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Creator and Director Alfonso Cuarón, joined by Cate Blanchett and the cast of DISCLAIMER, sit down for an in-depth discussion of the series' core themes and standout moments. In this extended edition, they dive deep into the intricate layers of Catherine's psyche as she grapples with the emotional impact of confronting her past. The conversation touches on how her unresolved trauma intertwines with the series' broader narrative, unraveling a tangled web of familial dynamics that begins to take shape in Chapter I. As they dissect key scenes and character motivations, the cast offers insights into the complexities of relationships that drive the story forward, setting the stage for what’s to come.

Disclaimer Cast:

Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, HoYeon Jung, Louis Partridge, Lesley Manville and Leila George

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00:00It's the complete feeling that her life is changing.
00:03You haven't even heard a fly, you're a good person.
00:10Am I?
00:16Catherine Ravenscroft is a telejournalist,
00:19very well respected.
00:22But this novel paints her in a completely different light.
00:26My character didn't know how to even process
00:28or explain to herself or to other people
00:31what had gone on all those years ago.
00:34When something that you've put behind you
00:36comes back right in front of your face,
00:40I think the layers of shock
00:42and then the inability to unpack it
00:44becomes a moment of crisis.
00:47So many things are happening inside Catherine.
00:50The judgment of herself,
00:52the inability to speak up,
00:54the judgment of herself,
00:55the fear of how her family is going to be perceiving her,
01:00but also the complete feeling that her life is changing.
01:06Catherine!
01:08It's about me.
01:09I thought it would be a fascinating journey
01:11to play a character who is such an enigma
01:15and exists more in people's judgments
01:18than she does in her own right.
01:21I got attracted to Disclaimer
01:23because the story is told in different voices.
01:28This is a story about two couples
01:30and their respective sons.
01:34There are maternal, paternal tensions,
01:38and every character has an agenda.
01:41Robbie, I'm not a good wife,
01:42and I feel like I have been a terrible mother.
01:45That's absolute nonsense.
01:46I know I've had it so hard to live with myself.
01:48Robert, Catherine, and Nicholas,
01:50they have a pathological rhythm going on there.
01:53A functional one, you know?
01:55Yeah, functional, but in which Catherine
01:57has a problem relating with Nicholas.
02:00Don't you want to be independent?
02:02That's what you want to tell yourself, Mum.
02:05But at the same time,
02:07everybody's playing a role in that relationship.
02:10I've read this.
02:10I enjoyed it.
02:11You've read it, too?
02:12Yeah, it's pretty good.
02:15What, you've read the whole thing?
02:16Yes, I did finish it.
02:17I do read, you know.
02:18Oh, no, no, I didn't read it.
02:19Come on, Nick, we admire you, mate.
02:21Being in a dysfunctional household,
02:22you can be directed by, you know,
02:24narcissism and gaslighting,
02:27and everything that is toxic.
02:29Now, parents, that hasn't been resolved within themselves
02:32is then kind of adopted by the child's perspective.
02:35So, why?
02:36Why?
02:36Because it must be shit if I liked it.
02:37No, no, I just want to know.
02:39We know what you think.
02:40Anyone who says that your children don't soak it all up,
02:44they do.
02:45They soak up tensions, atmospheres, apart from language.
02:50Would you please just tell me, you know,
02:51what were you having to do?
02:52Jesus, she dies.
02:54It was pretty enjoyable, too.
02:55She deserved it.
02:56She was a selfish bitch.

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