Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers and Sebastian Eugene Hansen star in A Minecraft Movie. They've been talking to Melissa Nathoo about all things gaming and more. Report by Nathoom. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Lovely to see you again, and you're in such a fun one.
00:04You are living the dream of many a child around the world.
00:08Is it a surreal experience doing this on the whole?
00:12It's almost like an out-of-body experience because I love this game.
00:16I used to play it all the time, and then getting to be a part of it
00:19and doing a press tour for it especially is so crazy.
00:21Sometimes I'm over here thinking, like,
00:23am I actually playing Minecraft or am I actually acting in Minecraft?
00:29I've got to ask, so do you sing the Dennis song to your husband?
00:33Yes, I definitely do.
00:36We crack jokes all the time.
00:39The fact that this wolf's name is Dennis, and it's with me most of the movie
00:44or half of the movie, and my husband's name is Dennis,
00:48oh, the jokes continue.
00:50I saw a big old poster in New York, and we took our five-year-old to see it,
00:56and she's like, that's mommy!
00:58And the wolf was on there, and I was like, that's your daddy!
01:03I love that.
01:04Oh, did you get Jack to make up a song about you as well?
01:07No, but I need to.
01:08See, if he was going to be here, I was going to be like,
01:10Jack, come on now. That's the guy.
01:13I know. I'll make a song about him.
01:15Yeah.
01:16Hey, hey, Jack, Jack, Jack's the man.
01:19Jack's got a plan, and he's got it down.
01:22Jack, Jack, Jack's the guy.
01:24He knows how to make you fly.
01:26Jack, Jack, Jack's in Minecraft, and he plays Steve, and I play Don.
01:31Oh, that was good!
01:34Why were you not singing in the film?
01:36That was good!
01:37Why were you not singing?
01:38Come on, next film.
01:40I expect to see you bringing those vocal chords.
01:43Tell me, though, or tell the audience,
01:45what are you bringing to this team specifically in Minecraft?
01:49Like, everyone's got their strengths.
01:50Yes.
01:51What's yours in this?
01:52There's so many.
01:53I mean, she's trying to survive at life, you know?
01:56So the fact that she's trying to survive at life and bring that into the game,
02:00she's winning, because she knows how to do that.
02:03And I think her way in is by staying positive and optimistic,
02:07and I think that's Don's way.
02:09And she kind of has this mother quality about her as well,
02:12which I like to say sister, big sister quality, about her,
02:15because I ain't that old yet.
02:17But you are my mom.
02:18I am a mom, but I ain't that old.
02:22But yeah, the sister quality about her that she brings to the film.
02:25She does, she's quite big sister.
02:26You know, we're bringing the childlike spirit, okay?
02:29We're bringing the imagination with us.
02:32I think for the younger audience that watches this,
02:35I mean, like, you know, the teenagers and the kids and all of them,
02:38I think they're gonna see a lot, a little bit different stuff,
02:40and I think that, you know, we bring, and this movie, like,
02:43more of just a fun kind of experience thing.
02:46Of course, you know, Natalie's more of like, you know, the sister-y, like,
02:50you know, don't do this, don't do that, don't die, yeah, but, uh, no.
02:54No, but...
02:55That's always the aim in life.
02:56Look, she's just trying to keep you safe.
02:57Uh, but yeah, um, I think Henry also brings a lot of creativity to this movie.
03:02Yeah.
03:03That said, though, out of the adults, who's the biggest kid?
03:06Jack...
03:08No?
03:09No?
03:10No.
03:11I'll go on, Emma.
03:12Is that a dad or Jack or Jason?
03:13Maybe.
03:14I was gonna say Jason, but...
03:16No, well, Jason's pretty...
03:17No, Jack.
03:18Jason's pretty...
03:19They're both kind of childlike.
03:20What have they done that...
03:22I was on set with them a little more than Emma was.
03:24Right.
03:25And they are...
03:27They are kids.
03:28They are kids.
03:29I'm sorry, but they are.
03:30They are, like, little boys.
03:31And you have to wrangle them.
03:32Don't...
03:33Yeah, exactly.
03:34Jason, come back on set.
03:35Yeah.
03:36Come on, nap time's over.
03:38Let's go.
03:39Aw.
03:40No, but they were just great.
03:42I think, you know, when you're in the business so long, you just get to have fun with it.
03:47And also, when you're doing a film like this, you need people like that.
03:50Yeah.
03:51You need the fun.
03:52You only need to have fun on set, especially doing a film like this.
03:54Yeah.
03:55Exactly.
03:56People probably hate me for saying this, but they waste...
03:59I shouldn't say waste a lot of time on playing Minecraft.
04:02But you can waste a lot of time.
04:05I'm curious, what do you waste the most time doing?
04:09Probably making lists.
04:11I don't think that's a waste of time, though.
04:13No, it's very productive.
04:14I think it's very productive.
04:15As long as you get through those lists.
04:17Yes.
04:18And some days, I do.
04:19And some days, I don't.
04:20I probably...
04:21Yeah, I think that's what I waste...
04:23I waste a lot of time making lists and thinking about what I should do.
04:27Probably, like, cleaning my closet.
04:29These aren't wasting time.
04:30These are very productive.
04:31You're a very productive person.
04:32It is, but it takes me a long time to get to it.
04:34I have a lot of clothes.
04:35It takes me a lot of time.
04:36I waste time just lying on the sofa.
04:37Oh, yeah.
04:38No, I don't really do that.
04:39Like, scrolling.
04:40Like, I'm the worst.
04:41I do scroll, but, like, I actually have a timer on my phone.
04:44It, like, tells me how long.
04:46I only give myself, like, an hour and a half a day.
04:48You're a productive...
04:49Like, what I've gathered from this is that you are not someone who wastes time.
04:51No.
04:52You are productive.
04:53And, obviously, people are so obsessed with Minecraft, but I want to know what you guys are obsessed with yourselves right now.
05:01I've been reading a fantasy series by Robin Hobb.
05:06Um, so I'm obsessed with that right now.
05:08Okay.
05:09I can't put my book down.
05:10Um, it's called Assassin's Apprentice.
05:12Read it.
05:13It's very good.
05:14Um, yeah.
05:15It's a good place.
05:16I mean, I don't know.
05:17I'm just, like, I'm just a kid.
05:23I'm just, like, you know, playing games, video games.
05:26Um, nothing specific, but yeah.
05:28In the film, we've got the crafting table where they can make basically anything.
05:32I'm curious if you could craft anything that would help you in your everyday life.
05:37What are you crafting on the table?
05:38What is the, um, demographic?
05:41Whatever you want it to be.
05:44It's all right.
05:45We got a whole range.
05:46I need something to help me put my Spanx on, girl.
05:50I'm trying not to break my nails.
05:53Trying to shimmy in some tights.
05:56Oh, somebody designs something to make it easier.
05:59I love how real you're keeping it.
06:01That's what I need help with.
06:02Are they good?
06:03Because I haven't ever tried.
06:04Spanx?
06:05Yeah.
06:06I love Spanx.
06:07Yes.
06:08Okay.
06:09I always think.
06:10I have the light ones.
06:11I have the tighter ones.
06:12I have the ones that come down to your ankles.
06:14I have the strapless ones.
06:15Yes.
06:16They change the game in your outfit.
06:18If I was, like, living in the woods, I'd take an axe.
06:20But do you live in the woods right now?
06:22Do you know that I don't?
06:24Is it going to help you in your everyday life right now?
06:27No, but it would be cool to, like, have, like, a very, like, very surreal, like, netherite axe just chopping down the lawns, you know?
06:35That's fair.
06:36It would look very cool.
06:37Very great.
06:38I would craft a little robot friend, but his only job is to make me different kinds of tea.
06:46You need to live over here.
06:47He's like a food guy.
06:48You're a girl with some British taste.
06:49He just makes a bunch of food.
06:50I do love British.
06:51I'd make, like, a piece of armor.
06:52I love tea.
06:53You like what?
06:54Like, a piece of armor or something like that.
06:55Like, craft, like, an iron colon as, like, a bodyguard.
06:57Oh, that's good.
06:58Bodyguard?
06:59Yeah.
07:00But also, I'm with Emma.
07:01Yeah.
07:02I will borrow your robot to help make tea.
07:03Take him any time you want.
07:04I'm a tea girl.
07:05Yeah.
07:06If you could inject yourself into any video game, past or present, which one would you
07:13like to?
07:14I don't know if you've ever played, but I used to play a game called Magic Pockets on
07:17the Atari ST many, many years ago, and I always wanted to be in that.
07:22So, what would you inject yourself into?
07:24There was this snowboarding game me and my brother used to play, like, a racing snowboarding
07:29game.
07:30There's no way I can snowboard.
07:31So, I would love to inject myself into that game and be good at it.
07:36But on an easy level?
07:37No.
07:38Oh.
07:39No.
07:40Definitely not.
07:41I need the hardest level, because I could do it.
07:42And if I'm, like, you know what I'm saying?
07:44Oh, you were good at the game, so you could, like...
07:46Yeah, I could do it, but not as me.
07:48Okay.
07:49So, you know what I'm saying?
07:50I would just inject myself, but, like, as a game player, so I would be actually good
07:55at doing it.
07:56Well, let's get them to make the game.
07:57Yeah.
07:58Make the film about the game.
07:59Ooh.
08:00Ooh, if I have a good, um, stunt woman for sure.
08:03No, you gotta do it yourself!
08:05No, yeah.
08:06There's not a lot of...
08:07I'm sorry.
08:08There's not a lot of video games that are, like, fun to be in.
08:10I mean, there's some...
08:11That's a lie.
08:12There's definitely some.
08:13I can think of a million right now.
08:14But, like, for me that I play, I would never want to be in them.
08:17That's because you get killed at the end though.
08:18No, because they're just...
08:19Like, like, imagine if, like, you know, like, just any, like, any, like, real, like, hard game
08:25or whatever, you can just respawn.
08:27But, you know, it'd just be scary the whole time.
08:29I would say Animal Crossing.
08:31Yeah.
08:32Oh, that's a cute one!
08:33You can't lose it, that.
08:34Yeah, that is a cute one.
08:35I just have a little village full of animal friends.
08:38I've never played it.
08:39I don't know how that goes.
08:40Oh, it's so lovely!
08:41It's very nice.
08:42It's chill.
08:43It's chill.
08:44Exactly.
08:45You just, like, walk around and talk to people.
08:46I guess I'll get Minecraft.
08:47But, I mean, then it would be, like, really hard because, I mean...
08:51Wait, no, because Minecraft is, like, you know, perspective, you know?
08:55So, I think that's...
08:56But you could just play in creative.
08:57You could just be in creative and then you'd...
08:58That could fly.
08:59That's actually pretty nice.
09:00Yeah.
09:01I'll play Minecraft.
09:02I love that you put a lot of thought into it.
09:03Yeah.
09:04I put thought into things, yeah.
09:05I appreciate it very much.
09:06Lovely to see you again.
09:08And I'm gonna make sure that Jack sees his new song by you.
09:11I know.
09:12So, great.