September 6, 2026 • 19 mins
An annual camping trip takes a horrifying turn when a church group mistakenly hikes into an unknown area of a remote forest and begin to disappear, one-by-one. Suspicions fly as the group sets eyes on Ricky (Russell "Russ" Vitale) - the troublemaker definitely up to something - as the one responsible. But as they venture deeper into the woods to investigate, they realize they are being hunted by a giant, spider-like predator.and it's hungry for its next meal. Trapped in the forest by a complex obstacle course of webs alerting the creature to their whereabouts, it will be up to Megan Forrester (Lyndsy Fonseca), the unflappable leader recovering from her own recent tragedy, to decide whether she can trust Ricky long enough to help her lead any survivors to safety When one small misstep can mean gruesome death, they only have one option left: DON'T MOVE.Here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwoYYKyJo1g
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
When I'm listening to a podcast, there are many times
that I lose interest. It just falls apart. So I
have to find something quickly to listen to while I'm
driving to work or while I'm at work. The thing is,
I have to have a choice and it has to
be made quickly. That's why we created Arrow.net. A-R-R-O-E.net. It's
right there for you when you have those moments where
you go, eh. I'm not into this anymore. Enjoy your exploration.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Oh, hello.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
How are you two doing today?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Great. How are you doing?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
We got to talk about this movie. I want to
know if Murr played the role that he normally does
and that you guys were really shocked in many of
these scenes because I swear to God, I saw you
guys jump in reality.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Am I wrong? No, not wrong at all.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Because it just felt so real.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
That we weren't genuinely shocked. Yeah. Oh, thank you. That's
so awesome. Thank you. Glad you felt that way.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
There are definitely scenes in this movie where I sit
there and go, oh, my God. And then, of course,
I know the story of Murr, and I know what
it's like to be an impractical joker. And I'm going,
of course he did this to them. Of course he did.
He's getting it. You know, that's just his personality.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Yeah, he probably, yeah, he has some sort of sick
fetish of just watching us all squirm.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Well, and I did research on the actual subject of
the movie, and I'll tell you what, you realize that's
the number one fear in the world, spiders?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Yeah, it's a real thing. Yeah? Yeah. What's up with that?
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Well, you guys kind of prove another reason why I'm
very fearful of them, and that is that darn spider's web,
because I have been entangled in a lot of those
webs inside a real honest-to-God forest, and I swear that
spiders that live in a forest are stronger with their webs.
It's just a thicker web.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Oh, man. This is interesting. Miami didn't never go camping.
I was never going to anyway. And now we're really,
now we're not. Now I'm definitely not. Especially after this movie.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
I mean, well, you do one of the cardinal rules
you're not supposed to break. First of all, there are
people that are hiking by themselves. And number two... you're
not where you're supposed to be. I mean, that, that
was that, that was a turning point for me in
the movie. And I, all of a sudden I had
such amazing compassion for you going, how are they going
to get out of this? What can I do? I can't,
they're not listening to me. What can we do? Great.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Yeah. That's what we want.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
What was it like for you, though, to be out
there in that? I saw meadows. I saw open fields.
I saw the forest. I saw so much going on
with your camping adventure because a lot of people like
to trap themselves to lakes and stuff like that. But
you were in a completely different area. What was that like?
Speaker 2 (02:42):
It was very buggy. Oh, God.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Yeah, we were just spraying ourselves with. Insect spray and,
oh my gosh, our co-star Joseph, he was the biggest wuss.
He had the biggest muscles and was the biggest wuss.
But we were all very much in the elements. I mean,
we're really shooting in the forest.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
But see, I love that because we've been RVing since 2010.
And I told my wife in the very beginning, when
you go camping, you have to allow yourself to eat
with the bugs and you've got to be able to
get dirty. You can't be taking a shower every three minutes.
I mean, that in itself is a lifestyle. Is it
something that you guys would go into?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
No. Absolutely not.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
No.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Rest in peace for her.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
To be clean.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Literally never. Never.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
No. Never. I'm sure there's things to get from it,
but I'm not interested in those things.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
I'm not interested in having to do that to get them.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
But see, then again, that goes right back to the
beginning about that fear factor that's inside this movie is
that because you guys were out there that you really
did feel what a lot of people kind of, you know,
campers will shove aside because it's just normal to us,
but you felt it.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
That's a great point.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
I never thought about how much I don't like anything
with camping. And then filming on location in the woods
at night, in a lake at night, and we're really there.
And so it probably was just inherently easier to kind
of get into the spirit of feeling like.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
What was that? You know what I mean?
Speaker 4 (04:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Because we were really out there at 2 a.m. in
the woods in Kansas City. Yeah, those night shoots. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Now, how did you prepare for those scenes out there?
Because I won't go into a forest at night. Michael
gets to hear me talk when I'm out there camping
all the time. But I will never go into a
forest at night because I believe there are monsters out there.
And you guys have kind of proven that. You've proven it.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Well, I'll tell you what was much scarier than the
woods was that cave. Because what wasn't in the movie
were the real bats that.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Were living in the cave. Oh, that's right.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
And I couldn't believe how calm our crew was working
around those freaking bats that I kept looking. I would
like walk underneath them and be like, just don't move. Like,
it was really, truly the horror movie within the horror movie.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
We're the real bats.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
And speaking of that, we've got to give kudos to
Murr in writing this. And the reason why is because
he paces it out. It's not going to be one
of those rush, rush, rush, rush movies. And then you
walk out going, well, what did I just experience? No,
we develop a relationship with every character. I understand the
conflict between, you know, Richard and everybody else that's going on.
(05:35):
I understand that. But the thing is, though, is it's
got to work. And I mean, even with you, Lindsay,
in the way that your character is, is that you
come from this world of crisis and chaos and we've,
and we're sitting there cheering you on in this huge
way going, it's going to find your peace, find your peace.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
You've got it. You've got it.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
That's great writing and great acting collaborating.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
Well, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
I do think that all the characters are really well
thought through and you know, it's kind of this like
strange group of people that come together for this camping
trip and then, you know, go through something so unique.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
And bonds them together, you know? Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
And that bond was the preacher, man. Come on, tell
me what was it like for him to develop that character?
Because I'm here in the South. I know how preacher
people are here in the South and they go a
little overboard.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Tom did a great job.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
Yeah. Some, you mentioned that made me think of just
the intelligence that, that comedy requires.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
And I think it's why a lot of.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
People underrate comedians ability to go into something like horror
or something, quote unquote, more serious, but there's a lot
of intellect that's required to, nail comedic timing. And the
way Murr and McLean explained it to me is the timing,
comedic timing is kind of similar to the timing and
pacing of horror movies.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
And so I think the writing.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
That Murr did, um, is really a testament to the
skills that are required to be a great comedian.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
You know, the timing, the comedic timing really translated.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
So then what was it like for you, Lindsay, in
the way of those spider webs? Because we could see
them on our screen. Could you as the actress or
did they have to really get inside your mind like
most directors do to say, OK, this is what I
need you to envision. I need you to feel this,
be this person, live it and bring it out as
if you're really in a moment.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
We had some practical spider webs on the on the
day and then some were added in post later. So
it was a little combination of imagining and adding, adding
to it, finessing it to make it look really extra special.
So we had a little bit of practical stuff to
work with, which was really actually really nice.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Please don't move. We'll be right back with Lindsay and
Russ coming up next. The name of the movie, Don't Move.
You can move because we're back with Lindsay and Russ. Now, Russ,
I am a fellow long haired guy. I wear my
hair down. When I saw your hair down, I went, yes,
that's the way it's supposed to be. Wear that stuff down. So,
(08:10):
I mean, you really did continue on with the tradition
of wear it down. But I understand what you did
later on in the movie, because in a heartbeat, the
moment I start sweating and getting all anxiety driven, it's
got to go up. Got to go up.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Battle time. Yeah. Yeah. He's really about Russ's hair. Let's
be honest. Putting your hair up is sport mode.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
It's that's his hero mode. That's when he means business. Exactly.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Now being on that set though, what was it like
for you guys to develop those characters with everybody else
around you? Because we all know our lines, but you've
got to work it like a band does. You got
to include the bass guitarist as well. Um, true.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
I think for me, We're seeing a picture of you
with long hair right now.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Distracts. Love it. I think for me, the biggest thing
I learned was empathy. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Trying to really empathize with your character, empathize with the story,
empathize with other characters.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
And it's easier said than done.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
But, you know, because I think you can kind of
go down the rabbit hole of just focusing on what
your character should be doing. But I think working off
of everyone else, you know. requires that level of empathy
to really make it mesh and feel cohesive and feel
like it's a real story that's happening with numerous people
involved and not just your character story.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Well, Lindsay, I just got the vision of the very
fact what he just said. When you come out and
you're screaming so loud and he's in the background. I mean,
I mean, he you can read his mind that. I mean,
it's like you were bringing your character into that screaming mode,
which I don't know how you protected your voice. I
because I was freaking out thinking, oh, my God, she can't.
(09:55):
She's not gonna be able to talk for a week.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
No i i i was fine i i.
Speaker 5 (10:03):
Love what we do love screaming i love screaming i
love it i love that moment you know that's such
a moment of like ultimate frustration that moment for megan
is just like there's nothing else to do other than
scream in that moment you know.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Well, Russ, you're the musician here. Let me ask you
a question. Did you see it as a way of
exercising vocal cords in the way that we sing? I mean,
it's like she hits some notes there that really get
in and become effective inside of us. And you knowing
what your voice does, did you hear them as musical notes?
Speaker 4 (10:38):
No, I would say the only I would say the
the trends, what translated for me from like music career
to film and TV was probably just being comfortable. with
cameras because i've just i've filmed so many music videos
or i've done so many filmed interviews or just i
have a videographer videographer that moves around with me like
(11:01):
my whole life so just being comfortable with cameras is
probably the only thing i would say really like translated.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Now you can say yes or no or no comment
let's move forward was the waterfall real because i was
in awe yes oh you're kidding that's amazing.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Because, I mean... No comment.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Well, I'm still amazed.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
No comment to you saying it's amazing.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
Well, the thing is, though, it's at such a pivotal point,
and it's almost like everybody on that cast and the
crew had to have said, we've got to have a
moment where people can suck in some air, take a
small breather, because this movie is about ready to shift
gears in a way that they're not going to be
able to explain until they have to go into experiencing
it themselves.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Yeah, that's really what... great well put yeah.
Speaker 4 (11:50):
It is it's it was so hard to um it's
hard to like watch it back or even doing it
knowing what's going to happen because you've read the script
78 times so it's hard to that was that was
tough for me was to act like i didn't know
what was about to happen really yeah yeah or just
like from a from a context yeah yeah standpoint you
(12:13):
know what i mean yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
Well, I mean, all of you guys play so well
together in the way of creating that shock and awe
because we don't expect it. When you're involved in the
storyline itself and you're developing everything to find out how
Lindsay's character is going to grow, what's happening with you, Russ,
with your character, because, you know, how you even got
on that bus, very creative. We learned about it, but
(12:35):
very creative.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
Thank you. Yeah. Yeah, there's lots of good little twists.
There are. Ricky is a finesser for sure.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
What did you feel from that character? The two of you,
because both of you are, you're exercising inner strength. And
I spot that kind of stuff right away because it
seems like, you know, like a typical church bus. We
all go on there with our own situations, but it
has to work. There has to be some harmony here.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
I think that's kind of what makes the movie. So
genius is all these different people with their own baggage
and trauma coming together onto this one place being stuck together.
I mean, Between Rob Riggle's character and Tom Cavanaugh's character, like,
and Russ, and what he's hiding from us and not
showing us, you know, there's, like, a lot that unfolds.
(13:29):
It's kind of great that way.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
I've been with Rob Riggles. That man is so funny.
You could say bird on the wall and he's going
to come up with 100 different ways to turn that
into a funny moment. How did you guys even keep
a straight face with him on any of those scenes?
Speaker 2 (13:46):
No, we didn't. We laughed a lot.
Speaker 4 (13:51):
There was several times we had to keep doing the
takeover because I was just dying laughing.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
But but honestly wriggle in the movie i mean he's
funny no matter what but um he is he's still
we are all in the same movie and i think
he i really respected that about him is that like
he really wanted to play it earnest and he yeah
he we all wanted to like be you know which
is obviously why it's so funny um and this movie
(14:19):
has lots of funny moments um it it has a
lot of levity in it even though there's also a
lot of like heartbreak and trauma and scariness but um
You know, he's just one example of like the levity
that he brings to the movie.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
And doesn't doesn't the entire cast, as well as the
writing for Murr and the producing and things, isn't that
it kind of shows you do not try to write
this movie. It's already been written. Experience the movie and
put away that inner voice that says, I think I've
got this thing figured out because you do not. And
one of the shocking scenes is, of course, is with,
you know, with with Rob in the way that it's like,
(14:55):
that's not the way I thought it was going to go.
And then all of a sudden your mind, it says,
just be quiet and experience the ride.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Oh, good. That's what we want out of a horror movie.
That's the point. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Because I mean, because you know how we are when
we're talking to the dang screen. We're sitting there talking
to it and we're trying to figure out we're bumping
people next to us saying, OK, I know what's going
to happen next. And then all of a sudden you guys,
you develop this this little relationship on that screen. And
all of a sudden it's like it didn't go that way.
And now it's like, oh, now I really have to
pay attention to the Easter eggs.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
I'm excited to see it in theaters for our premieres
and see it. I'm excited about the collective screams and
the collective laughs and the collective.
Speaker 4 (15:39):
Yeah, see what they react to.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Yeah, because there's no way that it's filmed in chronological order.
Or was it? Because it really does flow quite well.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Thank you. That's awesome. It was not filmed in chronological order. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
And that's part of the mystery of movie making. It's like,
how do they even find focus in a situation like this?
And when you guys show up on set, how do you, well,
speaking of that weather had to be a big thing
because you guys were in the real wilderness.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
We, we were dealing with all of the real elements
for sure.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Um, but we got kind of lucky with the weather.
Speaker 4 (16:16):
Cause I don't remember, was there any days where it
was like, Oh, we can't film this because it rained.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Or I think we got lucky. We got really lucky
with the weather. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
Did they have to prep you in any way? Because
you guys were doing some serious hiking. I know what
that can do to those legs and things and how
you can lift up this to this. When you're even
in the water, the big thing is you've got to
free the gentleman. That thing looked like heavier than hell
is what it did to try to do all that
stuff inside the water.
Speaker 4 (16:45):
The water, for me, was probably the most physically demanding
because it was, you know, it was, what, October, September
when we filmed it?
Speaker 2 (16:54):
Oh, my God. It was nighttime in Kansas City.
Speaker 4 (16:57):
It was freezing. It was freezing cold water and we
were really in the water. So it was pretty miserable,
which is like I think it came across on screen
like this sucks.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
Wait, you know what I just had?
Speaker 3 (17:09):
I just had a vision of Hunter and I taking
turns covering like with our coats so that we could pee.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
We didn't even have bathrooms.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
Like, I'd be like, sorry, I just got to go
into the woods and just.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Uh, relieve myself. Just taking turns huddling around heaters. Yes.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
The heaters that were like our precious, like the only
way we could.
Speaker 4 (17:32):
And running, like doing a take being freezing cold, dripping wet,
and then running into one of the buses where they're
like transporting you doing from the trailers.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
Cause they have the heat cranking.
Speaker 4 (17:43):
And it was just, that was, um, Yeah, I guess
it was easy to get into the feeling of this
sucks because it really did suck.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
And you don't even pick up on that vibe at
all because it just feels like that. You know, it's like,
I want to call you guys up. I'm going to
head out in the RV here in a little bit.
You want to go along with me? Well, we'll put
the tent outside for you since you've got this experience
with tents now.
Speaker 3 (18:08):
No, Russ and I are not going into the room.
Unless it's for don't move to, uh, we are not,
you will not see us.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
It would be cool.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
I was going to say, I'm not going to spoil
the ending, but Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, what the two
of you do. I do expect that. I'm going to
tell you that right now. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Makes sense.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
Well, let's see if we can get everyone's butts in
the seats and exactly.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
Have them scream with joy.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
It is a theater experience. And one of the things,
and I know that we're quickly running out of time,
it's the space that even the director puts in there
in the way of encompassing your entire self inside that forest,
around everything that takes place. They left enough room for
we the viewers to feel like that we were part
of the story. And that means a lot to us
(18:57):
on this side.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Oh, that's really well put. I love that. You have
such a great perspective. Yeah, that's a cool idea.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
If you made a bad movie, it would have been
a different conversation. Thank you so much. You got to
come back to this show anytime in the future. And
anytime that Merz says, I've got a project, but I
can't talk about it, trust him. Because he and I
talked about this almost three, four years ago. So when
he says, I can't talk about it, trust him.
Speaker 4 (19:29):
All right. Real.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Very real.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
Well, you guys be brilliant today, okay?
Speaker 2 (19:33):
Thank you. Thank you so much. Appreciate you, man. Great talking.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
Thank you.
When I'm listening to a podcast, there are many times
that I lose interest. It just falls apart. So I
have to find something quickly to listen to while I'm
driving to work or while I'm at work. The thing is,
I have to have a choice and it has to
be made quickly. That's why we created Arrow.net. A-R-R-O-E.net. It's
right there for you when you have those moments where
you go, eh. I'm not into this anymore. Enjoy your exploration.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Oh, hello.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
How are you two doing today?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Great. How are you doing?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
We got to talk about this movie. I want to
know if Murr played the role that he normally does
and that you guys were really shocked in many of
these scenes because I swear to God, I saw you
guys jump in reality.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Am I wrong? No, not wrong at all.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Because it just felt so real.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
That we weren't genuinely shocked. Yeah. Oh, thank you. That's
so awesome. Thank you. Glad you felt that way.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
There are definitely scenes in this movie where I sit
there and go, oh, my God. And then, of course,
I know the story of Murr, and I know what
it's like to be an impractical joker. And I'm going,
of course he did this to them. Of course he did.
He's getting it. You know, that's just his personality.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Yeah, he probably, yeah, he has some sort of sick
fetish of just watching us all squirm.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Well, and I did research on the actual subject of
the movie, and I'll tell you what, you realize that's
the number one fear in the world, spiders?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Yeah, it's a real thing. Yeah? Yeah. What's up with that?
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Well, you guys kind of prove another reason why I'm
very fearful of them, and that is that darn spider's web,
because I have been entangled in a lot of those
webs inside a real honest-to-God forest, and I swear that
spiders that live in a forest are stronger with their webs.
It's just a thicker web.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Oh, man. This is interesting. Miami didn't never go camping.
I was never going to anyway. And now we're really,
now we're not. Now I'm definitely not. Especially after this movie.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
I mean, well, you do one of the cardinal rules
you're not supposed to break. First of all, there are
people that are hiking by themselves. And number two... you're
not where you're supposed to be. I mean, that, that
was that, that was a turning point for me in
the movie. And I, all of a sudden I had
such amazing compassion for you going, how are they going
to get out of this? What can I do? I can't,
they're not listening to me. What can we do? Great.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Yeah. That's what we want.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
What was it like for you, though, to be out
there in that? I saw meadows. I saw open fields.
I saw the forest. I saw so much going on
with your camping adventure because a lot of people like
to trap themselves to lakes and stuff like that. But
you were in a completely different area. What was that like?
Speaker 2 (02:42):
It was very buggy. Oh, God.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Yeah, we were just spraying ourselves with. Insect spray and,
oh my gosh, our co-star Joseph, he was the biggest wuss.
He had the biggest muscles and was the biggest wuss.
But we were all very much in the elements. I mean,
we're really shooting in the forest.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
But see, I love that because we've been RVing since 2010.
And I told my wife in the very beginning, when
you go camping, you have to allow yourself to eat
with the bugs and you've got to be able to
get dirty. You can't be taking a shower every three minutes.
I mean, that in itself is a lifestyle. Is it
something that you guys would go into?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
No. Absolutely not.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
No.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Rest in peace for her.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
To be clean.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Literally never. Never.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
No. Never. I'm sure there's things to get from it,
but I'm not interested in those things.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
I'm not interested in having to do that to get them.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
But see, then again, that goes right back to the
beginning about that fear factor that's inside this movie is
that because you guys were out there that you really
did feel what a lot of people kind of, you know,
campers will shove aside because it's just normal to us,
but you felt it.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
That's a great point.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
I never thought about how much I don't like anything
with camping. And then filming on location in the woods
at night, in a lake at night, and we're really there.
And so it probably was just inherently easier to kind
of get into the spirit of feeling like.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
What was that? You know what I mean?
Speaker 4 (04:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Because we were really out there at 2 a.m. in
the woods in Kansas City. Yeah, those night shoots. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Now, how did you prepare for those scenes out there?
Because I won't go into a forest at night. Michael
gets to hear me talk when I'm out there camping
all the time. But I will never go into a
forest at night because I believe there are monsters out there.
And you guys have kind of proven that. You've proven it.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Well, I'll tell you what was much scarier than the
woods was that cave. Because what wasn't in the movie
were the real bats that.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Were living in the cave. Oh, that's right.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
And I couldn't believe how calm our crew was working
around those freaking bats that I kept looking. I would
like walk underneath them and be like, just don't move. Like,
it was really, truly the horror movie within the horror movie.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
We're the real bats.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
And speaking of that, we've got to give kudos to
Murr in writing this. And the reason why is because
he paces it out. It's not going to be one
of those rush, rush, rush, rush movies. And then you
walk out going, well, what did I just experience? No,
we develop a relationship with every character. I understand the
conflict between, you know, Richard and everybody else that's going on.
(05:35):
I understand that. But the thing is, though, is it's
got to work. And I mean, even with you, Lindsay,
in the way that your character is, is that you
come from this world of crisis and chaos and we've,
and we're sitting there cheering you on in this huge
way going, it's going to find your peace, find your peace.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
You've got it. You've got it.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
That's great writing and great acting collaborating.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
Well, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
I do think that all the characters are really well
thought through and you know, it's kind of this like
strange group of people that come together for this camping
trip and then, you know, go through something so unique.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
And bonds them together, you know? Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
And that bond was the preacher, man. Come on, tell
me what was it like for him to develop that character?
Because I'm here in the South. I know how preacher
people are here in the South and they go a
little overboard.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Tom did a great job.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
Yeah. Some, you mentioned that made me think of just
the intelligence that, that comedy requires.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
And I think it's why a lot of.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
People underrate comedians ability to go into something like horror
or something, quote unquote, more serious, but there's a lot
of intellect that's required to, nail comedic timing. And the
way Murr and McLean explained it to me is the timing,
comedic timing is kind of similar to the timing and
pacing of horror movies.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
And so I think the writing.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
That Murr did, um, is really a testament to the
skills that are required to be a great comedian.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
You know, the timing, the comedic timing really translated.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
So then what was it like for you, Lindsay, in
the way of those spider webs? Because we could see
them on our screen. Could you as the actress or
did they have to really get inside your mind like
most directors do to say, OK, this is what I
need you to envision. I need you to feel this,
be this person, live it and bring it out as
if you're really in a moment.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
We had some practical spider webs on the on the
day and then some were added in post later. So
it was a little combination of imagining and adding, adding
to it, finessing it to make it look really extra special.
So we had a little bit of practical stuff to
work with, which was really actually really nice.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Please don't move. We'll be right back with Lindsay and
Russ coming up next. The name of the movie, Don't Move.
You can move because we're back with Lindsay and Russ. Now, Russ,
I am a fellow long haired guy. I wear my
hair down. When I saw your hair down, I went, yes,
that's the way it's supposed to be. Wear that stuff down. So,
(08:10):
I mean, you really did continue on with the tradition
of wear it down. But I understand what you did
later on in the movie, because in a heartbeat, the
moment I start sweating and getting all anxiety driven, it's
got to go up. Got to go up.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Battle time. Yeah. Yeah. He's really about Russ's hair. Let's
be honest. Putting your hair up is sport mode.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
It's that's his hero mode. That's when he means business. Exactly.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Now being on that set though, what was it like
for you guys to develop those characters with everybody else
around you? Because we all know our lines, but you've
got to work it like a band does. You got
to include the bass guitarist as well. Um, true.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
I think for me, We're seeing a picture of you
with long hair right now.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Distracts. Love it. I think for me, the biggest thing
I learned was empathy. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Trying to really empathize with your character, empathize with the story,
empathize with other characters.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
And it's easier said than done.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
But, you know, because I think you can kind of
go down the rabbit hole of just focusing on what
your character should be doing. But I think working off
of everyone else, you know. requires that level of empathy
to really make it mesh and feel cohesive and feel
like it's a real story that's happening with numerous people
involved and not just your character story.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Well, Lindsay, I just got the vision of the very
fact what he just said. When you come out and
you're screaming so loud and he's in the background. I mean,
I mean, he you can read his mind that. I mean,
it's like you were bringing your character into that screaming mode,
which I don't know how you protected your voice. I
because I was freaking out thinking, oh, my God, she can't.
(09:55):
She's not gonna be able to talk for a week.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
No i i i was fine i i.
Speaker 5 (10:03):
Love what we do love screaming i love screaming i
love it i love that moment you know that's such
a moment of like ultimate frustration that moment for megan
is just like there's nothing else to do other than
scream in that moment you know.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Well, Russ, you're the musician here. Let me ask you
a question. Did you see it as a way of
exercising vocal cords in the way that we sing? I mean,
it's like she hits some notes there that really get
in and become effective inside of us. And you knowing
what your voice does, did you hear them as musical notes?
Speaker 4 (10:38):
No, I would say the only I would say the
the trends, what translated for me from like music career
to film and TV was probably just being comfortable. with
cameras because i've just i've filmed so many music videos
or i've done so many filmed interviews or just i
have a videographer videographer that moves around with me like
(11:01):
my whole life so just being comfortable with cameras is
probably the only thing i would say really like translated.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Now you can say yes or no or no comment
let's move forward was the waterfall real because i was
in awe yes oh you're kidding that's amazing.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Because, I mean... No comment.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Well, I'm still amazed.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
No comment to you saying it's amazing.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
Well, the thing is, though, it's at such a pivotal point,
and it's almost like everybody on that cast and the
crew had to have said, we've got to have a
moment where people can suck in some air, take a
small breather, because this movie is about ready to shift
gears in a way that they're not going to be
able to explain until they have to go into experiencing
it themselves.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Yeah, that's really what... great well put yeah.
Speaker 4 (11:50):
It is it's it was so hard to um it's
hard to like watch it back or even doing it
knowing what's going to happen because you've read the script
78 times so it's hard to that was that was
tough for me was to act like i didn't know
what was about to happen really yeah yeah or just
like from a from a context yeah yeah standpoint you
(12:13):
know what i mean yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
Well, I mean, all of you guys play so well
together in the way of creating that shock and awe
because we don't expect it. When you're involved in the
storyline itself and you're developing everything to find out how
Lindsay's character is going to grow, what's happening with you, Russ,
with your character, because, you know, how you even got
on that bus, very creative. We learned about it, but
(12:35):
very creative.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
Thank you. Yeah. Yeah, there's lots of good little twists.
There are. Ricky is a finesser for sure.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
What did you feel from that character? The two of you,
because both of you are, you're exercising inner strength. And
I spot that kind of stuff right away because it
seems like, you know, like a typical church bus. We
all go on there with our own situations, but it
has to work. There has to be some harmony here.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
I think that's kind of what makes the movie. So
genius is all these different people with their own baggage
and trauma coming together onto this one place being stuck together.
I mean, Between Rob Riggle's character and Tom Cavanaugh's character, like,
and Russ, and what he's hiding from us and not
showing us, you know, there's, like, a lot that unfolds.
(13:29):
It's kind of great that way.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
I've been with Rob Riggles. That man is so funny.
You could say bird on the wall and he's going
to come up with 100 different ways to turn that
into a funny moment. How did you guys even keep
a straight face with him on any of those scenes?
Speaker 2 (13:46):
No, we didn't. We laughed a lot.
Speaker 4 (13:51):
There was several times we had to keep doing the
takeover because I was just dying laughing.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
But but honestly wriggle in the movie i mean he's
funny no matter what but um he is he's still
we are all in the same movie and i think
he i really respected that about him is that like
he really wanted to play it earnest and he yeah
he we all wanted to like be you know which
is obviously why it's so funny um and this movie
(14:19):
has lots of funny moments um it it has a
lot of levity in it even though there's also a
lot of like heartbreak and trauma and scariness but um
You know, he's just one example of like the levity
that he brings to the movie.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
And doesn't doesn't the entire cast, as well as the
writing for Murr and the producing and things, isn't that
it kind of shows you do not try to write
this movie. It's already been written. Experience the movie and
put away that inner voice that says, I think I've
got this thing figured out because you do not. And
one of the shocking scenes is, of course, is with,
you know, with with Rob in the way that it's like,
(14:55):
that's not the way I thought it was going to go.
And then all of a sudden your mind, it says,
just be quiet and experience the ride.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Oh, good. That's what we want out of a horror movie.
That's the point. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Because I mean, because you know how we are when
we're talking to the dang screen. We're sitting there talking
to it and we're trying to figure out we're bumping
people next to us saying, OK, I know what's going
to happen next. And then all of a sudden you guys,
you develop this this little relationship on that screen. And
all of a sudden it's like it didn't go that way.
And now it's like, oh, now I really have to
pay attention to the Easter eggs.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
I'm excited to see it in theaters for our premieres
and see it. I'm excited about the collective screams and
the collective laughs and the collective.
Speaker 4 (15:39):
Yeah, see what they react to.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Yeah, because there's no way that it's filmed in chronological order.
Or was it? Because it really does flow quite well.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Thank you. That's awesome. It was not filmed in chronological order. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
And that's part of the mystery of movie making. It's like,
how do they even find focus in a situation like this?
And when you guys show up on set, how do you, well,
speaking of that weather had to be a big thing
because you guys were in the real wilderness.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
We, we were dealing with all of the real elements
for sure.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Um, but we got kind of lucky with the weather.
Speaker 4 (16:16):
Cause I don't remember, was there any days where it
was like, Oh, we can't film this because it rained.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Or I think we got lucky. We got really lucky
with the weather. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
Did they have to prep you in any way? Because
you guys were doing some serious hiking. I know what
that can do to those legs and things and how
you can lift up this to this. When you're even
in the water, the big thing is you've got to
free the gentleman. That thing looked like heavier than hell
is what it did to try to do all that
stuff inside the water.
Speaker 4 (16:45):
The water, for me, was probably the most physically demanding
because it was, you know, it was, what, October, September
when we filmed it?
Speaker 2 (16:54):
Oh, my God. It was nighttime in Kansas City.
Speaker 4 (16:57):
It was freezing. It was freezing cold water and we
were really in the water. So it was pretty miserable,
which is like I think it came across on screen
like this sucks.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
Wait, you know what I just had?
Speaker 3 (17:09):
I just had a vision of Hunter and I taking
turns covering like with our coats so that we could pee.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
We didn't even have bathrooms.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
Like, I'd be like, sorry, I just got to go
into the woods and just.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Uh, relieve myself. Just taking turns huddling around heaters. Yes.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
The heaters that were like our precious, like the only
way we could.
Speaker 4 (17:32):
And running, like doing a take being freezing cold, dripping wet,
and then running into one of the buses where they're
like transporting you doing from the trailers.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
Cause they have the heat cranking.
Speaker 4 (17:43):
And it was just, that was, um, Yeah, I guess
it was easy to get into the feeling of this
sucks because it really did suck.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
And you don't even pick up on that vibe at
all because it just feels like that. You know, it's like,
I want to call you guys up. I'm going to
head out in the RV here in a little bit.
You want to go along with me? Well, we'll put
the tent outside for you since you've got this experience
with tents now.
Speaker 3 (18:08):
No, Russ and I are not going into the room.
Unless it's for don't move to, uh, we are not,
you will not see us.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
It would be cool.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
I was going to say, I'm not going to spoil
the ending, but Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, what the two
of you do. I do expect that. I'm going to
tell you that right now. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Makes sense.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
Well, let's see if we can get everyone's butts in
the seats and exactly.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
Have them scream with joy.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
It is a theater experience. And one of the things,
and I know that we're quickly running out of time,
it's the space that even the director puts in there
in the way of encompassing your entire self inside that forest,
around everything that takes place. They left enough room for
we the viewers to feel like that we were part
of the story. And that means a lot to us
(18:57):
on this side.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Oh, that's really well put. I love that. You have
such a great perspective. Yeah, that's a cool idea.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
If you made a bad movie, it would have been
a different conversation. Thank you so much. You got to
come back to this show anytime in the future. And
anytime that Merz says, I've got a project, but I
can't talk about it, trust him. Because he and I
talked about this almost three, four years ago. So when
he says, I can't talk about it, trust him.
Speaker 4 (19:29):
All right. Real.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Very real.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
Well, you guys be brilliant today, okay?
Speaker 2 (19:33):
Thank you. Thank you so much. Appreciate you, man. Great talking.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
Thank you.
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