Ophelia Lovibond and Jake Johnson chat with SheKnows' Reshma Gopaldas. The co-stars are back for another round of feminist magazine making as Joyce Prigger and Doug in season 2 of 'Minx,' which will be airing on Starz. Read more at: https://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/videos/2813471/jake-johnson-ophelia-lovibond-minx-season-2/
Video credits
VP, Video: Reshma Gopaldas
Editor: Allie O'Connell
Video credits
VP, Video: Reshma Gopaldas
Editor: Allie O'Connell
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 - Hi guys, so good to see you again.
00:04 - Nice to see ya.
00:06 - All right, I thought we'd start off,
00:08 congratulations first of all on the second season.
00:11 I'm so glad you guys are back.
00:12 I thought we'd start off with like,
00:14 what is your favorite thing about working with each other?
00:16 Sort of like a compliment battle.
00:19 - My favorite thing about working with her
00:21 is when we're in Austin going to the bars.
00:23 - Woo hoo!
00:24 - I feel like I might know a little something about that.
00:27 - You might know a little bit about that.
00:29 - Yeah, but I feel like apart from being talented,
00:32 she's really fun and she's a good hang.
00:34 So the scenes are always really good
00:36 'cause we get to battle it out and talk
00:38 and then she's a fun person.
00:40 - He just makes it, it doesn't feel like work at all.
00:44 It's that, and I don't, yeah, I do, we do,
00:46 I feel really lucky 'cause it's just doesn't,
00:48 it's always so, you're just laughing constantly.
00:52 You get home from work and then I think,
00:53 God, I can't believe that was work.
00:55 - I love it.
00:57 So guys, I played with--
00:59 - A question for you, what was the most fun part
01:01 of being at the bar with us until at least midnight
01:04 or one o'clock?
01:05 - Yeah, I think we were there till--
01:05 - It's a little bit early.
01:07 - I did, I had to tap out, I had to tap out.
01:09 (laughing)
01:10 I had enough.
01:11 Ophelia, you had more energy than anyone there.
01:13 - I do.
01:14 - Yeah, do you do?
01:16 - I don't know where it's kept, I'm only five foot two.
01:18 - Yeah, Jake and I were talking about mainly
01:20 how we're both like old now and--
01:22 - Oh yeah, I bailed soon after you bailed.
01:25 - Yeah, yeah.
01:26 - Okay, sorry, back to the interview really quick
01:28 'cause we don't have much time.
01:28 But I thought I'd play, I played this with Elizabeth.
01:31 It's gonna be "Who's the Best Feminist?"
01:33 And it's a little feminism publishing trivia.
01:36 So don't worry, I'll help you out, it's multiple choice.
01:39 So Gloria Steinem's friend, Dorothy Pittman Hughes,
01:42 who's in that iconic photo with her,
01:45 where they're both holding up one hand,
01:47 which magazine did they form together?
01:50 - "Ms." - "Ms."
01:51 Oh, you already got it.
01:53 - "Ms."
01:53 - "Ms.", there you go, "Ms." magazine.
01:56 The first issue of "Ms." magazine
01:58 featured who on the cover?
01:59 Batwoman, the founders, Gloria and Dorothy,
02:02 or Wonder Woman?
02:04 - Ooh, I don't know.
02:06 - Founders. - Wonder Woman.
02:08 - Wonder Woman, sorry, Jake.
02:09 - Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman.
02:10 - I would, you know.
02:11 (laughing)
02:13 - What happened on August 18th, 1920?
02:17 The first women's magazine was printed.
02:20 White women got the right to vote with the 19th Amendment.
02:24 Women were allowed to go to college.
02:26 - I don't know, women got to vote in England in 1918.
02:32 I don't know about the US.
02:34 - Yeah, it was, that's it, it's a voting one.
02:37 Jake, I like how you just tapped out.
02:38 You're like, she's gonna win.
02:39 - I'm going after her.
02:41 - I know.
02:42 Okay, what year did the "Wall Street Journal"
02:45 hire its first woman editor-in-chief?
02:48 1987, 2022, or 1982?
02:52 - '22.
02:55 - You're right.
02:55 (bell dings)
02:56 - Really?
02:57 - It took them 133 years.
02:59 Emma Tucker's the first one.
03:01 - Yikes. - Amazing.
03:04 Gloria Steinem's first serious piece for "Esquire"
03:07 was about what?
03:08 Why women should be paid equally,
03:10 paternity leave is as important as maternity leave,
03:13 or contraception?
03:14 - Ooh, contraception?
03:17 - Yes, correct.
03:18 Oh, you guys are very good at this.
03:20 - Thank you for saying you guys.
03:21 - Yeah, yeah.
03:22 Well, you came in hot with the 2022.
03:25 - Oh yeah, you're right, you're right.
03:26 - Amelia Bloomer is the woman behind the first newspaper,
03:30 "By and For Women."
03:31 What was the name of it?
03:32 The Lily, The Rose, or Sunshine?
03:35 - No, the Lily.
03:39 - Yeah, you got it.
03:40 (bell dings)
03:41 - You got it.
03:42 - That's just a casual slay.
03:43 So you can be up at the bar until 5 a.m.
03:46 And you can do trivia.
03:47 You guys, is Ophelia the best feminist?
03:51 I think so.
03:52 (bell dings)
03:53 - I think so.
03:53 - That was quite a lot.
03:54 - Quite a lot.
03:55 (laughs)
03:56 - All right, guys, so great seeing you.
03:57 Out of time, but congratulations.
04:00 I can't wait to see the rest of the season.
04:02 - Good to see you.
04:03 - Nice to see you.
04:04 - All right, see you in Austin.
04:05 (upbeat music)