2023-12-05 08:05:00
Julia Roberts, star of the new movie “Leaving the World Behind,” which premieres on Netflix on Friday the 8th, says that the end of the world is a good time to indulge in some treats, including hamburgers and alcohol.
Sam Esmail’s new movie (Mr. Robot) is set during a family’s vacation, which takes a chilling turn when two strangers show up in the middle of the night seeking refuge from a cyber attack that becomes more and more terrifying. In this situation, everyone must assume their role in a world that is falling apart. He films It also features actors Mahershala Ali and Ethan Hawke, and was produced by former US president Barack Obama. Roberts plays a self-absorbed wife who watches the modern world collapse around her during a luxury vacation.
The actress talked regarding what really scares her and why she had a pair of very rude socks made following making the film.
Q: What would you do on your last day if the world was regarding to collapse?
Roberts: If I had 24 hours, I would stay with my family, lots of cheeseburgers and a huge amount of alcohol, chocolate chip cookies, hugs and kisses and, wait for it… maybe sleeping pills. But it’s not going to happen.
-Many things go wrong in the movie. Which ones would terrify you the most in real life?
-Natural disasters, because they are more realistic and also because Mother Nature, she doesn’t care what people think.
– One of his first phrases in the film is “I hate people.” Was it fun playing that type of character?
Roberts: It was really fun to play that, because I really love people and I think I’m very open and friendly, so I love that opening line. Now I have socks that say “I hate people.” I love the idea of playing someone who adopted that kind of mantra and what it really means. How can you live in a world full of humans when you have that kind of feeling inside?
– In your career you played unfriendly characters, has that been an option?
Roberts: I don’t think it’s an option where I thought regarding playing someone likeable or unpleasant. I think it has to do with everything that’s in the broth. It’s not regarding being friendly or unfriendly, it’s more regarding how it fits with what’s going on inside everything (in the movie).
Q: What is the message of the film?
Roberts: I think it’s that we’re all in this together, the feeling that we really are a thousand and one versions of one good thing, which is humanity. Oh, and cooking!
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