Maya Hawke reveals how she channeled her character Anxiety for Disney Pixar's 'Inside Out 2.' Plus, the star dishes on her feelings about approaching the last season of 'Stranger Things.'
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00:00What did you think when they brought you this role and told you that you're going to be voicing Anxiety?
00:04Well, I auditioned for it first and I wept in my audition and then I saw the picture and I was
00:12like, oh my god, that's me, I have to play this part and then I got the call that I heard I was
00:17going to get it and the top of my head just exploded off like I was a teapot, you know?
00:23It's such an honor, like it's such a rare thing in one's life to get to be a part of something
00:28that's this good and this popular and is actually like a good thing to put out into the world. It's
00:35like a double rainbow, you know? And so I've just, just really gratitude and excitement and a bit of
00:40intimidation because of the icons like Amy and Louis that are here. How did you approach voicing
00:46Anxiety knowing the storyline and how this movie will likely resonate with people? I just, the
00:51little voice that I hear in my own head, you know, that tells me to, you know, worry if my shoes are
00:56wrong or if my dress is wrong or if my, I'm going to be late to the airport or if I'm going to say
01:01something stupid, whatever that voice is that's in my own head, I just tapped into that and let it
01:06come out my mouth instead of holding it in like I usually do. And speaking of emotions, what's the
01:11overwhelming emotion for you with the final season of Stranger Things? How are you feeling about it?
01:15Nostalgia, which if you see, when you see the movie, you'll get that joke. And are you going
01:21to steal anything from set? Try and take anything? I'll do my best. Yeah, I mean, it's a hard set to
01:27steal from. Sets are getting harder and harder to steal from because there's more and more like
01:31needing to hold the stuff in case of reshoots. And then by the time the reshoots don't end up
01:36happening, you're already all the way across the country and you can't go back. So I don't know,
01:41but I'll do my best. And with this movie, in Riley's head, joy is running the control board.
01:46For you, what emotion would you say is running the control board in your head? I feel like it's
01:51joy and anxiety as a team, like that they become friends in my head and they're both running it.
01:57And like when one takes a nap, the other one takes the wheel. I saw you at the junket at Disneyland
02:02over the weekend. Did you get to ride any rides while you were there? I did. I rode the Incredicoaster
02:06and I rode the water ride one and I rode one other one. I can't remember. Oh, the the the
02:12dropping elevator, the Tower of Terror. But it's not that anymore. The Guardians of the Galaxy
02:16Tower of Guardians. Now that you're officially a Disney princess, as we're going to say. I was
02:23just dressing up like one. I'm not one. We're saying you are. Princess, Princess Anxiety. Pixar princess.
02:29Exactly. A Pixar princess. But for you, what's your all time favorite Disney movie or one that you
02:33really loved as a child? I loved them all as a child. Maybe like my favorite one is a really
02:38young kid with Cinderella.