Jodie Comer tells THR on the red carpet how happy she was to watch her co-stars ride bikes in 'The Bikeriders,' rather than having to ride herself. Plus, she dishes on working with her co-star Austin Butler.
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00:00How long did it take you to learn this accent and then to kind of shake it once you were done?
00:04I shook it very quickly. It was harder to get in than it was to leave.
00:08It took me like, I started prepping like two months before.
00:12As soon as I knew I was doing it, I kind of started working straight away with my dialect coach, Victoria.
00:17And yeah, so it was just about kind of sitting with the audio that I had and the script
00:23and just really pulling it apart and trying to get as comfortable as I could
00:27so that when I got to set it wasn't something that was kind of at the forefront of my mind
00:31and I could be a bit more free with it.
00:34And this relationship with Austin, did you guys do anything to form this bond or was it pretty natural between you?
00:39We went for dinner with Jeff a couple of days before we started filming.
00:43But I mean, I'm sure you can see he's a very lovely, down to earth, cool person.
00:49So it was very easy and I think we work in a very similar way.
00:53We're both very focused, both kind of playful and open.
00:56And so when you meet someone who has that kind of same work ethic, it's just like so nice.
01:01Did you have any envy learning to ride these motorcycles or were you happy to just kind of watch?
01:06I was so happy to watch. It's a lot of pressure. Those bikes had a mind of their own.
01:13And also just like, I mean, it was incredible to just witness the kind of orchestration
01:18and like, you know, there'd be 12 guys on a bike and then you've got Adam Stone, the DOP's on a moving vehicle
01:23and like just all these elements that had to coincide with each other.
01:27Like I was quite happy to not have any responsibility in any of that.
01:32And also like experience it, you know, Kathy speaks, you know, she isn't from this world
01:36and she speaks so vividly about being on a bike for the first time.
01:39And that was very much, you know, what I was kind of experiencing.
01:42So it's nice to use all of that.
01:44Which of these guys is the best rider?
01:46Norman. Norman's a fully-fledged, yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:51So I'd probably say Norman, although they were all incredible.
01:54But I think Norman's the guy. If you need a biker, I think you should call Norman.
01:59Yeah, yeah. Have a good night.