'WandaVision' Interviews with Kat Dennings and Randall Park

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“WandaVision” Interview with Kat Dennings' Darcy Lewis and Randall Park’s Agent Jimmy Woo. They sit down with CinemaBlend’s Eric Eisenberg.

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00:00I worked really hard at it, and I think if I remember correctly, I did it in a couple takes.

00:05I mean, it didn't look like CGI, so.

00:07No, it's not CGI.

00:08You must have gotten it, right?

00:09It is not CGI.

00:10James E. Wu, FBI.

00:12Bonafide joint multi-service response.

00:15Really looking forward to the commemorative t-shirt.

00:17So I will start with kind of a blunt question, which is, was Darcy Lewis blipped?

00:23That was also a question I had.

00:25That was talked about at length with the writers.

00:29I don't think she was blipped.

00:31So I would like a flashback to see Darcy not blipped.

00:37That would be very funny.

00:38But we decided she wasn't blipped.

00:40Was Jimmy Wu blipped?

00:43Well, you know, I did ask that question during the making of this,

00:48and I've gotten various answers, theories.

00:52I don't know the answer for sure, but my theory is that he wasn't.

00:57He wasn't, because he needed that time to learn that card trick, you know?

01:02Someone must really miss you back at Quantico.

01:04No, sir.

01:05Softball season's over, sir.

01:07I actually was going to specifically ask about the card flip,

01:09because it is a great callback that is just like within his intro.

01:13How'd you do it, Scott?

01:15Do what?

01:17The card trick.

01:18I'm curious, though, was that something that you already knew how to do,

01:21or was that something that maybe took a few takes?

01:23No, I didn't know how to do it,

01:25but I learned it maybe a couple days before,

01:27and worked really hard on it, because I didn't want to screw it up.

01:30I didn't want to have to do like 40 takes of that one thing.

01:35Far.

01:36So I worked really hard at it,

01:38and I think if I remember correctly, I did it in a couple takes.

01:42Nice.

01:43It looks great in the show.

01:44I mean, it didn't look like CGI, so.

01:46No, it's not CGI.

01:47He must have gotten it, right?

01:48It is not CGI.

01:49Seriously?

01:50You had a bit of a tempestuous relationship with Scott Lang

01:54when we first met Jimmy Woo.

01:56Let's start with that.

01:58Yeah, but I mean, so like at this point,

02:00after like seeing everything that happened in Avengers Endgame,

02:04do you think that his perspective on superheroes has maybe changed?

02:07And do you think maybe he brags about knowing Scott Lang?

02:11I think so.

02:13I think so.

02:13I think Jimmy is kind of, yeah, he's kind of,

02:20he uses it for cool points, you know?

02:22I think there is a childlike nature about him, you know?

02:27Magic.

02:28And I could for sure see that playing out

02:32in his recollection of his times with Scott.

02:36It totally romanticized.

02:37He was there along with him the entire way.

02:40Yeah.

02:40Totally, yeah.

02:41Making up stuff that didn't happen, you know?

02:44Did you want to grab dinner or something?

02:46I mean, because I'm free.

02:47We haven't seen Darcy since Thor The Dark World,

02:50and that means like in addition to the amount of time

02:52that we haven't seen her,

02:53that means she was also living through the entire time

02:55that she wasn't blipped.

02:57So like, how far did you go as far as just kind of like

02:59mapping her life?

03:02Well, that's right.

03:03So there, you know, a lot is addressed,

03:06but nothing to do with the time exactly

03:09and what Darcy's been doing.

03:10So it's kind of up to the viewer to fill that in.

03:13But as an actor, for me, I was like, okay, well,

03:16she's seen some stuff.

03:18She's obviously looked through some things

03:20and she's been in college this entire time.

03:22So I think she's just the same exact Darcy,

03:27but now she's a professional and she demands respect.

03:31Miss Lewis.

03:34Dr. Lewis.

03:35And actually, I mean, was that kind of part of it?

03:36Just like as far as the dialogue,

03:37because it's classy, classic Darcy snark

03:40when she's especially like back in the back of the van

03:42with those other scientists.

03:43Like, was there a process of just making sure

03:45that the voice was right?

03:47Yes.

03:48Actually, that's such a good question

03:50because when you're acting,

03:52there are only a few things you can do.

03:54You can't change your face,

03:56but you can change your voice and how you speak.

03:58So I try, I mean, my voice is so annoying

04:02and people are definitely quick to point that out

04:05and there's nothing I can do about it.

04:06So I definitely did watch some Darcy stuff

04:10just to remember what I was doing with my voice

04:12and my register

04:14and try to bring it a little more down,

04:16you know, because now she's a professional.

04:20She's a doctor.

04:21Maybe I could get that coffee now.

04:25Or not.

04:26That's cool.

04:27One of the cool things about Jimmy Woo's role

04:29and kind of like the whole sword operation in WandaVision

04:32is that it's kind of a fan surrogate program.

04:34They're watching WandaVision the same way

04:37that fans are watching WandaVision

04:38and trying to just pick out all the clues.

04:40Was that something that was an influence on your performance?

04:44Um, it wasn't something that I was fully conscious of

04:49until I started, until I saw the episodes, you know,

04:52but it was something that I was, you know,

04:56conscious of in terms of just the character

04:58being very confused, you know,

05:01and wanting to find the answers to these questions.

05:04I mean, that was a genuine thing

05:06that Jimmy was going through.

05:07Between you, me, and the bedpost,

05:09I am not confident about this mission.

05:11And it wasn't until I watched the episodes

05:13that I was like, oh, wow,

05:15the audience is going through the exact same thing

05:18and they're asking the exact same questions

05:20that he's writing on the board, you know,

05:21which is pretty, pretty amazing.

05:24And really cool to be, to represent the audience

05:28in that way.

05:28Yeah, it was definitely that fun moment

05:32of Darcy and Jimmy Woo eating chips,

05:34watching the show like the viewer.

05:36Cause you know, the first three episodes on purpose

05:39are kind of, you're just like, what is going on?

05:41What is happening?

05:42What is this?

05:43And then to see another character

05:45or two other characters also being like,

05:47what am I watching?

05:48There's something really fun about that.

05:50And I think it's a really fun guidepost

05:52for the viewer to see other people being confused.

05:58Like how much did you actually know

05:59about what's going on?

06:01Well, I had a very unique opportunity

06:04where we did do table reads.

06:06So I actually got the scripts,

06:09which I didn't expect at all.

06:12So I knew what was going on.

06:15I mean, whoa.

06:17But there was a point in filming where I was like,

06:19you know, Darcy doesn't know everything.

06:23I don't wanna know everything.

06:24And also I don't wanna know too much

06:27so that I don't have to hide too much.

06:29So it was partially self-preservation

06:31and partially for my character,

06:33that there was a point where I just focused

06:35on Darcy's stuff.

06:37And so I don't really know exactly what happens anymore.

06:42Along with everybody else.

06:44I did kind of know most of it.

06:47You know, I wouldn't say all of it,

06:48but I knew most of it going in.

06:50And, but you know, you just,

06:53when you're in the scene,

06:54you're just kind of in the moment.

06:56And you kind of forget about what you know,

07:00you know, because it's just,

07:02you're just kind of living it.

07:04And it is genuinely perplexing,

07:06you know, the situation.

07:07Well, you're not Randall Park.

07:08You're Jimmy Woo.

07:09Yeah, exactly.

07:12So yeah, I mean, it did feel like a puzzle.

07:15It felt like a puzzle that we were trying to figure out.

07:17I'm only through the Ds,

07:18but so far I got deadly squad.

07:20Speaking entirely theoretically,

07:22we know that Jane Foster is going to be becoming Thor

07:25in the next Thor movie.

07:26What do you think Darcy Lewis's reaction

07:28to seeing that would be?

07:30Just complete confusion.

07:32Probably still attracted to Thor,

07:36but maybe in a more platonic way.

07:40But why?

07:40Hey man, we're working with the same scarcity of intel.

07:43I don't know.

07:44As a fan, I'm desperate for this movie.

07:46I mean, I'm like, I can't wait for it.

07:49Same.

07:50Well, thank you so much again for taking the time today.

07:52I cannot wait to see more of this show

07:54and more of Darcy Lewis.

07:55So thank you again.

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