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Its hilarious,unsettling, and bizarre aperfect encapsulationof Hayness film.
My brother Jakob acts.
Were twins, but hes been more interested in acting.May Decembercame up and he got the role.
I was just supposed to be a background actor that day.
So, I was already in the area, and I was gonna be there regardless.
I asked the day of; I was like, Hey, my brothers not here.
But here I am.
Can I do it?
Do you look for extra roles that shoot nearby?
I dont really like to turn things down.
Whatever I can get my hands on, Ill audition and see what can happen.
Shell be filming with you.
I was like, Hi.
Like I said, Ive never done anything like this.
So the fact that, like,Natalie Portmanjust walked up and was two feet in front of me …
I was gonna ask if guys in high school still jump up to touch the doorframe.
I feel like that was huge when I was in school.This is like a middle-school thing.
Got it.There was also a mental thing because Im like, Yes, Im gonna do this.
But Im also doing this in front of Natalie Portman.
Theres impressing a random person at your school, and then theres impressing Natalie Portman.
But I was here to do what they told me to do.
I had all these things running in my brain:Ive never done this.
This is a famous person that Ive seen before.
Now Im interacting with this person.
I dont know whats happening.
Do you have a favorite Natalie Portman film or role?One of my favorites isBlack Swan.
Im a big Marvel nerd too, so Jane Foster in the Marvel movies.
I just felt starstruck.
The scene turned out great.
Its such a funny moment, both for your character at the school and for Portmans character.
My brother, on the other hand he madethattrailer.
I felt like this was my moment.
Like, all right, I didnt get my spotlight that time.
But this time, you know?
So much of acting is just waiting for the moment to come to you.
You mentioned youve seenMay Decembernow.
What did you think of that?I enjoyed it.
I thought it was a great movie.
And then my girlfriend took me to seeBarbie.
I didnt think Id like that, but I thought that one was really good.
So much of it could be applied to me or anyone in my life.
