Anya Taylor-Joy Collects Rocks!
And Miles Teller Collects Everything Else
“What’s a Pog?”
COLLIDER: So we’re at CCXP, and a lot of people here collect things.
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Is there anything that you guys collect or used to collect?
ANYA TAYLOR-JOY: I used to collect snow globes because I wanted to collectsomething.
But my heart wasn’t in it, and now I collect rocks.
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Do you take rocks from a location?
TAYLOR-JOY: Yeah, I’m really sentimental.
MILES TELLER: I collected baseball cards, Pogs, Hot Wheels.
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What didnt you collect?
TAYLOR-JOY: What’s a Pog?
TELLER: Oh, baby.
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TAYLOR-JOY: How do you spell it?
I’ll show you after this.
TAYLOR-JOY: Okay, cool.
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They’re not as collectible as baseball cards.
TAYLOR-JOY: I missed out.
Jumping into this film it blends a whole bunch of genres together for its own new thing.
What was it about this one that said, Yes, I need to do this?
TELLER: I agree with all of that.
Miles echoes that sentiment.We’re always looking for something that feels original, and this was entirely original.
Two highly-trained operatives become close after being sent to protect opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. When an evil emerges, they must work together to survive what lies within.
I just thought it was so incredibly creative.
I really felt for both of these characters.
you’re able to’t carry it inside you we know what the ramifications are of that.
So, I was just so excited to film those scenes with Anya.
It was duking it out with WiFi.
Of your career, what shot or sequence has been the most challenging to pull off and why?
TAYLOR-JOY: [Laughs] I love that you immediately go there.
TELLER: We go on the ground, and we kind of roll up.
TAYLOR-JOY: We shot it for a whole day.
TELLER: It was almost an entire day just for that dance sequence, just for that one shot.
TAYLOR-JOY: Just for that one move.
And when we got it, it was a major.
At any point, was it like, This is a big production.
How do we not have WiFi?
TELLER: We had WiFi, but youre in the soundstage.
TAYLOR-JOY: In the soundstageinthe tower.
Just figuring it out.
[Laughs]
TELLER: Problem-solving.
Making movies, you run into the most ridiculous obstacles.
you’re free to’t make it up.
TELLER: Because you’re a slave to clouds and weather.
I am a huge fan ofDune.
Has Denis [Villeneuve] asked you to save any dates next year forMessiah?
The film is being made, and I am so thrilled to be a part of it.
TELLER: He hasn’t asked me to save a date.
I think I can say that, right?
I’m not in that movie.
I can’t wait.
I mean, he’s still writing.
It could be that you are a huge part of the movie.
TELLER: Stop it.
You know you’re getting nowhere here.
She can’t sayanything.
TAYLOR-JOY: I wont talk!
Is ‘Top Gun 3’ Really Happening?
“If it’s coming from Joe, then there you go.”
So, is it really happening?
TELLER: I mean, if it’s coming from Joe, then there you go.
TAYLOR-JOY: Nice rhyme!
TELLER: We’ll see what happens.
That’s all I asked.
But there’s a lot of excitement on both ends from the fans and from theTop Gunteam.
TAYLOR-JOY: I’m a fan.
I am really looking forward toMichaelbecause of Antoine Fuqua.
I’ve spoken to him and you play a big role in that as Michael’s lawyer.
What was it about that project that said, I want to do it?
What can you tease about it?
TELLER: From the time I was a little kid, Ive been fascinated by Michael Jackson.
He’s the greatest performer of all time, in my opinion.
He was such a complicated individual, and I think we’ll get to explore that.
Michael’s nephew, Jaafar [Jackson], is playing Michael, and its uncanny.
TELLER: Oh, hell yeah, dude.
It’s the King of Pop, baby.
It’s gonna be a rock show.
So you just signed on for an Apple TV+ series calledLucky.
What was it about this material?
This is my love.
So, getting to be on both sides of it is really fun.
Is this a series, or is it more limited?
TAYLOR-JOY: It’s more limited, the way that I’m understanding it as of now.
And thats all Im going to say about that.
For both of you, I’m sure that you are looking at other scripts.
Have you started thinking about what else you might be looking to do next year?
TAYLOR-JOY: It never gets old.
So, I’ll see.
It will be her first TV project since ‘The Queen’s Gambit.’
I can’t imagine what that’s like.
It must be amazing but also daunting to know that you’ve got to be on for that long.
TELLER: Well, it’s hard to say no to the stuff that’s really great.
If I got a great script today, I would show up tomorrow.
It’s got to be exciting.
What’s coming up for you?
I am excited for that, too.
That has a very unique concept.
TELLER: Very unique concept.
Then we’ll see.An Officer and a Gentlemanis something that were filming next year.
The Gorgeopens in theaters on February 14, 2025.
When an evil emerges, they must work together to survive what lies within.
