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Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson are back together on screen! The Hollywood stars reunite after Marriage Story for James Gray's new film Paper Tiger, and we caught up with them at the BFI London Film Festival premiere.

Adam Driver reveals why he'd NEVER go into business with his own family, jokes about surviving the 1980s (and those shoulder pads!) and discusses reuniting with Scarlett Johansson.

Scarlett opens up about working with Adam again after their acclaimed performances in Marriage Story, the sacrifices women make, how her perspective on success has changed and why she still loves acting.

Plus, writer and director James Gray talks about bringing Paper Tiger to life, working with an incredible cast including Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller, and the classic New York black-and-white cookie!

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Transcript
00:00I really love my job.
00:02They have very broad shoulders, so to have shoulders on top of it, I would look like a foot soldier,
00:07I think.
00:08Did he really say shoulder pads? God, is he witty.
00:11Hi, I'm Lucy. Love to see you. This film is amazing.
00:15It's all about the American dream and how it can go spectacularly wrong.
00:17How has your success, idea of success changed as you've got older?
00:22How has my idea of success changed as I've gotten older?
00:29That's an interesting question.
00:31I think my idea of success to me has become more personal, I think, as I've gotten older.
00:40I think when I was younger, my idea of success potentially had more to do with how I was reflecting
00:47out into the world
00:49and comparing myself to others and you spend more time, I think, looking out as a young person
00:55and trying to take sort of cues from your surroundings to understand what success is.
01:02And I think as I've gotten older, I see it more as something that's a personal journey
01:07and not something that can be defined by what's happening outside.
01:11Exactly. And Adam was on this. You obviously know him from a previous amazing marriage story.
01:16Was it like going home, seeing him again?
01:20Yeah, I think in a way, yeah, it was.
01:23I mean, we have shared such intimate work together that, you know, just coming back together
01:29and doing more intimate work feels lived in in a great way.
01:35Yeah, and your character really shows the fragility of life.
01:37Did you come away with anything after this character?
01:41What did I come away with after playing this character?
01:45I think, you know, the character is really someone who is, I think, really selfless
01:53and is, you know, someone who, I think, it gave me an opportunity to reflect on a woman's condition
02:04and the sacrifices that we made.
02:07And, you know, it's just an interesting, you know, it's a kind of interesting reminder to spend time in that
02:15place.
02:16Live your life, yeah. You're amazing. Thank you so much.
02:18I hope you get all the awards.
02:20I really love my job. I'm really lucky that way. I love my job. I understand my job, I think,
02:29the more I do it.
02:30And I have such a deep appreciation for all the creatives that come together to make, you know, a film,
02:37a play, a photograph, all of those things.
02:40I mean, all that medium of entertainment are in those ways. I just really enjoy the collaborative process so much.
02:47Yeah, of course. Obviously, I'm a big Marvel fan. I had to ask Avengers to just become, or Avengers to
02:52become the highest person movie of all time.
02:54What's your reaction to that? Did you notice?
02:56No, but I think, I mean, it's, you know, I think it's a fantastic film. You know, I remember when
03:03it, you know, seeing it for the first time, I was so amazed at how emotional it was and that
03:10you could have such a deeply, you could, you know, it took all the history that we've had with those
03:15characters that we've had for a decade of time.
03:17And, and, and, and really, you know, I think delivered in a way for fans that was, like, very profound.
03:26And also, it looks amazing. It's like a movie that shouldn't work, but it somehow works. And I, I mean,
03:32I'm glad that audiences still enjoy it as much as they do because it's a, it's a great film and
03:37I loved making it.
03:37It's a cinematic experience. And just very quickly, Adam Snow joined the MCU. Could we see all the previous films
03:42like maybe Jonathan Bailey?
03:43Oh, cute.
03:44I would love that.
03:45I want to see Jonathan Bailey in every universe.
03:49Lovely to see you. Can you feel better?
03:51Yeah. Allergies. I told the same thing to everybody.
03:55I did.
03:55Oh, cute.
03:56No, maybe a couple.
03:57Oh, I love that. So let's go back to the 80s. What would you struggle with, do you think, for
04:0124 hours, if you've got to live in the 80s again?
04:03Yeah. The shoulder pads. Yeah. I already have very broad shoulders. So to have shoulders on top of it, I
04:09would look like a foot soldier, I think.
04:11He'd have to turn them down a little bit, James. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
04:14What about who you would not go into business with in your own family? Anyone in particular?
04:19Going into business with anyone in my family is a bad idea? Anybody. All of my family.
04:25I love that.
04:26Yeah. I don't know that there's anybody I would go into business with. So I got nothing. All of them.
04:32All of them would be a bad idea.
04:33I see Scarlett down for this one. Talking about family. Was it just being home again, being on set with
04:38her? Because obviously you've been there before.
04:41Yeah. I mean, if you can get it, which is the difference between, big difference between theatre and film is
04:46you have a lot of time in theatre to be with people, you know, a month at least.
04:50Unless you sometimes just have two days or you're showing up on set and acting with them. So we didn't
04:55have to, we didn't need a lot of time to feel comfortable with each other. And usually people work best
05:00from being comfortable. So it was, it felt easy.
05:03Yeah, amazing. I hope you win things for this, Adam. You were amazing.
05:06Oh, thank you. I didn't tell you earlier, but I really did.
05:07No, no, it's all right. Thank you. Thank you very much.
05:09Oh, I love this color. I told you that.
05:11I know. Thanks, babes. Have you had a good day?
05:14Well, it's all right. I mean, it's, yeah.
05:17I would ask you, you're back in the 1980s.
05:20I'm kind of freezing though, if you must know.
05:21I know. Let's just do some star jumps again.
05:22I know. I didn't anticipate it being this cold.
05:25What's the one thing from the 1980s, if you had to live for 24 hours in there again, that you'd
05:29struggle with, do you think?
05:32That I have to struggle with? I don't know, getting murdered. What do you mean?
05:37It's like the most dangerous city of all time back then. That's what I would struggle with.
05:42Yeah. Don't you think?
05:43Well, um, Adam said shoulder pads. A little bit different.
05:46Oh, you mean, all right, well, he's going to be, yeah, because here's the difference. He's witty and I'm, I'm
05:50a ridiculous person.
05:52But you're a very, very good writer and director, I must say.
05:54I already liked you. Go ahead.
05:55Thank you very much indeed for bringing Scarlett Miles and this guy together, Adam.
06:00Who kept you on your toes the most?
06:03Oh, it was all of the above. Are you kidding? These guys, they're tough on me.
06:07I mean, they're great, but you have to watch, you know, you have to pay attention.
06:11Who's toughest on me? I don't know. All of the above.
06:14Just say Scarlett. She knows what she likes.
06:17Shall I say Scarlett?
06:18Yeah, yeah, do that.
06:18No, but they're tough on you in a great way.
06:20Yeah.
06:20Because they're fantastic and they do different things in different takes.
06:23So you have to pay attention.
06:24Yeah. And I really love New York.
06:26You can't just phone it in.
06:26I've seen with a black and white cookie in it one day, please.
06:30Because I need, I need that.
06:31A black and white cookie.
06:32Yeah, the famous ones.
06:32So I'm really bad at those because I eat down the center because I want both, both.
06:38I want them at the same time in each bite.
06:41Yeah.
06:42So it winds up with like an all white and all like brown part.
06:46There you go.
06:46And my kids want to kill me.
06:48I love it.
06:48So no, you wouldn't want my black and white cookie.
06:50Thank you so much.
06:52Did he really say shoulder pads?
06:54God, is he witty.

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