker 5 (09:37):
Well?
Speaker 7 (09:38):
I The beautiful thing about this adaptation is that it's
it's written in very accessible language and also with the
pop music that's sort of intertwined and runs through the
whole story, it it feels very relatable for and for
(09:59):
a modern audience. And it really helped me get underneath
the skin of of Juliet and in this version and
understand how sort of complexity and nuances and moxy yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
And did you both, like you know, are you able
to kind of separate what you this kind of history
that these characters have and be like, Okay, no pressure,
this is my take on these characters. Or do you
feel some kind of responsibility in some way?
Speaker 6 (10:36):
I mean you go, yeah, I mean I felt responsibility
for sure, but I think the fear went away when
we knew what world we were going to be playing.
It's it's so different. It's it is an adaptation, and
it's it's a pop musical. So I never really felt
(11:00):
the pressure. I don't know whether you feel the same, Clara,
but I never really felt the pressure to be like
Leo or to be like to do a national theater
production or something. It just it felt different and special.
Speaker 7 (11:16):
Yeah, I think I would completely agree. And I also
think once you go down that rabbit hole of you know,
all the amazing performances that have been of Romeo and Juliet,
you can quite easily start spiraling. I think so cocon
mechanism for me as well, was leaning to this very
(11:39):
different and modern and bold reimagining of the characters.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
I love that, and you guys have both now put
your mark on these iconic characters with this awesome film.
Thank you so much for joining me, and I can't
wait for everybody to see Juliet and realmea.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
Thanks Carl, Thanks, have a good day.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Guys, Jimmy Ward and Clara regard Romeo and Juliet themselves.
What I think is interesting, by the way, is that
Jamie Ward, in his last feature played Jesus. So now
he's gone from playing Jesus to Romeo. He's kind of
racking up those iconic characters. I mean, not that Jesus
(12:19):
is a character, but you know what I'm saying, iconic
roles for his career already. All Right, we're gonna take
a quick break, and when we come back in sixty seconds,
we're gonna talk with the one and only, the amazingly talented,
hysterically funny and lovely person, Rebel Wilson.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
We'll be right back.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Thank you for supporting our sponsors who allow me and
us to bring Pop Culture Weekly to you each and
every week. So thank you for that, and thank you
to our sponsors. Now it's all about Juliette and Romeo.
The brand new film, the musical pop musical movie kind
(13:03):
of retelling of the classic story of Romeo and Juliet
and I love it. I really love the how it
just how it takes a timeless story and you know,
makes it modern and kind of combines those two things.
It's really you know smart, I think, all right, So
I mean Rebel Wilson, come on. She is a queen
(13:28):
of comedy, known for her unforgettable roles in movies like
The Pitch Perfect Films and Bridesmaids. She brings a unique
blend of humor and heart to every project she touches,
and in Juliet and Romeo, she takes on the role
of Lady Capulet, Juliet's mom, so she brings a fresh
(13:49):
twist to this classic character. And Lady Capula is really
a standout I think in Juliet and Romeo. So here
she is the one and only rebel. We'll say, Hi, Revel,
thank you so much for speaking with me.
Speaker 8 (14:06):
Hi Kyle say good to chat.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Yes, So, first of all, congratulations on the film it is.
I love how it's like a fresh take on this.
What drew you to Juliet and Romeo.
Speaker 8 (14:18):
I think the pop music, like it's so cool, Like
these are such great like standalone pop songs. And I
love when I saw movies like Greatest Showman and they
had all these like killer songs. I think this movie
has got that. It's just got these anthemic type songs
that are really cool. And so I heard the songs
the demos and I was like, oh, yeah, okay. I
(14:41):
wasn't thinking Romeo and Juliet adaptation would be on my radar,
but when I heard the music, I was like, damn
like this. I think this is going to be really good.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
And for you, you know, as you play Lady Capulet, you know,
on an character that's been around forever, how do you
like kind of find your own way to put your
own spin on it?
Speaker 8 (15:04):
It is, Yeah, it's normally quite a villainous character Lady Capula,
and a lot of really famous actresses throughout the centuries
have played her. And I guess I tried to play
the dilemma of you want your daughter to marry somebody
who they're you know, not in love with, but playing
(15:26):
it in that I was that girl twenty years before,
and I had to marry somebody in the movie. It's
Rubit Everett, and I had to marry him when I
was her age. And how I related to that is
like in my family, a lot of things that my
grandma had, you know, struggled through also my mom struggled
through and then also I struggled through, and so it
(15:48):
kind of that that relatability of that element.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
That's that's interesting.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
And so you're able to pull those pieces through your
life and kind of channel that into your version of her.
Speaker 8 (16:02):
Yeah, so I just you know, hopefully it's a slightly
less villainous because often she's just played as outright evil
and yeah, and hopefully this portrayaler is slightly you know,
she doesn't do the right thing by her daughter, but
she definitely struggles with it.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
You've done so many great characters.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Do you take each one as like you know, you're
waking up and today you're doing this character or is
in other words, I feel like it would be hard
when you're doing you do such a range of characters
to like be very specific for this character, for this project,
Like do you are you able to separate each project completely?
Speaker 8 (16:47):
I mean, I'm lucky when I get to do like
some of the big Hollywood comedy films, A lot of
it is a lot of me. So like playing fat
Amy and the Pitch Perfect movie is like a lot
of it is. I'm not really doing any prep, just
come into work and hanging out with my friends and
just being having a laugh, whereas Juliet and Romeo is different.
(17:07):
It was more back to my early days of playing
playing characters. And I hadn't have an accent for the film,
like a British RP accent. And it's set in thirteenth
century Verona, so it's not like I've just woken out
of bed and you know, IM then dressed in these
corsets and these kind of queenly outfits and in these
(17:30):
medieval castles. So I did, for the two weeks that
I shot for this film really kind of lived that
lady capulate life. It was freezing. It was like zero degrees.
You can see in the movie there's a lot of
kind of smoke coming out of our ou out of
our faces because it was so freezing, and so being
(17:50):
in that environment, I just you know, I wasn't going
home and watching Real Housewives or something at night. I
was most living in that thirteenth century, just just for
the two weeks of the filming of the Yeah. Yeah,
And so I think it gives the performance just a
special flavor of its own.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Well it works, and I thank you so much. I
can't wait for everybody to see it. You're so great
in it and everything you do. Thank you, Rebel, Ah,
thank you, Rebel. Will see.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
Love love love her.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
She's hysterically funny, she's so sweet, and she's so talented,
and I just I'm I love that she is on
the show. Juliet and Romeo is out. Now go see it.
Let me know what you think. I really think. You know,
if you like films like The Greatest Showman, which I
absolutely loved, you know those kinds of musicals, or you're
(18:45):
a rom com fan, or you're a fan of you know,
classic Shakespearean stuff, You're gonna really love Juliette and Romeo.
So make sure you see it. Let me know what
you think. Hit me up on socials and we will
talk all about it and I will see you next episode.
All right, I love you.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Thank you for listening to pop Culture Weekly. Here all
the latest at Popcultureweekly dot com.
Speaker 4 (19:18):
Julie and Rollo.
Speaker 5 (19:21):
You never know where the love will go.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Oh uh
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