The Housemaid Behind The Scenes #5 (2025) 4K

Cece, my daughter, is played by Indiana Elle and quite smart and very funny. I'm just really attached to the character. She's kind of easy to play because at home I'm a little bitchy, you know, just like, um, I mean I'm not demanding but I'm just, it's just an easier part to play because I am a little sassy at home. I'll do anything. I'll clean. I'll set boxes. I'll scrub toilets. I just really need to get out of here. You're leaving? What? Indiana, the way she played Petulant, so great but there's a second layer to it. You really just kind of fall in love with her. You said you needed to get out of this place on the phone just now. You misheard me. The character is actually based on my younger daughter. Some of the things specifically were things she did and said and she's been asking me who's gonna play me in the movie. I showed her the picture of Indiana and she's like, yeah, she looks good. I told you Cece was having a sleepover tonight. There was no need to make a scene. This is how you allow the help to dress in your home? Andrew's mother, played by Elizabeth Perkins, who is frighteningly phenomenal in this. Your hair is fabulous. Thank you, darling. Not a rude insight. She's got striking silver hair and posture and grandeur and beyond accomplished performer who we're lucky to get in this film. Andrew was trained in this way by his mom, by Mrs. Winchester, who we wanted to be an imposing figure. We went with Elizabeth Perkins, who's so incredible and just a force, a shadow over his life. Andrew loves these dishes. Put them somewhere safe. When I was reading the book the first time, I don't think I could have ever imagined that we ended up with this fantastic of a cast. It's been really cool to sort of see the thing that we thought was like an awesome idea expand beyond anyone's imagination. The medium of publishing and literary is different than the medium of visual storytelling, but we have really used the book as our blueprint for the fans of the book. There will be moments and things that they will recognize and love that people who haven't read the book won't know, but both will be fully entertained. When you're reading a book, the reader is the director in their mind, and so they see the movie in their mind. They've directed it. They've cast it. They've made it. They see all of it, so then you see someone else's version of it. So there's always going to be this disconnect, but I really hope that we touch a lot of people's imaginations when they see this. I have a really good feeling about this, Millie. I do. Me too. It's a classic setup. Everyone's beautiful. They bring this gorgeous girl in to be their housemaid. Clearly, we're already going like, all right, something's going to happen here, and then by the end, it all falls apart. What the **** do you want? Pull out your ******* tooth. I was drawn to Millie because her entire life fought for her friends, and she stood up for what she believed was right versus wrong, and I love a character that's strong-willed like that. When you meet her, you have to think she's just a sort of like innocent girl who's down on her luck, who's very earnest and nervous, and once the twist happens and it cracks her open, you're like, oh, wow, like there's a lot going on inside you. These cups, they're like little doll cups, Andrew. Millie, stop it right now. Stop it right now, Millie. A gravy boat? Andrew, I love ******* gravy. That one just does not want to break. Working with Sid is fantastic. She's a lot of fun on set and is very intentional with her approach to Millie. You look at Sid and her eyes are just wide and curious, and her reaction to me as Nina, it's fun to watch. I want you to feel safe here through your door, as requested. Thanks. Working with Amanda has been a dream. I grew up the biggest fan of her. It takes me like 25 takes to really like find my, find my comfort. We only have two, though, so. We only have two. It's gonna get cut. Our dynamic is that we very much like each other, and we all play around, and that's essential to having a sane experience on a movie set. Is everything okay? I've been making, oh, yeah. Can I get you anything? Oh, um, yeah. I mean, I can always use more coffee. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. Actually, can you get me a fresh one, because I'm still working on it? Yes, ma'am. What a mess. Oh, we're just talking spring fundraiser. Please save us with a theme idea. Stop lurking. Nina had the hardest trajectory because we meet her, we think she's the greatest person in the world, and you're supposed to really hate her by the middle of the movie. She's push and pull. She hates me. No, she likes me, and then suddenly she's losing her mind in the kitchen. Action. Nina. Where are they? I'm speaking as Nina right now. I'm ******* ---- up. Where what? My PTA notes. Where are they? I didn't see any notes. Bullshit! One of the scenes where I was like, oh, yeah, I want to act in this movie. Really, truly my favorite scene, of course, is going to be the kitchen scene where I'm throwing ---- around because I do whatever I want to do, and the camera's going to follow me. And having that kind of freedom is so essential to a performance like that. What's going on? Billy threw away my notes for the meeting tonight. She threw them away. Nina, why don't we go check your office? I made sure to shoot it kind of handheld and keep the cameras kind of crazy and a little unsettled. She just nailed it every time. This is on record as the most fun character I've played since Karen in Negroes. Lost a few fake nails. Oh, ****! Lots of dynamics. Love it. I love throwing stuff, and they're ready for me, so I'm going to go do it again. At one point, I threw a dish on the floor and almost hit Sydney, and I was like, I'm sorry. I got carried away. But she's, of course, beyond a team player. She welcomes it, and I almost feel bad at this point for Sydney and Brandon because I really do have the best role in this. I do. You ruined my entire day. I'm sorry. Brandon, he had a very difficult role, too, because he has to be sort of the greatest guy in the world for the first half of the movie. He's so wonderful, and everything he's doing for Millie is great, but when you look back on it, it's really cliched, what do you say, how he lures people into his web. I mean, all I've ever really wanted to do was to be a husband and a father, honestly. That's really sweet. Brandon's been amazing. He's a great scene partner, and it's such an interesting and different role for people to see him play. Brandon is starting to show the sparkle of that sociopath, and it's really fun because he's been staying back a little bit, like really playing the nice guy, the sexy dad. He plays such a good actor in the movie because he has to act like he's just the perfect girl dad, but he tortures Nina, and he sucks. I hate to break it to you, sweetheart, but your roots are making a break for it. He would just seed in little things of the way he would hold somebody or react to something in a way that you're like, oh, he's a nice guy. Oh, I guess he just had a You hungry? Not after seeing your roots. It's all about duality. Everything with him is a contradiction, so finding ways where he's consciously manipulating and finding ways where he's unconsciously manipulating, looking very sleek and then playing it more boyish and charming and playful and then looking more intense. As a costume designer, I go to Paul and we talk about each character. That feeds me with the fuel that I need to take to the actors, which then becomes a significant process because they'll put on a costume and often you'll hear them say, ah, now I see it. It arms them with additional information to play a character. Thank you for clicking on our video, everybody. If you like what you saw here, please make sure you like the video and subscribe and share with your friends who like this sort of content. Joe Blow remains an independent company and we appreciate all of your support.