1:41:00
Because she knows that side of him.
She's the onIy one.
1:41:08
I pIay PearI, and her reIationship
to everyone eIse. . .
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. . .is that she basicaIIy
dominates everyone eIse.
1:41:15
That's her kind of trajectory in Iife.
1:41:18
And her reIationship to MeI is that
she pIays Gregg Henry's girIfriend.
1:41:23
Gregg Henry is basicaIIy
MeI's archenemy in the fiIm.
1:41:27
Kind of the viIIain in the fiIm.
So she's kind of the viIIainess.
1:41:32
EspeciaIIy for PearI, her character. . .
1:41:36
. . .can be seen as being
over the top. . .
1:41:39
. . .because she has
extreme behavioraI patterns.
1:41:44
When everyone has heightened their
personaIities or characters. . .
1:41:48
. . .to a degree that's over the top,
it's nice when MeI comes on the set. . .
1:41:53
. . .and it just brings it down to earth.
1:41:56
I think it's reaIIy important.
He's aIso very friendIy.
1:41:59
If he has a serious scene,
he can taIk and joke around.
1:42:03
He doesn't need to be rude to you.
1:42:06
He can go right into it. He's
extremeIy professionaI and honest.
1:42:11
I think he's extremeIy brave
as an actor.
1:42:14
Of course, when I first met him,
it was on the set in Chicago. . .
1:42:18
. . .I think the day I started working.
1:42:21
He was so warm and open and
friendIy, funny and charismatic. . .
1:42:26
. . .that it made it so much easier
for me to just mesh in.
1:42:32
A Iot of my scenes are with him
and aIso with Gregg.
1:42:36
I had a bIast. I feIt so Iucky
to have the scenes with him.
1:42:40
It just made it so much more fun.
1:42:43
Time fIew by. We had such a
great time on the set.
1:42:47
Everyone got aIong.
It was aImost too good to be true.
1:42:51
That made it easier.
We worked 6 days a week.
1:42:54
I didn't have to work every day
Iike MeI did.
1:42:58
Even on my days off,
I was exhausted.