Maggie Gyllenhaal

And I spoke to Jesse the way I would speak to myself, like the way I sort of wished someone would speak to me, you know?

And with Jesse, it just went in like water.

And then I tried to talk to Olivia Colman that way.

And she was like, what the fuck are you talking about?

And I really quickly, like on the job, had to realize, oh, right.

No, of course.

Like, I can't talk to my husband the way I talk to Jesse either.

He's also like, fuck off.

What?

You know, so that was such a pleasure to me, actually.

That was actually, I would say, one of my absolute favorite things about The Lost Daughter was learning, oh, what language is it?

With this person.

And then bringing that to the bride.

I mean, like, how does Penelope Cruz want to be talked to versus Annette Bening?

Like, Annette, I realized I would get so excited by what she was doing.

I would come to her with, like, three notes on top of each other, and she just would not have it.

She wanted one at a time.

And made that very clear to me.

Whereas, like, you know...

Jesse just wants to sort of take it all in and whatever sticks, sticks.