There’s an endorphin rush that comes in playing live music as well.
Yeah, that rush is probably a similar rush that actors have, especially on stage. I also have experience with the comedown, which is gnarly because your adrenaline is through the roof and then afterwards you’re like “I’m so tired!” But playing live in the movie was so fun, especially because we had our whole crew there and they were out best audience and it was just fun to see their reactions because we had been playing in this little pod that nobody had seen, so to play it for the first time on set and to see everybody dance and jump around and be excited, that added a whole other element to the filmmaking process. We also played live at Sundance and that was really our first time playing.
I missed that!
Yeah, we played at our after-party. It was truly terrifying. I was a wreck before and I’ve done so many things, so many scary things, like being in front of a mass amount of people, but there’s something very scary about playing music and singing that is infinitely scarier.
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How was the performance?
It went pretty well, we played four songs and Pat Benatar‘s “We Belong.” That was really fun. Both Adam and I were saying afterwards, “What just happened?!” We totally blacked out. So now we’re gearing up because we’re going to start playing live again in a couple of events. We’ll keep you posted [laughs].
I love what Fred Armisen brings to this movie, how did he find his way into this project?
I had never met Fred, but we had mutual friends and I reached out through the proper channels, his managers, the agents and he read the script, but the biggest challenge was scheduling because he’s so busy, like he’s never not doing something. But once we hammered down all the kinks in the schedule, he was in, and it was such a dream come true because I’m such a huge fan of his work, and to have someone that is that incredibly funny, but also that talented musically, was just unreal for the film. And I will say, I haven’t said this in an interview yet, but last month Fred texted a screenshot of his old notes in his iPhone notepad, it said “November 2008 Zoe Lister-Jones,” which means that, for some reason, he marked me down years ago as someeone he wanted to work with, and I burst into tears [laughs].
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