![]() ![]() I just really lucked out in terms of the people that came aboard. It’s almost like a snowball of sparkles! You’re just getting to add all of these amazing, talented people into the mix of your vision and the hope is that they only make it better and better. What’s so beautiful about filmmaking is it’s constantly changing up to and through shooting, and then even in editing. Did much change from your initial vision of the movie while you were shooting? So we were doing everything in our power to stay in the moment but to be safe at the same time. It really does take you out of the moment a bit. That’s tough when you’re taking masks on and off and putting on shields. I really had to articulate with my words and stay safe and allow to have the freedom to get into the roles. ![]() So I was like, gosh, I guess I really better work on my communication skills because I’m going to have to articulate what I want! Which I don’t even know if I realised until not having the ability to show my face. It was a huge challenge because I’m a very expressive, animated, gestural person and director. How challenging was Fresh to film during Covid? You got to really want to dive in with me, otherwise, I don’t think it would have come across as genuine. In a lot of ways, if there were any other people who were like, ‘yeah, maybe I want to do this’ I was like, ‘that’s not the right fit’. They were really passionate about making this movie. I think Daisy, Sebastian and Jojo, and honestly, all of the characters, they all read it, wanted it and had a take. I think all of us had a different lens on, with the pandemic happening.īut that said, I knew that whoever was signing on to the project needed to be really committed, and have no fear of jumping into the wildness of the story. We were in a pandemic, so everything was Zoom, and everything was on the edge of not happening all the time! It was a miracle that we were able to make the movie! So it’s hard to imagine what I would have been thinking about in a normal sense. Mimi Cave (far right) saw herself in Noa (centre, played by Daisy Edgar-Jones) and felt challenged by Steve (left, played by Sebastian Stan). So I felt like I had a good handle on who she was. I felt like I related to Noa’s character so much and a lot of the truths in her life were the truths in mine. Then Noa… I just felt like she was me, to be honest! There were so many relatable factors. I was excited and challenged by his character. I knew that we needed to hone in on who he was. Steve is a really complex character and villain to try to tackle and I knew that we needed the right person to do it. What stood out to you about the characters of Steve and Noa? I just kept thinking about it and it kept churning in my head. I felt like it just wouldn’t like let me go. I knew that that was going to be a difficult line to toe. I knew what I wanted the film to be and I knew what I didn’t want it to be. It scared the shit out of me! I sat there and was like ‘okay, I’m going to give my version of this in the room, but in the off chance that I actually get hired to do this film…can I do it? Can I stand up to the plate? Can I strike the right tone?’ What was it about the script that really spoke to you? I think whatever I had presented in that room (which I’m sure I probably just blacked out), spoke to them and I think it was what they were looking for. I felt connected immediately to Lauryn, Kevin Messick and Maeve Cullinane. So I pitched on it as a director at the end of 2019. The script found its way to me and I felt like it was too bold of a script to not at least try to pitch on. When did you first hear about the script for Fresh? It’s bold, it’s wonderful and it goes in so many directions. I think that there’s a lot to get out of the story for a lot of different types of people. ![]() That is why we’ve described it as a story about the perils of modern dating.īut it’s so much more than that. We are not trying to give things away and we do want people to go in a bit blind. Gosh, isn’t it funny how the easiest questions are the hardest to answer? This film is so many things. To say any more about new movie Fresh would be doing it a disservice (seriously, this is one that has to be seen to be believed) so we decided to speak to the movie’s director, Mimi Cave (pictured above with stars Daisy Edgar-Jone and Sebastian Stan), about its bold script and directing the movie during Covid… How would you describe Fresh? She’s smitten after the first date and soon decides to accept his invitation on a romantic weekend away, which doesn’t quite turn out the way she expected. So when she meets Steve (Sebastian Stan) the old-fashioned way (well… at a grocery store), she decides to take the chance and give him her number. Dating can be a pretty precarious business at times but in Fresh, Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones) is starting to get really frustrated with the dating apps she’s using. ![]()
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