Olivia Wilde: Dating, Double Standards & Dealing with Scrutiny
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What challenges did Olivia Wilde face regarding double standards in her career?
What is up, daddy gang? It is your founding father, Alex Cooper, with Call Her Daddy. Olivia Wilde, welcome to Call Her Daddy. Hi, daddy. I'm so excited to meet you. Likewise. It's been a long time coming. Yeah. I have so much respect for you. You have had such an incredible, impressive career. Started as an actress, still are an actress, then obviously evolved into being a director. And I just feel like you have been at the center of some of the biggest conversations for women and motherhood and ambition and relationships and everything. public everything like you're it girl so I'm so excited to talk to you today ditto in all the ways last night let me paint the picture yeah take me through it so I get into bed I get all my favorite pregnancy snacks yes I sit back relax put on my heating pad and I turn on your new film and I had no idea what to expect because at first I was like I saw the trailer yeah but it still let it was kind of ambiguous and like I didn't know what to expect
The invite is so incredible. Screen time zero. I didn't pick up my phone. Whoa. Well, because you throw us right into it. Yes, yes. And it was so incredible the way that you explore modern relationships in a very nuanced, psychological way. It was right up my alley. It's amazing. Seriously. It's so you.
I'm so happy that you watched it and that, I mean, we are both – Perelheads. We both love Esther. Esther is all over that shit and was our literal consultant. And we have to talk about that. Yes, we have to. But I'm so happy that I can discuss it with you because it deals with so many of the things that you bring up so eloquently with your guests. And it's relatable for so many of us going through relationship dramas in every single way.
Well, that was what I found so fascinating was... I didn't know what when people were telling me like, oh, my God, Esther Perel was involved. I'm like, what does that even mean? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And she was a consultant on the movie every single time I've ever sat down with her because she's been on the show multiple times. She reframes everything for me. She reframes my life, intimacy, relationships. What initially drew you to her work?
Well, she was my shrink at one point. Oh, yeah. Years and years and years and years and years ago, I learned about her.
How does Olivia Wilde's new film explore modern relationships?
I read Mating in Captivity 20 years ago, and it blew my mind. And I was immediately drawn to Mating. her and her completely original perspective on relationships and on individuality within relationships. And it felt like it was smashing this idea apart that we had all I had been raised with, which was the idea that you kind of needed to be in relationship with someone else as opposed to like, who are you individually within the relationship and all the responsibility one needs to take within a relationship. But I have to tell you, I don't think I understood it 20 years ago, and I spent then 20 years of, like, going through relationships and then made this movie and suddenly felt like I understood Esther.
And, okay, so... When I read the script, Rashida Jones and Will McCormick had written the script, and it was based on a Spanish play that was turned into a movie, and this English language adaptation arrived, and I was like, this is so fucking funny and real, and it feels like it has Esther vibes. And I asked Rashida, I was like, did you talk to Esther? She's like, well, she's obviously so she inspired it, but we haven't sat down with her yet. So I was like, let's get her in here. We sat down with her. We asked her to come on board as an actual consultant. And then she became our guide through the whole thing. And then Penelope Cruz based her character on Esther. And so you get to kind of almost hang out with Esther through Penelope.
okay first of all the fact that you actually had her at your shrink that is the biggest flex can you imagine no like i i can't but also like i don't i wonder how many clients she actually has but to be one of hers that's an honor and a privilege and scary and she's tough you can imagine she's tough she would she she like holds your feet to the fire she does she'll be like bullshit
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What challenges did Olivia Wilde face regarding double standards in her career?
0:01–2:37
2
How does Olivia Wilde's new film explore modern relationships?
2:37–7:58
3
What insights does Olivia share about motherhood and objectification?
7:58–10:15
4
How has Olivia's perspective on marriage evolved over time?
10:15–14:09
5
What role does vulnerability play in Olivia's creative process?
14:09–19:42
6
How does Olivia navigate public scrutiny and media narratives?
19:42–25:23
7
What lessons has Olivia learned from her experiences in relationships?
25:23–29:04
8
How does Olivia view the connection between beauty and power in her career?
29:04–1:43:15