Raquel Laguna/ SUCOPRESS. English singer and actress Naomi Scott stars in Smile 2, directed by Parker Finn. In this interview, Naomi talks about working with the director and about her biggest challenges making the movie. In Smile 2, about to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control. Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Ray Nicholson, Dylan Gelula, Raúl Castillo and Kyle Gallner also star in the film.
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00:00Good to see you again.
00:01So, Skye Riley is a pop singer.
00:05Did your music career influence on how you approach the character?
00:13Certainly, making music and the process of making music is very helpful
00:23when that is what you have to do for a movie.
00:27The studio is an environment that I'm comfortable with and familiar with.
00:33And also just the idea of how to create a character, even within music.
00:41I think that was very helpful for me, yeah.
00:44The first SMILE movie was a huge success.
00:48What can the fans expect this time?
00:53I think you can definitely expect everything you loved about the first movie.
00:57But it's just bigger and bolder and more unhinged and an injection of pop
01:06and just also funny and, yeah, just the most fun.
01:13And what was the biggest challenge for you making this film?
01:18I think the biggest challenge was maintaining the energy
01:25to allow myself to have enough in the tank to bring my best to every moment of the movie.
01:35That was the challenge for me.
01:38And how was working with Parker? How is he as a director?
01:43Parker is so fantastic.
01:45He is truly the most enthusiastic, intense, creative person that I've worked with.
01:53He is in the best way.
01:55He really pushes you in a way that gets a fantastic,
01:59makes you feel like you are really at the end of yourself in the best way.
02:04But also there was just always such a mutual respect there
02:08and a trust that I think we had from the outset
02:11that really carried us through something that was very intense.
02:15And we were able to maintain that.
02:19And we were partners, you know.
02:21I relied on him and I leant on him to help me meet to the performance.
02:28And where was Sky at?
02:29He's someone that understands his movie so well, even when we're shooting.
02:34I don't think there's one thing that we shot or one scene that we shot that's not in the movie,
02:39which is not always the case.
02:41So he is an incredible visionary and I love working with him.
02:46Also explores the darker side of fame.
02:51How does Sky's journey reflect the pressure of being in the spotlight?
03:01I think fame is kind of like fuel to a fire
03:09in the sense that Sky is going through what she's going through
03:14and she really needs to stop and remove herself.
03:20And she needs some obscurity in her life.
03:24And I think that even the idea of being perceived so intensely
03:30and the world projecting back to you a version of yourself
03:37that maybe you don't even recognize
03:39I think can really cause feelings of feeling misunderstood and isolation.
03:48I think in Sky's case in particular, not having people around her
03:54who can really be brave enough to just be like,
03:57no, absolutely not, we're not doing that.
04:00You need to work on yourself.
04:03And unfortunately, there's a lot riding on this tour.
04:06There's a lot of money.
04:07There's a lot of people.
04:08There's a lot of jobs.
04:09And so of course there comes the pressure for her to just carry on.
04:13I think also not having people around her
04:19who are purely there just for her
04:24and who care about her without conditions.
04:28And then also just what we project onto people, right?
04:32Just all of us.
04:33We all do it.
04:34I think it's an interesting conversation around that too.