Britney Spears' Slave 4 U Music Video Director Reveals On-Set SECRET (Exclusive)
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00:00 - Francis, you raised me, whether you know it or not,
00:03 based on just the music videos that you've directed
00:05 and they've created me.
00:08 But one being "Slave 4 U"
00:09 and I just wanna know a secret from the set.
00:12 - A secret from that set?
00:13 - Yeah.
00:14 ♪ I'm a slave for you ♪
00:17 - I will say that I love that video
00:21 and I think it's actually aged really well.
00:23 I really like that song
00:25 and I think her performance in it is great.
00:27 I will say one of the scenes,
00:30 and I don't know if you remember,
00:31 it's in the breathing where they're all breathing
00:32 really heavy and there's like,
00:34 I think there's a moment where she actually
00:35 licks somebody's face.
00:37 And I just remember she was really shy about doing it.
00:42 ♪ All of the time and place ♪
00:44 ♪ Oh baby ♪
00:45 ♪ Don't you wanna ♪
00:48 ♪ Dance up on me ♪
00:49 - So it was like her team and the dancers
00:52 and she knew them and the choreographer
00:54 and everybody was like sort of amping her up.
00:56 But it was, you know, she was shy.
01:00 And so it doesn't look like there's any shyness
01:03 in that video.
01:04 - Yeah, well that was the video that--
01:05 - Yes, that sort of shifted it, but she was shy.
01:08 ♪ I'm a slave for you ♪
01:13 ♪ Oh tonight ♪
01:15 ♪ I'm trying to ♪
01:19 ♪ Like that ♪
01:20 - I have summoned you all here
01:21 for the 10th annual reaping ceremony
01:24 in which we choose two children from each district
01:27 to fight to the death in the Hunger Games.
01:28 From District 12, Lucy Gray Bear.
01:32 - And of course fans of the franchise
01:34 will recognize so many Easter eggs throughout the movie.
01:37 But one of the ones that hooked people from the trailer
01:39 was when Lucy Gray does her curtsy,
01:41 which is a nod to Katniss.
01:43 But my question is, does Katniss the character
01:46 do that now because the Lucy Gray curtsy
01:50 was like this iconic thing that happened in District 12
01:52 during the reaping ceremony?
01:53 - Well, that was actually something that's not in the book
01:56 and it was something that I made up on the day
01:59 and had Rachel do because we're constantly looking for,
02:03 in the making of this, little sort of Easter eggs
02:06 that would excite fans.
02:07 If she does this, then Katniss could have heard
02:10 generations later about this kind of rebellious,
02:13 irreverent act of this woman that was a singer
02:16 and did this sort of bow curtsy at the reaping.
02:21 And it just gives a different sort of meaning
02:23 to Katniss's action.
02:25 - There is also a prevailing theory or theories around
02:27 that Katniss and Lucy Gray could be related.
02:30 What do you think?
02:31 - I say no.
02:32 - You say no?
02:33 - Yeah, I say no too.
02:34 - Not related.
02:35 - I mean, we think--
02:36 - Not related.
02:37 - I mean, there's some also speculation.
02:37 We don't know because, and I love that Suzanne lets you
02:40 kind of have your theories and debate it.
02:43 You know, there is some talk that she might be
02:46 the daughter of Maud Ivory, you know, who's in the band
02:50 and who's like a little fiery blonde, you know,
02:54 who introduces Lucy Gray at, you know, in the Covey
02:59 and that they obviously had a very special relationship,
03:02 but we don't know for sure.
03:05 And, you know, we may never know.
03:07 [upbeat music]
03:10 [upbeat music]
03:12 (dramatic music)