Maya Erskine on NOT Falling In Love on Mr & Mrs Smith set
Maya Erskine on NOT Falling In Love on Mr & Mrs Smith set Report by Mccallumj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 Hi Maya, I'm Jolie. I love it to be a so-called.
00:03 - I love it. - Are you?
00:04 - I've got like four. - I love it.
00:06 I love it. Congratulations on this.
00:08 - Aw, thank you. - Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
00:09 It's one of my favourite films of all time.
00:11 - Oh, good. - How did you feel when this was first put to you?
00:13 Because obviously it's Brad and Angelina and the 2005 movie,
00:16 and then you're trying to take over from that, right?
00:18 No, never. I would never try to take their throne down.
00:22 No, it was clear to me from the beginning that it was a reimagining,
00:26 so in that way it kind of gave me a break of like,
00:30 "Oh great, this is its own show. It's not trying to be that movie.
00:33 It's paying homage in different ways, but it's its own thing."
00:37 So I think letting go of that own pressure that I could have put on myself helps.
00:41 - Oh my god, yes, absolutely. - Yeah.
00:43 And a little birdie told me that it was mostly female writers
00:46 and the writers room for this, so did it feel quite empowering
00:48 taking this part on as well?
00:50 Yeah, I mean it was nice because it had such...
00:53 It was a clear female perspective, so it was very easy for me to jump in.
00:58 I didn't have things that I had to fight against, which was really nice
01:02 and not common, so it was wonderful.
01:06 It was wonderful to have female voices around me all day.
01:09 And just correct me then, but what did you make fall in love with Donald in this?
01:13 I mean, we both are happily married,
01:16 but I was just excited to be friends with him and just be close to him,
01:21 and he's a lovely person.
01:23 Well, you've both smashed it. Thank you so much.
01:25 - Thank you so much. - Stay warm.