\t\t\t\t\tGore Verbinski, Haley Lu Richardson, Sam Rockwell, Zazie Beetz and Michael Pe\u00f1a pose at the Good Luck, Have Fun, Don\u2019t Die<\/em> photocall during the 76th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Grand Hyatt Hotel on Feb. 13.<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArturo Holmes\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tThere was some peer pressure?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tI\u2019ve never felt more energy from the photographers on a red carpet or press line or photo call or whatever they\u2019re called than the photographers here at [Berlinale]. You do one thing that\u2019s wacky or untraditional, and they are like, \u201cDo it 20 times now! Do it again, but on your head!\u201d I fall easily into the trap of \u201cdance monkey,\u201d but I had fun doing it. I can\u2019t help who I am. I\u2019ve surrendered to it at 30. This is the way I am for better or worse.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tI\u2019ve been wondering why you weren\u2019t in Kogonada\u2019s <\/strong>A Big Bold Beautiful Journey<\/em><\/strong>. I thought you\u2019d be in all his movies. Besides there not being an optimal role for you, is it because <\/strong>Good Luck, Have Fun, Don\u2019t Die<\/em><\/strong> shot at the same time?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tDid it?<\/p>\n \n\tYeah, according to the internet, both began shooting in April 2024.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tActually, I do remember texting with Kogonada while we were both filming, but no one asked me to be in A Big Bold Beautiful Journey<\/em>. And it\u2019s okay. I forgive him.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tPerhaps you could\u2019ve played the bride at the wedding Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell meet at, but it\u2019s such a brief part that maybe Kogonada didn\u2019t feel like it\u2019d be worth your time.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tAt one point, I had sent a headshot to Kogonada, and I think [Columbus<\/em> co-star] Rory Culkin did as well. Our headshots were going to be a little Easter egg in the scene where [Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Kevin Klein] send Colin on his way, but I guess he cut them out. [Writer\u2019s Note: Richardson proceeds to have a coughing fit that becomes a running joke the rest of the interview<\/em>.] Good Luck, Have Fun, Don\u2019t Choke to Death<\/em>. I literally started choking on my own breath and words. Thank you for bearing with me.<\/p>\n \n\tOf course. I\u2019m guessing <\/strong>Zi<\/em><\/strong> more than made up for your <\/strong>Big Bold<\/em><\/strong> absence?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tYes, Zi<\/a><\/em> was the perfect experience to have with someone like Kogonada, and it was also just a gift of a creative experience in general. I don\u2019t know if you know about the nature of how it all started and came to be, but it was pretty unique and independent and amazing.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tAll I know is that it was a response to all the rigamarole he experienced on <\/strong>Big Bold<\/em><\/strong>. He wanted to get back to something pure and without a lot of fanfare.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tWell, in the decade since we met on Columbus<\/em>, we\u2019ve maintained this beautiful friendship and respect for one another. Every time we meet for lunch or coffee or talk on the phone, we\u2019d both share stories from what we\u2019ve been working on and how we\u2019re growing as artists and as people. Some of them have been a part of the big machine of the industry. It has its upsides and positive challenges, but it also has its soul-crushing bits that definitely distract from the reason why we both really love to tell stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tFor the last few years, he\u2019s been talking about wanting to do something that\u2019s just truly independent and pure with a very small group. I\u2019ve been waiting for it to be the right time and for him to have the spark of an idea, and then he asked me to come to Hong Kong [in October 2025]. I ended up learning a lot because all we had were our instincts, and that takes an immense amount of trust in your collaborators. It also really connected me to trusting myself more, which is super valuable in life and specifically with acting.<\/p>\n \n\tI can\u2019t wait to see it. Were you able to read the <\/strong>Don\u2019t Die<\/em><\/strong> script without your reps giving away the major spoiler in the movie?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tYeah, no one spoiled it for me. They were all really excited for me to read it because a great script, unfortunately, is rare to come across. My mom read it before me too. She read it the day that it was sent to me, and she was like, \u201cHaley, I\u2019m not going to tell you anything about it, but I know you\u2019re going to want to do it. You need to read this right away.\u201d So I listened to my mother, and she was right. Then I manifested that Gore would let me do it, and he did.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tAsim Chaudhry, Juno Temple, Michael Pena, Sam Rockwell, Zazie Beetz, Haley Lu Richardson in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don\u2019t Die<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Briarcliff Entertainment<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tWe\u2019ll touch on the spoiler later. Does your mom usually function as your script filter\/personal reader?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tMy mom reads all my scripts and sends me emails titled, \u201cMom\u2019s two cents.\u201d She actually has incredible instincts. She\u2019s right 98 percent of the time. It\u2019s pretty cute and pretty helpful.<\/p>\n \n\tYour character, Ingrid, has electromagnetic hypersensitivity. She\u2019s allergic to technology, especially cell phones and Wi-Fi. Thus, she\u2019s a rent-a-princess for young kids\u2019 outdoor birthday parties because they generally don\u2019t have phones yet. Has this character and this movie altered your screen time at all?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tShe definitely did while we were filming. I went method-lite and deleted Instagram<\/a> for the few months we were in South Africa. I also never brought my phone to work. So instead of having four to six hours of screen time a day, I had maybe 15 to 30 minutes, and that was a really amazing, inspiring reset. Since then, I\u2019ve definitely gone through phases where I\u2019m sucked into the vortex. And next thing I know, three weeks of my life goes by and a third of it was spent on the phone doing shit.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tPart of what drew me to the themes of this movie and specifically to Ingrid was the fact that I\u2019ve always had this awareness\/deep resistance to social media in general. I do love my Instagram, and it does suck me in, but I definitely value being present and living my life so much more. My friends have said throughout my life how bad of a texter I am. It\u2019s because when I\u2019m hanging out with people, I\u2019m rarely the person who\u2019s checking texts. But I do think that playing Ingrid and the thoughts that this movie provokes have made me even more aware. That\u2019s not to say I got a flip phone. I, unfortunately, still have an Instagram and a smartphone.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\")
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