Noah Galvin and Ben Platt talk working together on 'Theater Camp' at the Spirit Awards and reveal to THR that they only had "one fight" on the last day of filming.
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00:00 First of all, what was the most surprising thing to you about the ride of this movie?
00:05 I think that the kind of slow roll of it, just by virtue of that it's a tiny movie and
00:12 we also had the strike and people have really found it in a trickle.
00:16 So I've really loved every day or weekend or whatever, if someone goes on a plane, the
00:21 little bits and bobs of people popping in to say that they loved it or that it meant
00:24 something to them.
00:26 So it's not this just big wash, it's been a really slow burn in a nice way.
00:29 We also made something incredibly specific to us and the fact that it had this sort of
00:36 like universality that it did, I think was just like a thrill to us and it was like everything
00:42 we had hoped for.
00:44 And this recognition is like just a little sprinkle, sprinkle.
00:49 Motivation maybe to continue working with your friends?
00:52 Totally, well certainly the two of us are hoping to make some things and write some
00:55 things together in our lives so it was a great first trial with some of our dear friends
01:00 as buffers and now maybe we put it under the gauntlet and do it alone maybe?
01:04 Yeah, we really ripped the bandaid off.
01:06 Tell me about that, mixing business and pleasure.
01:09 How do you, first of all, mixing a relationship and business.
01:13 How is that?
01:15 How do you guys find that, navigating that as artists but also as a couple?
01:21 I think it was really put under, you know, we're both actors so we've existed in this
01:25 space for a long time as like friends and then in a relationship but we really put it
01:31 under the microscope in working together so intensely on this film and I think it was
01:36 like, we did a good job.
01:38 I'm really proud of us.
01:39 I mean I think we definitely try to prioritize each having our own spaces and spheres and
01:44 things that belong to us individually so that when we do come together it's really intentional
01:47 and it's something we really want to make together and luckily part of the greatest
01:51 part of our relationship is that we really have similar sensibilities and find the same
01:55 things funny so it's a joy to like spend time, you know, making things that make us both
02:00 happy.
02:01 Yeah, we only fought one time on this entire film.
02:03 Yeah.
02:04 And it was on the final day when we were like behind the clock.
02:07 We had only like two and a half days to shoot the entire musical at the end of the film
02:11 and a lot of pressure was on, you know, executing it and I got very anxious and I was on the
02:16 God mic.
02:17 I was on the God mic just sort of like dumping his anxieties on the children.
02:20 It wasn't that bad.
02:21 I was like, "Get to Village!" and I like sent him away.
02:25 And then it took a minute and then we were okay.
02:28 And that was it.
02:31 And then you, you know, obviously you made up because then you got engaged after that.
02:34 So tell me how that's going.
02:36 I was just reading up on you guys in preparation and I googled you and saw like some stories
02:43 about wedding planning, so I hate to be that guy at the party, but how's it going?
02:47 It's going like well.
02:49 We have like a long runway, long engagement, which has been like really nice and easy and
02:55 chill and has made the process not feel like as anxiety inducing as I think a lot of people
03:00 experience this process as.
03:01 Yeah, we just make little decisions at a time.
03:05 I think, you know, we don't feel a ton of pressure on like the day that maybe some people
03:11 feel because we just feel really lucky that we have lots of great, exciting, celebratory
03:15 moments as a couple all the time.
03:18 So there's a lot of pressure on like a wedding being like the largest day in a lot of people's
03:22 lives, but like he won like a Tony Award at 22.
03:26 You know what I mean?
03:27 It's like, it's different.
03:28 I got to ask two questions.
03:31 One, which is a serious business question.
03:33 Then we got to go something light for the end because we can't end on this.
03:36 This was too good.
03:37 We can't end on something heavy.
03:38 But I wanted to ask you because you're so smart writer, performer, you guys sing, do
03:43 everything.
03:44 The threat of AI is still looming.
03:46 Are you nervous about that as artists?
03:47 What do you make of it?
03:49 I mean, it was just mentioned yesterday during the SAG Awards about Fran Drescher talking
03:53 about just that it's still a thing that actors need to be aware of and we just don't know
03:57 how it's going to go.
03:58 Are you reading up on it?
03:59 How are you feeling about it?
04:01 I've been very uninformed.
04:02 I think in terms of just like being a big scary thing, it's certainly concerning and
04:07 I would love to be able to still always do my job and be the only one that could do my
04:10 job.
04:11 But I honestly don't know enough about it to know how afraid to be or not.
04:15 I feel, yeah, I am probably the same.
04:17 I feel dumb and scared about it all.
04:23 We'll go light.
04:25 One of the great things about being here and being included among these nominees is championing
04:29 independent film and storytellers and shining a light on some things that maybe need a little
04:33 bit more of a light.
04:34 Is there a performance or a film that's either among this group of nominees or the wider
04:39 release from the past year that you really love that you want to shout out?
04:43 I really loved All of Us Strangers, the Andrew Haigh film, and specifically Andrew Scott's
04:47 performance in it and Paul Maskell's performance.
04:50 Just amazing movie with so much sophistication and a really beautiful queer relationship
04:56 and I loved it.
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