April 9, 2025 • 13 mins
What do you get when you combine a teen on a mission, a sweet robot named Cosmo, and a smuggler with a heart of gold? Netflix’s The Electric State. On this episode of Pride, host Caitlynn sits down with the star-studded cast—including Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Giancarlo Esposito, and directors Joe and Anthony Russo—to talk robots, relationships, and the unexpected emotional gut punches in this futuristic action-adventure.Caitlynn also gets personal—revealing her phobia of underwater robots—and winds up in what might be the most unexpected therapy session ever... with Millie and Chris offering some exposure therapy advice of their own.🎙️ In this episode:
- Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt bond with their robotic co-stars—and Caitlynn
- Giancarlo Esposito drops wisdom on love, loss, and the hero’s journey
- The Russo brothers reveal how they crafted a heartfelt ensemble story (and made robots feel real)
- A surprise dive into submechanophobia (yes, it's a thing)
- Plus: What grounds the cast when they’re not facing cinematic chaos
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Straw Hut Media.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
There's nothing wrong with a little like fine, can we
guy for a chat?
Speaker 1 (00:07):
There you go?
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Can you do that?
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Bye? Can we go for a chat?
Speaker 4 (00:14):
On this episode of Pride, I'm getting therapy advice from
Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt. And that's a true statement.
I'm Caitlin and this is Pride. I caught up with
the cast of Netflix's new movie The Electric State, a
futuristic action film directed by the Russo Brothers. It starts
Millie Bobby Brown as Michelle, a teen on a mission
(00:35):
to find her missing brother, except the only clue she
has is a sweet little robot named Cosmo. Along the way,
she teams up with Chris Pratt's Keats, a smuggler with
a robots sidekick voiced by Anthony Mackie, and things get wild.
Today we're chatting with the cast about everything from bonding
with robots to the emotional gut punches this movie delivers.
(00:57):
Plus I may or may not have revealed my dear
deep fear of underwater robots, which led to the unexpected
therapy session with Millie and Chris, so let's dive in.
(01:19):
I really loved the film. Last night, I will say
I was a little afraid because I'm terrified of robots.
Wait what, especially underwater ones. It's called sub mechanophobiaphobia. Yeah,
so underwater robots terrified.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Like I'm sorry, hold on, let's justly unpack that.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
So it's sorry, I have to like submarines would scare.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
You or not? Not as much? Like it's really just
the idea of things being underwater does frighten me, but
like more so robots like yeah, you know, like the
shark in Universal Studios, not mine when it's above, but
when it's down there scary, you know, Yeah, when I
swim that's crazy for it went many years not knowing,
(02:01):
not being diagnosed. It was really freeing for me to discovery.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
So I guess when when we were all moving under
in the water at the end that do you remember
when we were going to Seattle?
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Oh yeah, freak you out seeing that robots go underwater? Yes, yes, yes,
give me to trigger I've been yes, thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
I was going, yes, I was going to ask if
you have any advice because obviously your characters were able
to create such intimate relationships with robots, So how are
you able to do that and do you have any
advice for me.
Speaker 5 (02:34):
Yes, there's actually something that I've just recently heard about
called exposure therapy.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
You just had.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
About exposure therapy. This, this is life changing. Exposure therapy
is amazing. I can't believe that you've just realized that
this is great.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Yeah, you just do a little bit at a time.
Speaker 5 (02:51):
So like, get an underwater robot or something that's an
underwater robot and just.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Like put your phone, put it in the other put it.
Speaker 5 (02:57):
Yeah, get close, and you know, just gently expose yourself
to it until you until you get to the point
that it no longer frightens you.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
This is it.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
You look into it.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
I don't know.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
I'm not an expert on it, but I have a
friend who had a terrible phobia of flying and he
it ended up messing up his career for many years.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
He famously talks about it.
Speaker 5 (03:16):
It's a director where he was he was poised to
do this big job and anyway, so I won't get
into detail, and I want to take up your time,
but check out.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
I'll just tell you check out exposure therapy. It's really cool.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Gotcha.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
But like Cosmo, Cosmo didn't scare you right, No, I
mean he's sweet. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (03:31):
The beautiful thing that they did and you said it
was kind of surprising. It's like, you know, most robots
are scary because they've always been portrayed as very scary, right,
They're like, yes, always these malevolent forces eye robots, and
it's like, yeah, are scary, but you're not scared of
e t Right. It's like these are the kind of
the ambulance version of robots. Essentially, if you know the
(03:51):
part yeah thank you, if like puppets came to life,
it's like Chucky Cheese, well, actually Chucky Cheese.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Those they were little freaking.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
I have a fear of clowns, so I mean I
do I can see where I can clowns.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
Yeah, I was not saying I try to not tell people. Yeah,
I'm always a mistake.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
But my other question I wanted to ask, and Michelle
and Chris have a wonderful moment in the scene in
the movie when they are bonding over cartoons. So do
you both have something in your life that kind of
grounds you in a similar way that like brings you back.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
I think Love Island, Yeah, ground brings me back well,
because I think that there's so much like when I'm
doing I do a lot of drama. So when I'm
when I'm spending eight nine hours a day like being
really in intense scenes, there's nothing wrong with a little bye,
can we guy for a chat?
Speaker 1 (04:46):
There you go?
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Can you do that by a chat?
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Yeah? It's not a technolo. It's not a technology thing.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
But I grew up fishing in a little lake where
I live, and so now when I can and I
go out fishing, I just like it just feels so nice.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (05:05):
It just reminds me of being a kid and of
tying the not so even if I don't catch anything,
I have.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
The best time.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
Oh that's sound. I hate fishing, but it sounds so nice.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
That it all comes back to that for sure.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
This is true.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
Of course, at its core, the Electric State isn't just
about robots. It's about loss, love and finding your way
back to the people who matter most. And if anyone
can drop some wisdom on that, it's John Carlo Esposito.
I really enjoyed watching the movie last night. I definitely cried.
It's one that just kind of brings up so many
emotions and I kind of wanted to ask your your
(05:41):
character delivers this striking line about meeting someone that's less
human than a robot. So I wanted to ask, kind
of what you took away from this film about humanity
and the need for human connection.
Speaker 6 (05:53):
Oh, I take so much away from it. I feel
like that's what really resounded for me and got me
to do this part in this movie. That's so much
journey film about love and loss and loss again, and
the courage to move through and the courage also to
let go when it's in the greater good of everyone else.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
It's a very, very powerful movie.
Speaker 6 (06:11):
I've seen it once at a private screening and once
last night with an audience and cried both times because
it seems to be the hero's journey. You know, Joseph
Campbell wrote a book called The Hero's Journey, and it's
the mythical story of the hero and the heroine and
how we go through life and all of our lives
in some way we can relate to that is a
depiction of what that journey could be. And so to
(06:32):
overcome at all odds, all the things that stand in
our way is the victory moment that we all love
to see not only on film, but we also want
to experience in our own lives.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Yeah, I love that.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
And there's also just another really emotional scene between Michelle
and christ and the kind of bonding over a cartoon,
and you kind of get to see just like how
real these bonds are and how we kind of need
a reminder sometimes. So do you have anything in your
life that really grounds you and kind of brings you
back to that reality.
Speaker 6 (07:01):
Well, certainly my meditation practice every day, and there's certainly
some movies that are always consoling to me, like it's
a wonderful life Mary Poppins, the movies that really encompass
the idea that we can do something that no one
thinks we can do, you know, being able to fly.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
You don't need wings to fly.
Speaker 6 (07:17):
You need to have the ability to transport your brain
and your heart and your mind into a space where
you are able to realize that you can fly.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
You can soar.
Speaker 6 (07:25):
I think our limitations many times are put upon ourselves
because we don't believe. Look, you know, like if you
build it, they will come. That's belief. You know, if
you attract it, it will be there. That's belief, you know.
And so coming from the life I've come from, I
tend to now talk about the difficult moments in my
life and reveal them to people where I used to.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Be ashamed of talking about them.
Speaker 6 (07:47):
Why because from I'm not the same person I was
yesterday as I am today, And so someone might grow
from knowing that I was at the bottom and then
believe that one day I would be able to rise
to the top. That's a journey, and so this movie
depicts that journey for all of us. And we all
want to be in the position where we can we
(08:09):
can stay in and not give up, to be able
to achieve the fruit of our labor, which is love.
To be able to love what we do is essentially
and to be able to be allowed to do it,
which is why I'm in such gratity gratitude all the time,
not only to be in this movie, but many others
that have been so you know, have come out recently.
Is the is the juice, that's the love, That's why
(08:30):
we do it.
Speaker 4 (08:49):
This cast is stacked. We're talking Keihoi Kwan, Stanley Tucci,
and even voice performances from Anthony Mackie, Woody Harrelson, and
Coleman Domingo, and somehow well, everyone gets their moment to
shine so how do you juggle that many big personalities
while keeping the story tight. The Russo Brothers spilled the
behind the scenes magic. I saw the movie last night,
(09:11):
loved it, cried. It was so it was so fun
to see, and I really didn't know what I was expecting.
I really have a fear of robots, which I know
is kind of you know, yeah, and like I feel
like that's like a source subject with like what we
cover in the movie. But you know, I had an
open mind. I was like, it's fine, We're gonna see
where it goes. And it, you know, it really does
(09:32):
take you so many wonderful places. And I wanted to ask.
There is such an emotional scene with Michelle and Chris
and they kind of bond over their love for this cartoon,
and I wanted to ask, if you have something in
your life that really kind of grounds you and brings
you back to you know, human connection.
Speaker 7 (09:50):
Yeah, I mean, just a good conversation, you know, with
somebody that's in your life, that's in a room instead
of looking at your phone. You know, it's interesting because
we seem like we're evolving into creatures that are reliant
(10:12):
on interfacing with electronics, and I noticed that a lot.
When you know, I go to dinner and half the
tables are looking at their phones, or you know, I
come home and you know, and I'm at fall two
and I'm looking at my phone and my kids are
looking at their phone. Just taking that conscious moment to
put it down and talk to.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Each other I think is really important. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (10:35):
Absolutely, I feel like that's definitely something that we need
to take away and see the real, real impact.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Of it all.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
And I also wanted to ask, this cast is so
amazing and everyone really kind of gets their their moment
to shine. So how what is your secret to making
sure that every character has their their little moment?
Speaker 8 (10:55):
Well, look, at first of all, we have a passion
for ensemble storytelling, and we often say that it probably
came from the fact that we grew up in a large,
extended family where you had a lot of voices and
a lot of characters and everybody sort of had a
place at the table. That inspires sort of a love
of like multi voice storytelling for us. And so because
(11:15):
we love it, we're really driven to explore it. And
part of our process has always been, you know, we
always think about the movie from every character's point of view,
We'll take some space and we will literally walk through
the entire narrative just from a single character, and even
in small roles, so we sort of understand what their
role is, what their relationship is to the story, what
(11:36):
we can do, what their unique point of view is
on what's happening, and just find a place for them
within that the crazy drama that's unfolding. And so I
think it's just a it's a creative process we love
and I think it's just been baked into us.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Since kid since we were kids.
Speaker 4 (11:50):
Yes, I really enjoy it. I feel like everyone just
had like you could tell where they just like had
their their really powerful moments. So it definitely it definitely
comes through. And I I wanted to just ask too,
there's so much character building with the actors and the robots,
So how did you kind of build that like into
Missy Onstet and create these relationships.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (12:11):
So a lot of the voice actors obviously weren't present
on set, but what we had them do was record
their performances before we started filming. Then we have a
great motion capture troupe that we work with that was
with us.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
Some of them were with us on of the Marvel films.
Speaker 7 (12:26):
And they're all trained by a gentleman named Terry Notarie
who's a pioneer in the.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
Motion capture space.
Speaker 7 (12:33):
And then they would listen to those voice performances and.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Then try to inhabit the character.
Speaker 7 (12:38):
Based on those voice performances. Then they would play the
robots on set so that Chris and Millie had actors
to interact with. Then we would apply CG to paint
over those performances, but use those performances to help fill
out the physical physicality of the robots, and then bring
the voice actors back in once they could see the
(12:59):
robots to add or change or or enhance their performance.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
So it was very layered and it required many codes
of pain.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
You know, maybe I could I could handle acting with.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Robots if it was like that.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
Well, thank you all so much, and that's a wrap.
A huge shout out to the cast for hanging out
and talking robots with me. You can catch The Electric
State on Netflix. Until next time, maybe take a break
from your phone, have a real convo with a person,
(13:33):
and if you're feeling brave, consider making friends with a robot.
But before you do all that, make sure to subscribe
to Pride wherever you watch and listen to podcasts, and
follow us on social media at Pride, See you next time.
Straw Hut Media.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
There's nothing wrong with a little like fine, can we
guy for a chat?
Speaker 1 (00:07):
There you go?
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Can you do that?
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Bye? Can we go for a chat?
Speaker 4 (00:14):
On this episode of Pride, I'm getting therapy advice from
Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt. And that's a true statement.
I'm Caitlin and this is Pride. I caught up with
the cast of Netflix's new movie The Electric State, a
futuristic action film directed by the Russo Brothers. It starts
Millie Bobby Brown as Michelle, a teen on a mission
(00:35):
to find her missing brother, except the only clue she
has is a sweet little robot named Cosmo. Along the way,
she teams up with Chris Pratt's Keats, a smuggler with
a robots sidekick voiced by Anthony Mackie, and things get wild.
Today we're chatting with the cast about everything from bonding
with robots to the emotional gut punches this movie delivers.
(00:57):
Plus I may or may not have revealed my dear
deep fear of underwater robots, which led to the unexpected
therapy session with Millie and Chris, so let's dive in.
(01:19):
I really loved the film. Last night, I will say
I was a little afraid because I'm terrified of robots.
Wait what, especially underwater ones. It's called sub mechanophobiaphobia. Yeah,
so underwater robots terrified.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Like I'm sorry, hold on, let's justly unpack that.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
So it's sorry, I have to like submarines would scare.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
You or not? Not as much? Like it's really just
the idea of things being underwater does frighten me, but
like more so robots like yeah, you know, like the
shark in Universal Studios, not mine when it's above, but
when it's down there scary, you know, Yeah, when I
swim that's crazy for it went many years not knowing,
(02:01):
not being diagnosed. It was really freeing for me to discovery.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
So I guess when when we were all moving under
in the water at the end that do you remember
when we were going to Seattle?
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Oh yeah, freak you out seeing that robots go underwater? Yes, yes, yes,
give me to trigger I've been yes, thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
I was going, yes, I was going to ask if
you have any advice because obviously your characters were able
to create such intimate relationships with robots, So how are
you able to do that and do you have any
advice for me.
Speaker 5 (02:34):
Yes, there's actually something that I've just recently heard about
called exposure therapy.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
You just had.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
About exposure therapy. This, this is life changing. Exposure therapy
is amazing. I can't believe that you've just realized that
this is great.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Yeah, you just do a little bit at a time.
Speaker 5 (02:51):
So like, get an underwater robot or something that's an
underwater robot and just.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Like put your phone, put it in the other put it.
Speaker 5 (02:57):
Yeah, get close, and you know, just gently expose yourself
to it until you until you get to the point
that it no longer frightens you.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
This is it.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
You look into it.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
I don't know.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
I'm not an expert on it, but I have a
friend who had a terrible phobia of flying and he
it ended up messing up his career for many years.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
He famously talks about it.
Speaker 5 (03:16):
It's a director where he was he was poised to
do this big job and anyway, so I won't get
into detail, and I want to take up your time,
but check out.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
I'll just tell you check out exposure therapy. It's really cool.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Gotcha.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
But like Cosmo, Cosmo didn't scare you right, No, I
mean he's sweet. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (03:31):
The beautiful thing that they did and you said it
was kind of surprising. It's like, you know, most robots
are scary because they've always been portrayed as very scary, right,
They're like, yes, always these malevolent forces eye robots, and
it's like, yeah, are scary, but you're not scared of
e t Right. It's like these are the kind of
the ambulance version of robots. Essentially, if you know the
(03:51):
part yeah thank you, if like puppets came to life,
it's like Chucky Cheese, well, actually Chucky Cheese.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Those they were little freaking.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
I have a fear of clowns, so I mean I
do I can see where I can clowns.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
Yeah, I was not saying I try to not tell people. Yeah,
I'm always a mistake.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
But my other question I wanted to ask, and Michelle
and Chris have a wonderful moment in the scene in
the movie when they are bonding over cartoons. So do
you both have something in your life that kind of
grounds you in a similar way that like brings you back.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
I think Love Island, Yeah, ground brings me back well,
because I think that there's so much like when I'm
doing I do a lot of drama. So when I'm
when I'm spending eight nine hours a day like being
really in intense scenes, there's nothing wrong with a little bye,
can we guy for a chat?
Speaker 1 (04:46):
There you go?
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Can you do that by a chat?
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Yeah? It's not a technolo. It's not a technology thing.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
But I grew up fishing in a little lake where
I live, and so now when I can and I
go out fishing, I just like it just feels so nice.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (05:05):
It just reminds me of being a kid and of
tying the not so even if I don't catch anything,
I have.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
The best time.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
Oh that's sound. I hate fishing, but it sounds so nice.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
That it all comes back to that for sure.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
This is true.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
Of course, at its core, the Electric State isn't just
about robots. It's about loss, love and finding your way
back to the people who matter most. And if anyone
can drop some wisdom on that, it's John Carlo Esposito.
I really enjoyed watching the movie last night. I definitely cried.
It's one that just kind of brings up so many
emotions and I kind of wanted to ask your your
(05:41):
character delivers this striking line about meeting someone that's less
human than a robot. So I wanted to ask, kind
of what you took away from this film about humanity
and the need for human connection.
Speaker 6 (05:53):
Oh, I take so much away from it. I feel
like that's what really resounded for me and got me
to do this part in this movie. That's so much
journey film about love and loss and loss again, and
the courage to move through and the courage also to
let go when it's in the greater good of everyone else.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
It's a very, very powerful movie.
Speaker 6 (06:11):
I've seen it once at a private screening and once
last night with an audience and cried both times because
it seems to be the hero's journey. You know, Joseph
Campbell wrote a book called The Hero's Journey, and it's
the mythical story of the hero and the heroine and
how we go through life and all of our lives
in some way we can relate to that is a
depiction of what that journey could be. And so to
(06:32):
overcome at all odds, all the things that stand in
our way is the victory moment that we all love
to see not only on film, but we also want
to experience in our own lives.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Yeah, I love that.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
And there's also just another really emotional scene between Michelle
and christ and the kind of bonding over a cartoon,
and you kind of get to see just like how
real these bonds are and how we kind of need
a reminder sometimes. So do you have anything in your
life that really grounds you and kind of brings you
back to that reality.
Speaker 6 (07:01):
Well, certainly my meditation practice every day, and there's certainly
some movies that are always consoling to me, like it's
a wonderful life Mary Poppins, the movies that really encompass
the idea that we can do something that no one
thinks we can do, you know, being able to fly.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
You don't need wings to fly.
Speaker 6 (07:17):
You need to have the ability to transport your brain
and your heart and your mind into a space where
you are able to realize that you can fly.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
You can soar.
Speaker 6 (07:25):
I think our limitations many times are put upon ourselves
because we don't believe. Look, you know, like if you
build it, they will come. That's belief. You know, if
you attract it, it will be there. That's belief, you know.
And so coming from the life I've come from, I
tend to now talk about the difficult moments in my
life and reveal them to people where I used to.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Be ashamed of talking about them.
Speaker 6 (07:47):
Why because from I'm not the same person I was
yesterday as I am today, And so someone might grow
from knowing that I was at the bottom and then
believe that one day I would be able to rise
to the top. That's a journey, and so this movie
depicts that journey for all of us. And we all
want to be in the position where we can we
(08:09):
can stay in and not give up, to be able
to achieve the fruit of our labor, which is love.
To be able to love what we do is essentially
and to be able to be allowed to do it,
which is why I'm in such gratity gratitude all the time,
not only to be in this movie, but many others
that have been so you know, have come out recently.
Is the is the juice, that's the love, That's why
(08:30):
we do it.
Speaker 4 (08:49):
This cast is stacked. We're talking Keihoi Kwan, Stanley Tucci,
and even voice performances from Anthony Mackie, Woody Harrelson, and
Coleman Domingo, and somehow well, everyone gets their moment to
shine so how do you juggle that many big personalities
while keeping the story tight. The Russo Brothers spilled the
behind the scenes magic. I saw the movie last night,
(09:11):
loved it, cried. It was so it was so fun
to see, and I really didn't know what I was expecting.
I really have a fear of robots, which I know
is kind of you know, yeah, and like I feel
like that's like a source subject with like what we
cover in the movie. But you know, I had an
open mind. I was like, it's fine, We're gonna see
where it goes. And it, you know, it really does
(09:32):
take you so many wonderful places. And I wanted to ask.
There is such an emotional scene with Michelle and Chris
and they kind of bond over their love for this cartoon,
and I wanted to ask, if you have something in
your life that really kind of grounds you and brings
you back to you know, human connection.
Speaker 7 (09:50):
Yeah, I mean, just a good conversation, you know, with
somebody that's in your life, that's in a room instead
of looking at your phone. You know, it's interesting because
we seem like we're evolving into creatures that are reliant
(10:12):
on interfacing with electronics, and I noticed that a lot.
When you know, I go to dinner and half the
tables are looking at their phones, or you know, I
come home and you know, and I'm at fall two
and I'm looking at my phone and my kids are
looking at their phone. Just taking that conscious moment to
put it down and talk to.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Each other I think is really important. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (10:35):
Absolutely, I feel like that's definitely something that we need
to take away and see the real, real impact.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Of it all.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
And I also wanted to ask, this cast is so
amazing and everyone really kind of gets their their moment
to shine. So how what is your secret to making
sure that every character has their their little moment?
Speaker 8 (10:55):
Well, look, at first of all, we have a passion
for ensemble storytelling, and we often say that it probably
came from the fact that we grew up in a large,
extended family where you had a lot of voices and
a lot of characters and everybody sort of had a
place at the table. That inspires sort of a love
of like multi voice storytelling for us. And so because
(11:15):
we love it, we're really driven to explore it. And
part of our process has always been, you know, we
always think about the movie from every character's point of view,
We'll take some space and we will literally walk through
the entire narrative just from a single character, and even
in small roles, so we sort of understand what their
role is, what their relationship is to the story, what
(11:36):
we can do, what their unique point of view is
on what's happening, and just find a place for them
within that the crazy drama that's unfolding. And so I
think it's just a it's a creative process we love
and I think it's just been baked into us.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Since kid since we were kids.
Speaker 4 (11:50):
Yes, I really enjoy it. I feel like everyone just
had like you could tell where they just like had
their their really powerful moments. So it definitely it definitely
comes through. And I I wanted to just ask too,
there's so much character building with the actors and the robots,
So how did you kind of build that like into
Missy Onstet and create these relationships.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (12:11):
So a lot of the voice actors obviously weren't present
on set, but what we had them do was record
their performances before we started filming. Then we have a
great motion capture troupe that we work with that was
with us.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
Some of them were with us on of the Marvel films.
Speaker 7 (12:26):
And they're all trained by a gentleman named Terry Notarie
who's a pioneer in the.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
Motion capture space.
Speaker 7 (12:33):
And then they would listen to those voice performances and.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Then try to inhabit the character.
Speaker 7 (12:38):
Based on those voice performances. Then they would play the
robots on set so that Chris and Millie had actors
to interact with. Then we would apply CG to paint
over those performances, but use those performances to help fill
out the physical physicality of the robots, and then bring
the voice actors back in once they could see the
(12:59):
robots to add or change or or enhance their performance.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
So it was very layered and it required many codes
of pain.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
You know, maybe I could I could handle acting with.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Robots if it was like that.
Speaker 4 (13:13):
Well, thank you all so much, and that's a wrap.
A huge shout out to the cast for hanging out
and talking robots with me. You can catch The Electric
State on Netflix. Until next time, maybe take a break
from your phone, have a real convo with a person,
(13:33):
and if you're feeling brave, consider making friends with a robot.
But before you do all that, make sure to subscribe
to Pride wherever you watch and listen to podcasts, and
follow us on social media at Pride, See you next time.
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