Q&A Panel on Waitress - Nathan Fillion

Q: What is the film about from your perspective?
A: “it is a great film about people looking for fulfillment in life. Even though it deals with pregnancy and motherhood, I don’t see this as a women’s movie. I don’t see this as being about motherhood either or about being pregnant. It is about people trying to be happy. It is the same thing that we are all doing in our everyday lives, just trying to make choices. It looks at what kind of choices people make and whether we make easy choices or more challenging ones, that might be more rewarding in the long term.”

Q: Can you talk about who this guy is, on the face of it, it is outrageous what he does, having an affair with his pregnant patient, how did you perceive him?
A: “He’s hardly a dog, he is not a bad guy at all. We have two people here and they are both being unfaithful to their partners, yet we forgive them. We forgive Jenna very easily, because she’s obviously in an abusive relationship, although it is harder to forgive my character, it is true. From what we see of Dr Pommater’s relationship, his wife is beautiful, she’s a doctor, she’s affectionate, they seem affectionate together too. But we all know couples like that don’t we? You can never really tell what is going on behind closed doors. Couples may seem really happy on the surface, then we find out: Oh my god they’re getting a divorce and we cannot understand why because they seem so perfect, so what could possibly be the problem, what went wrong, we wonder? But really, who are we to say how hearts communicate and what might either draw people together or pull them apart. It is all about people who are obviously searching for something to fill a void within themselves and make choices to try to be happy. These two people came together because they see a chance of happiness and love. “

Q: What was the appeal of this film for you?
A: “Well first of all I thought it was a very pretty little story, I thought it was a very cute little slice of life tale. I had no idea how emotional it might be when I started the project; I didn’t have the vision that Adrienne obviously had about what these characters have to say. In some ways, the story seems to be larger than life, yet it is really just a simple, tiny little story. I love it because it speaks to me so clearly I think about my own daily choices every day in terms of how to find happiness.”

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“Waitress” Actors Jeremy Sisto and Nathan Fillion

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In this EI video interview, Matthew Irving (Cinematographer) talks about working with the late Adrienne Shelly and about capturing her WAITRESS vision.

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FS: What was your reaction when you first heard that Waitress was going to premiere here?

NF: I was ecstatic of course, I was very, very excited - however we found out that we were accepted right after we found out that [director/writer] Adrienne Shelly had passed. So, everything that’s been very, very positive and very, very exciting and everything that’s given us cause to celebrate, at the same time is a bit of a pang about if only Adrienne could be here to share it with us and be excited with us.

FS: So do you think its paying homage to her to be able to show it here and hear crowd reactions?

NF: You know what, this is a beautiful movie, it’s a really sweet movie. I read it and I thought ‘this is great, I’d really love to be part of this movie.’ Then I heard about the cast that was going to be involved and I’m fans and I’m thinking, ‘I need to be in this movie, and if I get that chance, I’ll be happy.’ And there I am, you know you do the best job you can. But from the [script] to the cast, you can’t put that together and say ‘I know what this movie’s going to be like, I can tell what it’s going to be like.’ So seeing the movie for first time yesterday, I was amazed, because I wasn’t around for any of the process. I forced them to show me a couple scenes when I had to go do my looping. I’m amazed, proud, very, very excited about how well it’s done. And of course I think it becomes a little more important that it does well and that more people see it simply because now it’s become a legacy.

FS: I truly loved it, I have to say. I was astounded by it, I didn’t know what to expect going in and honestly I loved it.

NF: Thank you for that. Cheryl Hines I thought was so frickin’ great. Keri Russell - you have this woman that has no love in her heart anymore, there’s no love in her life, in her environment. Nothing intimate - not that she’s unlikable, not that she’s, ‘feel sorry for me, I’m sad.’ She was just so… she had a dry heart. Jeremy Sisto - one of these things where, I understand he’s the bad guy, I understand I’m supposed to hate him, and I do. But then as the movie goes on, because of what Jeremy’s doing, I don’t hate him. I feel sorry for this guy, I pity this man, I have sympathy for this idiot. He’s got no clue. It hit me on a lot of levels. And even seeing Adrienne in there - I thought it would be a lot harder watching the movie than it was, because I was taken, I was transported, I had to see these characters. I think also by virtue that I hadn’t seen the movie yet. I wanted to see how it ended. Until right at the very end the little walking into the sunset, that struck a chord with me. It had extra meaning, so to speak.

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Waitress Cast Interview with Keri Russell and Jeremy Sisto - click the play button to begin

Keri Russel and Cheryl Hines talk about Andy Griffith’s sweet little performance in Waitress - click the play button to begin

Keri Russell and Cheryl Hines chat about their co-star, Nathan Fillion. AKA The Doctor - click the play button to begin

Keri Russell and Cheryl Hines discuss the script of the movie WAITRESS, written and directed by Adrienne Shelly - click the play button to begin

This waitress on a little adventure was actually once a waitress in real life. How was she? - click the play button to begin

Keri Russel and Cheryl Hines talk about Adrienne Shelly’s direction that led them both to be pleasently suprised with Waitress - click the play button to begin