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"Garrett Hedlund on Brad Pitt in Troy and Friday Night Lights | Screen Tests | W Magazine"

Original Transcript by W Magazine

Edited Video Transcript by @/casual-video-transcripts is under the cut

[0:00] [Text on screen reads "W SCREEN TESTS WITH LYNN HIRSCHBERG"]

[0:02] [Text on screen reads "GARRETT HEDLUND"]

[0:03] Garrett Hedlund: I was raised on a farm, so...

[0:05] We only had like three television channels.

[0:07] I don't really remember the first movie I saw.

[0:11] I loved what films did.

[0:13] I would constantly,

[0:14] you know, go to the back of the VHS's

[0:16] and the address for Universal Pictures

[0:19] or MGM would be on there,

[0:21] and I'd just start writing to the studios,

[0:23] asking if I could be in their, you know, in a movie.

[0:27] And then...That's more of a what I remember, yeah.

[0:31] I don't remember my first audition really well.

[0:33] I just remember that I didn't do very well.

[0:36] You know, I think the phrase was after, "you sucked pond water".

[0:39] And that's a ridiculous phrase, but.

[0:41] [Garrett sputters.]

[0:43] I moved to Arizona when I was 14 to live with my mother,

[0:46] and I always wanted to be an actor,

[0:48] but being in Arizona, I was only a state away.

[0:51] I'd been flying from Arizona to Los Angeles

[0:55] for two or three years for auditions.

[0:58] Yeah, by myself.

[0:59] I'd get out of school and I'd fly into Burbank Airport,

[1:02] I'd get in a taxicab, I'd go to the audition.

[1:04] I'd taxi back, I found out I didn't get it,

[1:07] and then the whole while I'm back on Southwest, you know,

[1:10] flying back to Arizona, go to school the next day.

[1:14] Hee...

[1:15] I was 18 or 17-18, and I'd skipped

[1:18] my junior year prom

[1:19] to be this...to be this extra,

[1:25] and then by my senior year when prom was to go on,

[1:27] I was out in Malta, filming Troy.

[1:29] You know, it was funny, because, you know,

[1:32] the character Patroclus was,

[1:34] you know, [I'd] see little things, you know,

[1:37] references to him being a poet,

[1:39] and so I'd go up to Wolfgang and Brad the next day

[1:41] and I'd be like, "well maybe instead of this shot,

[1:43] maybe you could just have me on that hilltop over there

[1:45] just kind of writing a little bit."

[1:47] And... they were just, "yeah...

[1:50] yeah, that's a good idea."

[1:51] [Garrett pats the air like a one-hand shoulder pat and then chuckles.]

[1:53] Then after, you know, Troy, I went on to...

[1:56] go do Friday Night Lights, the football film.

[1:58] I played football for just a year in Minnesota

[2:01] and then a year in Arizona.

[2:03] But...

[2:05] I don't think was ever a -

[2:08] I think I, I was never really, I don't think I was ever the starter.

[2:10] Heh.

[2:11] I played like defensive end.

[2:13] I was always on defense, so

[2:14] I wasn't the glorious position.

[2:18] I wasn't the ball carrier, I wasn't the quarterback.

[2:20] I wasn't, you know, the one making the touchdowns,

[2:23] so I think that's where, you know.

[2:26] What draws me to certain different roles

[2:28] are the extremities.

[2:29] I mean, doing something completely different.

[2:31] I don't feel during the day that I'm the same person,

[2:34] you know, on Wednesday as I am on Monday,

[2:37] and our minds change, our ideas change,

[2:39] our opinions change constantly.

[2:42] I've been signed on to On the Road since 2007 or so,

[2:46] and I just,

[2:47] I remember reading the book in high school.

[2:50] I mean, I went online and looked,

[2:52] and it said Francis Ford Coppola's directing this,

[2:54] and I was like, "man, I'll never get a chance at this".

[2:57] [And] I still, I mean, we're halfway through filming

[3:00] and I still can't believe I'm a part of it.

[3:02] I auditioned in like March of '07,

[3:05] [and then] I found out on my birthday

[3:07] in September that I'd gotten it.

[3:09] I'd had to land in Chicago for a layover,

[3:11] and when I got to Chicago, my dad called me,

[3:13] sang me all of Happy Birthday,

[3:16] and then I land in L.A.

[3:17] and I get another call from

[3:21] home in Minnesota,

[3:22] and [it was]

[3:24] you know, it was news telling me that my father

[3:27] had dropped of a heart attack

[3:29] [Gasps from behind the camera]

[3:29] Garrett: after he got off the phone with me.

[3:31] So I was just like, I called him up in the hospital

[3:33] and I said, "you know, you can't do this, you know, it's my birthday."

[3:37] And he goes, "I know, son."

[3:39] And I said, I just got On the Road"

[3:40] [Garrett laughs softly.]

[3:42] He's like, "that's great, son."

[3:43] [Garrett sharply inhales.]

[3:44] So it was, you know, a weird balance

[3:47] of... you know...you know, when there's a great amount of good

[3:53] it can also be evened out by

[3:55] a great amount of sort of bad in a way.

[3:58] I sat down with lunch with Jeff Bridges.

[4:01] [Phone chimes.]

[4:02] Garrett: Sorry about this.

[4:03] [Garrett pulls his phone out of his pant pocket and then throws it away. You can hear the phone thunk against the floor.]

[4:06] [Multiple staff members behind the camera laugh and giggle.]

[4:07] Garrett: Hehe, sorry.

[4:08] If it was a car, it'd be out the window.

[4:10] [Someone behind the camera laughs.]

[4:11] Garrett: Just phones and gadgets and stuff,

[4:12] I'm not good with them.

[4:13] I don't appreciate them the way others do.

[4:16] It's like for me, you know when somebody gets a new car

[4:19] and they're so worried that scratch, you know,

[4:22] that first scratch, but after that everything's fine.

[4:24] I'm just saying, you know, everything to me in life

[4:26] is like the second scratch.

[4:30] [Text on screen reads "W"]

[4:31] [Text on screen reads

"director GREG BRUNKALLA

editor LYNN HIRSCHBERG

cinematographer SCOTT SANS

sound ROB CORSO

gaffer CHRIS FISHER

production assistant KALVIN LAZARTE

film editor BRUNX

production company LEGS"]

End of transcript

Video Channel: W Magazine

Video Description:

In this Screen Tests interview, actor Garrett Hedlund (Tron: Legacy, Troy, On the Road) explains how he blew his first audition (the reaction, "you sucked pond water") and how he blew off his senior prom to shoot a movie with Brad Pitt.

Transcript I was raised on a farm, so. We only had like three television channels. I don't really remember the first movie I saw. I loved what films did. I would constantly, you know, go to the back of the VHS's and the address for Universal Pictures or MGM would be on there, and I'd just start writing to the studios, asking if I could be in their, you know, in a movie. That's more of a what I remember, yeah. I don't remember my first audition really well. I just remember that I didn't do very well. I think the phrase was after, you sucked pond water. That's a ridiculous phrase, but. I moved to Arizona when I was to live with my mother, and I always wanted to be an actor, but being in Arizona, I was only a state away. I'd been flying from Arizona to Los Angeles for two or three years for auditions. Yeah, by myself. I'd get out of school and I'd fly into Burbank Airport, I'd get in a taxicab, I'd go to the audition. I'd taxi back, I found out I didn't get it, and then the whole while I'm back on Southwest, flying back to Arizona, go to school the next day. I was , or , , and I'd skipped my junior year prom to be this extra, and then by my senior year when prom was to go on, I was out in Malta, filming Troy. You know, it was funny, because, you know, the character Patrick was, you know, I'd see little things. References to him being a poet, so I'd go up to Wolfgang and Brad the next day and I'd be like, well maybe instead of this shot, maybe you could just have me on that hilltop over there just kind of writing a little bit. And, they were just, yeah, yeah, that's a good idea. Then after Troy, I went on to go do Friday Night Lights, the football film. I played football for just a year in Minnesota and then a year in Arizona. But, I think I, I was never really, I don't think I was ever the starter. I played like defensive end. I was always on defense, so I wasn't the glorious position. I wasn't the ball carrier, I wasn't the quarterback. I wasn't the one making the touchdowns, so I think that's where, you know. What draws me to certain different roles are the extremities. I mean, doing something completely different. I don't feel during the day that I'm the same person on Wednesday as I am on Monday, and our minds change, our ideas change, our opinions change constantly. I've been signed on to On the Road since or so, and I just, I remember reading the book in high school. I went online and looked, and it said Francis Ford Coppola's directing this, and I was like, man, I'll never get a chance at this. And I still, I mean, we're halfway through filming and I still can't believe I'm a part of it. I auditioned in like March of ', and then I found out on my birthday in September that I'd gotten it. I'd had to land in Chicago for a layover, and when I got to Chicago, my dad called me, sang me all of Happy Birthday, and then I land in L.A. and I get another call from home in Minnesota, and it was you know, it was news telling me that my father had dropped of a heart attack after he got off the phone with me. So I was just like, I called him up in the hospital and I said, you know, you can't do this, it's my birthday. And he goes, I know, son. And I said, I just got On the Road (laughs). He's like, that's great, son. So it was a weird balance of you know, when there's a great amount of good it can also be evened out by a great amount of sort of bad in a way. I sat down with lunch with Jeff Bridges. Sorry about this. If it was a car, it'd be out the window. Just phones and gadgets and stuff, I'm not good with them. I don't appreciate it them the way others do. It's like for me, you know when somebody gets a new car and they're so worried that scratch, that first scratch, but after that everything's fine. You know, everything to me in life is like the second scratch.

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