Zoe Kazan Fell Asleep On Set While Playing A Coma Patient

>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK.
MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS A WRITER, AN ACTRESS YOU'VE SEEN
IN IT'S COMPLICATED AND OLIVE KITTERIDGE, SHE NOW STARS IN THE
BIG SICK.
>> I GUESS I'M GOING TO GO HOME.
>> WAIT, WAIT, WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD SEX AGAIN YET.
>> YEAH, I'M JUST NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL, I ONLY HAVE SEX ONCE ON
THE FIRS DATE.
>> WOW.
>> YOU DON'T GET THAT BECAUSE YOU MADE FUN OF ME.
>> WHAT IS HAPPENING?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING.
>> I'M CHANGING UNDER.
>> HAVE I SEEN EVERYTHING.
DID YOU REMEMBER, WE WERE JUST HAVING SEX?
>> YEAH, BUT WERE YOU LIKE IN THE THROWS OF PASSION.
LISTEN-- THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I AM JUST GOING TO LIKE CALL UBER,
GO HOME AND I HOPE-- JUST-- .
>> PUTS ON HIS PANTS.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME ZOE KAZAN.
HELLO, THANK YOU.
HEY.
NICE TO YOU HAVE HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: SO YOU ARE WHAT WE IN THE INDUSTRY CALL A TRIPLE
THREAT.
YOU ARE AN ACTRESS, YOU ARE A WRITER, YOU'VE ACTUALLY JUST
WRITTEN A PLAY THAT'S OPENING IN THE FALL CALLED AFTER THE BLAST.
YOU WROTE AND ACTED IN RUBY SPARKS, AN INDY HIT.
OLIVE KITTERIDGE, IT'S COMPLICATED AND YOU'RE ALSO FROM
A FILM DYNASTY, YOUR MOM AND DAD, THEY'RE OSCAR NOMINATED.
>> THEY'RE BOTH SCREEN WRITERS AND DIRECTORS.
>> Stephen: WOW.
AND YOUR GRANDFATHER WAS THE GREAT ELIA KAZAN, ON THE WATER
FRONT, STREET CAR NAMED DESIREE, FACE IN THE CROWD.
>> YEAH, HE ACTUALLY HAD A-- (APPLAUSE)
>> HE HAD A CONTRACT, HE HAD TO PUT THE GREAT BEFORE HIS MEME
ALWAYS LIKE A ZAR.
>> Stephen: I WOULD FEEL BAD IF I DIDN'T.
HOW DID YOU GET INTO WRITING?
WAS IT JUST SORT OF LIKE THE FAMILY JUST EXPECTS YOU WILL BE
WRITING?
>> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.
I WAS LIKE A WEIRD LITTLE KID.
IT WAS LIKE TELL STORIES WITH MY STICKERS.
SO I THINK IT WAS KIND OF-- YOU KNOW, LIKE A SPHORREE BOARD,
LIKE THE BUNNY IS GOING TO GO OVER AND EAT THE MUSHROOMS.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT A WEIRD STORY UNLESS IT'S A DIFFERENT
KIND OF MUSHROOM.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THEY REALLY EXPECTED ME TO BE A
WRITER AND WERE PRETTY DISAPPOINTED AND SCARED WHEN I
SAID I WANTED TO BE AN ACTOR.
>> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT, BECAUSE DIRECTOR WRITER, SO
ACTORS FOR WRITERS AND DIRECTORS IS JUST PAINT ON YOUR BRUSH.
>> RIGHT, THEY ARE JUST MARIONETTES.
>> Stephen: THEY'RE FOOD ANIMALS.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: SO HOW DID YOU BREAK IT TO THEM?
>> I AUDITIONS FORKED SCHOOL PLAY AND GOT LIKE A LEAD PART
AND CAME HOME AND WAS LIKE I'M AN ACTOR.
>> Stephen: HOW OLD ARE YOU?
>> 14.
>> Stephen: OH YEAH, YEAH, IT WHAT WAS THE PLAY.
>> IT WAS THE DINING ROOM BY AR GURNEY WHO JUST PASSED LIKE A
WEEK AGO, IT CHANGED MY LIFE AND IT CHANGED MY PARENT'S LIFE FOR
THE WORSE.
>> Stephen: DO THEY WORRY ABOUT YOU?
BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT SHOWBIZ IS LIKE.
>> YEAH, THEY'RE TERRIFIED, THEY'RE SO SCARED.
THEY'RE WATCHING THIS, THEY'RE TAPING IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T
STAY UP LATE.
>> Stephen: ARE THEY LITERALLY TAPING IT OR DO YOU JUST BUY
THEM A DVR SO THEY CAN.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW FILM.
WE HAD KUMAIL NAN JANI ON LAST WEEK, IT IS A BRILLIANT COMEDY,
HIT OF THE SUMMER RIGHT NOW IT IS WHAT TRANSFORMERS WOULD BE IF
IT WERE AN INDY ABOUT TWO PEOPLE WHO MEET-- AND ONE OF THEM GETS
TERRIBLY SICK AND GETS INTO A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA.
>> YEAH, I THINK WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE ROBOTS THAN THE ACTUAL
TRANSFORMERS.
>> Stephen: NOW KUMAIL NAN JANI WROTE THE MOVIE WITH HIS
WIFE WHO IS EMILY GORDON.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: IS IT HARD TO PLAY THE PERSON YOU'RE DEPICTING IN
FRONT OF THEM WHEN YOU ARE MAKING OUT AND HAVING SEX WITH
HER HUSBAND?
>> RIGHT, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S BASED ON A TRUE
STORY-- STORY.
>> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH.
>> SO THEY'RE MAKING ME DO ALL OF THESE THINGS.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT HER FALL THAT I'M MAKING OUT WITH HER
HUSBAND.
>> Stephen: SO YOU WALKED ON THE SET.
>> YEAH, JUST HAD TO SHOULDER IT, THE CATERING, YEAH, PERFECT.
NO, IT IS SOUNDS A LOT WEIRDER THAN IT WAS.
PROBABLY THE WEIRDEST PART ABOUT IT IS THAT IT FELT REALLY
NORMAL.
BUT LIKE BEING AN ACTOR IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE DOING STOCKHOLM
SYNDROME ALL THE TIME, LIKE YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH THIS
STRANGER AN YOU'RE YEAH, SURE, THAT'S FINE, I'M IN LOVE WITH A
STRANGER.
SO IT IS WITHIN THE REALM OF MY ACTUAL LIFE.
>> Stephen: DO BE CLEAR, SHE'S NOT A SPY.
>> TO NOT A SPY, A REAL NORMAL PERSON.
>> Stephen: BUT SHE WAS THERE WHEN YOU WERE LIKE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW WOULD HE FEEL ABOUT THAT?
BECAUSE I HAD HIM ON THE SHOW, FIRST TIME ON HE SAID HE NEVER
EVEN TOUCHED A WOMAN'S HAND UNTIL HE WAS 18.
>> YEAH, I WOULD SAY LIKE KUMAIL IS A REAL GENTLEMAN.
AND HE ASKED EMILY HIS WIFE TO LEAVE WHEN WE MADE OUT BECAUSE
HE DIDN'T WANT HER WATCHING.
AND EMILY AND I ARE KIND OF LIKE, I THINK, A LITTLE MORE
LIKE, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING GOES, AND SO-- .
>> Stephen: A LITTLE MORE SEX POSITIVE.
>> YEAH, SURE, YEAH, DAN SAVAGE.
SO IT FELT, YOU KNOW, SHE CAME INTO THE DRESSING ROOM, KUMAIL
ASKED ME TO LEAVE.
AND I WAS LIKE-- AND THEN SHE LEFT.
>> Stephen: NOW YOU, YOUR CHARACTER, EMILE SE-- EMILY, SHE
BECAME SICK AND WAS PUT INTO A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND SO WHAT IS THAT LIKE TO ACT IN A COMA?
DID YOU HAVE TO DO A RIDE ALONG FIRST?
LIKE WHAT IS IT-- HOW DO YOU, AS AN ACTOR HOW DO YOU APPROACH
COMA.
>> WELL, AS IF YOU HAVE NEVER BREATHED NORMALLY IN YOUR LIFE
BEFORE BECAUSE YOUR ONLY JOB IS TO LIE THERE AND BE STILL AND
BREATHE NORMALLY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU ARE LIKE-- I DON'T
KNOW HOW TO BREATHE.
THAT YOU BECOME REALLY SELF-AWARE, IT IS REALLY BORING.
I FELL ASLEEP MANY TIMES AND WOULD WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF
TAKES AND RUIN THE TAKES BY WAKING UP SUDDENLY.
AND, THE MAIN THING IS THAT I WAS ATTACHED TO ALL THESE REAL
MEDICAL DEVICES THAT WERE ACTUALLY TAKING MY HEART RATE
AND STUFF.
SO THEY COULD HAVE MONITORS ON SET WITH IMAGES ON THEM.
>> Stephen: SO WHEN I'M WATCHING THE MOVIE AND SEE THE
HEART RATE THAT IS YOUR HEART RATE.
>> THAT IS MY HEART RATE, I THINK I THEY MAY HAVE CHANGED IT
BECAUSE MY HEART RATE IS REALLY GOOD.
SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE REALLY SCIK.
I WAS REALLY STRAPPED TO THESE THINGS AND THEY ARE LIKE YOU
CAN'T GET UP BECAUSE IT TAKES 15 MINUTES TO UNSTRAP YOU.
SO THE CREW WOULD LEAVE TO GO SET UP FOR THE NEXT TAKE AND I
WOULD JUST BE STUCK THERE FOR LIKE 45 MINUTES ON MY OWN.
SO I WOULD HIDE BOOKS UNDER MY BACK SO THAT I COULD READ IN MY
HOSPITAL BED BETWEEN COMA TAKES.
(LAUGHTER) IT'S MORE INTERESTING THAN AN
ACTUAL COMA, PROBABLY.
(LAUGHTER).
>> Stephen: I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT, I DON'T KNOW, I
HOPE YOU NEVER FINE OUT, HOW ABOUT THAT.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: IT WAS LOVELY TO MEET YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
(APPLAUSE) THE BIG SICK IS IN THEATERS NOW.

Zoe Kazan Fell Asleep On Set While Playing A Coma Patient

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