David Duchovny, Logan Marshall-Green, & Stephanie Beatriz 'Reverse The Curse'

[00:00:00] David, Logan and Stephanie, thank you for joining me today on Press Day. Exciting times. You know, I watched the movie last night as a father to a six year old boy, this whole baseball bonding in between the it got to be by the end of the movie. Good.

[00:00:25] Let's start with you, David. First, you know, like I'm a diehard Red Sox fan, by the way. So that's even more of a bonus for me. We see you as Marty. How do you prepare to portray a character like this and with the connection to a sports team?

[00:00:39] Well, I guess I'm a Yankee fan from way back, but I like the Yankees when they were bad. So I'm not like a front runner Yankee fan. How did I prepare?

[00:00:53] You know, it was it was weird because up until, you know, maybe a year before we did it, I was thinking of playing Logan's character. And so I was always I was always thinking that I would do that.

[00:01:06] And so when it came time for me to decide, oh, yeah, I'm too old. I've got to I'm going to play Marty. It was it was quick. It was a quick turnaround for me and it was a quick shift in my head.

[00:01:18] And actually, Logan was quite helpful because when we go through the book, he read the book and we would we'd go through the script. He was actually pitching me. You know, most actors pitch, you know, extra lines for themselves, but he was pitching extra lines for me.

[00:01:31] And I was like, well, fuck that. You know, I'm just barely hanging on trying to memorize this part now, you know, and give me more work to do. So it was it was a quick turnaround for me.

[00:01:42] But, you know, one that I knew in my soul pretty well from having written the book. Speaking of Logan, you know, with Ted and everything, you know, how do you take a drastic measure to like your character jumps in to help his father throughout his journey also?

[00:01:57] Could you ask that question again? I didn't really hear. Well, you mentioned about, you know, your version of Ted also, you know, like we see you transition from like, you know, like a failed writer to, you know, like peanut slinger,

[00:02:09] as you say, you know, right into like, I'm going to go help my father now. He's sick and everything. How do you describe that journey of Ted? Well, you know, there's I mean, the journey itself was it was interesting because it kind

[00:02:25] of I was we, you know, he obviously comes into his life after leaving it for some time. But there is somewhat of I always found kind of a selfish, opportunistic Teddy in the beginning.

[00:02:42] He sees opportunity maybe for not the book he would eventually find and explore and heighten. But, you know, for his own sake, because he just could not find a story or his voice.

[00:02:56] And I think in a way like he's Teddy kind of in the beginning is a little selfish, even though you would think going to his dad's house is somewhat selfless to help.

[00:03:07] But I found, you know, kind of the flaws in both of the generations of men in them. And I think David and I both wanted to kind of lean into the similarities that they he couldn't escape as much as he tried.

[00:03:21] And and certainly Teddy has his selfish choices. And I think so does but, you know, so does Marty. And and I think that that was fun to kind of try to get away from and and fail because

[00:03:35] that's what we all do. We try to get away from our moms and our dads. But we fail miserably. Stephanie, I have to I've got to ask you, you know, your your character, the death specialist, as they're saying, you know, like what did you enjoy about this character

[00:03:51] and how would you like how did you decide to play this character? Well, I actually did a bunch of research before I even talked to David about this film because my dad was dying at the time. And so I bought all these courses about nursing and palliative care.

[00:04:11] And I was doing that sort of role for my own family. And so when David and I talked about the film, it felt like it felt kind of like kismet, like when else in your life are you going to get offered a film about being a

[00:04:24] death specialist when you've just been that role for your own family? So I was kind of ready to jump in. I just knew I knew what I had been doing for my own family and how I've been taking on

[00:04:36] the role. And I just took that as long as well as the the test that, you know, the film starts with, which is the book. I just felt kind of like weirdly ready to dive in to the deep end with it. Last question for all three of you.

[00:04:54] What do you hope for when the viewers tune into watch the movie? What do you hope to take away from it? David, we'll start with you. I mean, I think any any really good movie is a movie that you that opens up a

[00:05:08] conversation as you're leaving the theater, you know, and I think that this is one that can open up plenty of conversations between family members, fathers and sons, fathers and daughters. It doesn't matter. And I also think that, you know, I think it lives on after you've seen it.

[00:05:24] I think I think it stays in your head. And I think, you know, just on a bare bones level, the movies that I love, the movies that I grew up loving are ones that make you laugh and cry. Those are the ones that I aspire to make.

[00:05:34] And I think this is that as well. Logan, I second exactly what David just said. I would just specify I hope that people want to have a conversation and maybe not just with people they went to see the movie with, but maybe they call their mom

[00:05:50] and their dad and have a really good conversation or that tough conversation. Stephanie, let's end this with you. I hope that people kind of recognize that our own families and loved ones in this

[00:06:05] film. And I hope I really hope that people walk away from it, embracing the idea that there can be a lot of joy and laughter within the journey of grief. Hmm. David, Logan, Stephanie, I want to thank you for giving us today on Press Day.

[00:06:21] This was great. I can't wait for you to watch. I've already been telling people today at work. It's a must watch movie. Thank you. Thank you. Have a great day. Thank you very much.