Domhnall Gleeson on why eternal youth isn’t worth it

The Independent

Watch Domhnall Gleeson on why eternal youth isn’t worth it - The Independent on Dailymotion

Transcript

00:00We're looking for the Fountain of Youth.

00:02Oh, please, no.

00:03What did I just say about the cat in the bag?

00:05If the Fountain of Youth did exist, would you drink from it?

00:09And what age would you want to freeze yourself at?

00:11What age would you want to freeze yourself at?

00:13I don't know. I think more about the...

00:16I don't think you want it, right?

00:19Because then you're going to freeze and everyone around you is going to get older.

00:22If you can give it to everyone you know and hang out for a while,

00:25or if you go back and give it to your grandparents

00:27so they can hang out a little bit longer, that would be nice.

00:29You've got to be nice, but I think yourself is not the best.

00:31I agree. I would do it for my loved ones.

00:34I'd love to like hold on to people that I love.

00:37Sometimes, you know, I think that's the biggest question mark in life

00:41and the hardest thing for all of us individuals,

00:43just accepting that life keeps moving forward and we've got to grow up.

00:47Life is worth living in my personal experience, so I don't think I would.

00:52But I give it to my mom because I love her.

00:54The ultimate gift.

00:55Yeah.

00:56That would be...

00:57It's about to be her birthday, so I might just try to find the

00:59Fountain of Youth and give it to her.

01:00Kind of a killer...

01:01She would be very happy, honestly.

01:03That's a good one.

01:04She'd be like, thanks, babe.

01:05You've really raised the bar there.

01:07Yeah.

01:08Best gift mother ever.

01:10I thought we said a 50-year-old limit.

01:12Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:13You don't want what you're looking for.

01:16Okay.

01:17This is such a fun adventure, heist-type film.

01:20But at its core, it interrogates our fear of aging and the quest for eternal youth and beauty.

01:27Do you think Hollywood's obsession with youth is actually shifting?

01:31And why are we so hooked on this idea of youth and beauty?

01:35I think it is.

01:36I think that...

01:37I don't think it's Hollywood.

01:38I think it's just a life thing.

01:39This industry sort of frames things in time because you're in front of a camera and it stays forever.

01:45Just makes it a little harder to sort of maybe let go of it.

01:49But I think it's just a constant conversation around life.

01:51And I don't think it's necessarily beauty.

01:53I think it's just the fear of losing what we love, our life, our experiences, our memories.

01:59It's a movie that will help us appreciate every single moment that we're experiencing.

02:03And that's why I think I was very excited.

02:05And I think we were all very excited to be part of.

02:07I mean, yeah, so I'm a real character at one point.

02:09It says, like, this is the most valuable commodity in the world.

02:12Is that how you've seen it play out in your careers?

02:17I think it's interesting what you say is that, like, when you make a movie, it exists forever.

02:22Forever.

02:23But I think, yeah, the fact that it exists forever is an interesting aspect to what we do.

02:27So I think that's a nice thing, that if you create something beautiful, it will last.

02:30So I think of it in a positive way in that, you know, in those terms, but not particularly in a negative way.

02:36I'm not really hung up on that stuff.

02:37I think if you're looking for it in a selfless way, it's fine.

Category

Transcript

Recommended