Will Sharpe

Oh, man.

I think there was quite a range.

No, you wouldn't find them on the internet.

I'm trying to remember.

I feel like there was one where it was like a bunch of crayons and I played the white crayon who was annoyed that no one was using him.

I think I did a song about like something to do with the Smiths, some kind of Morrissey parody.

I think it was just making fun of his lyrics.

I feel like it was something about a bicycle that has a basket and I ask it, are you a basket?

I can't remember, something like that.

I mean, I was drawn to it simply because I thought the script was sort of immaculate.

I thought it was so clear what the tone was he was trying to strike and the kind of line he was trying to walk.

I thought it was very precisely drawn and I understood what he was trying to say, even though it was something quite nuanced.

and was a fan of his, and from the first meeting with him felt like a creative excitement from talking with him.

And so I just wanted to be a part of that.

And it really felt like a small indie film when we were making it.

And obviously I believed in it creatively, but I had no sense that it would go all the way to the Oscars.

Well, so, I mean, from the very early conversations, Jesse was really clear he didn't want James to be obnoxious in any way.

Everything he does and says is so well-meaning.

He genuinely is passionate about this history and just wants to kind of make for a good trip for everyone and to, you know, educate them where he can.

And he was written as a kind of, like, fairly...