Name: Issa Rae & Director Stella Meghie Break Down the First Date Scene in 'The Photograph'
Uploaded: 2020-03-25T19:45:23.000Z
Duration: 10 min 4 s
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- I love hip-hop, so there's certain things

Sentences with would like

I would like to think of as bars in the movie.

- Try that again. - Let's try that again.

- And I am Issa Rae, one of the actresses in The Photograph,

Like I'm not tryna buy Kanye pillows [laughs],

- [Stella] I wrote The Photograph about five years ago,

it started off kind of with an idea you wouldn't think of.

It was my grandmother kind of being reunited

with a daughter she had not seen in over 30 years,

and I was experiencing what she was experiencing.

And ended up flipping that into kind of more romantic love.

As things started picking up to get it made,

I'd just done an episode of Insecure with Issa.

She was like a trash person but I really liked her.

No I got to see the nuances of all her performances,

and so when we were getting close to green light,

- Thank you so much, that's a compliment.

And was honored that she thought about me for it.

I was like "Oh where is the best friend character,

- [Stella] The scene that we're breaking down is,

or Michael as he is called in this movie.

We shot it at Indochine in New York City,

we were really looking for something that felt layered,

will show you all the dishes. - The food is good there.

- Yeah, It's funny 'cause with Indochine,

I was looking for the place and my production designer

and I 'kept being like, I don't think it's right.

And he was like "Please, let's just go see it."

And when I walked in, it was the color palette of our film.

Like, these jewel tones, these dark greens,

and the deep [bleep]. - You see the lights

Even the plants and they kind of added to the pastoral vibes

It was kind of based on a real date that I've had.

And you guys really getting to know each other,

and being kind of really close in proximity.

and even though putting you back there didn't add

of just like, "No, it's not right here, It's here."

- [Stella] We tried it a few, - [Issa] Back to this spot.

And it was like amazing because I wanted you guys,

and only could see each other in the moment.

I really wanted to start creeping in on their conversation,

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