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Florence Pugh & Lewis Pullman | Bestie Test

The stars of Thunderbolts* quiz each other on their most-used emojis, first impressions of each other and more.

Released on 05/01/2025

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There was food placed in front of him.

He was like, Ah!

Like, shaking for burger and a milkshake

and that takes real dedication, so I think -

Especially when you don't even see it on camera.

[Florence laughing]

What was your first impression of Lewis?

I remember instantly laughing with you.

Like, and that just continued throughout the whole movie.

So very, very funny.

Very clever and very funny.

That was my first impression.

And I also knew in the first rehearsal

when we were going through the script and seeing which bits

that we liked and which bits that we wanted to change,

instantly feeling relaxed.

I was like, Okay, cool.

I've got a great scene partner

and he's a really good crack,

so this is gonna be a fun experience.

My first impression was you being like,

I need to have my dog on the-

On the studio lot. Yeah.

And we were all like, Yeah, you should have your dog.

And you're like, But it's not allowed.

There's no dogs or animals allowed.

And we were all like, That's absurd.

And you were like, I know.

And you were like, I think I'm going to,

and you did the most Thunderbolty thing,

you were like, I'm just gonna bring my dog anyway-

I'm think I'm just gonna say, No.

[both laughing]

And I was like, That is amazing.

And we had your beautiful dogs-

Yeah, we did. On set.

And it was so, so great.

What is Florence's most used emoji?

Recently it's the person doing a cartwheel.

So cute. So cute.

So effective for anything.

Like, if someone says, Are you coming out tonight?

Just send them that.

Or you're like, Are you up for lunch?

Send them that.

Or, Hey, did you do the laundry?

Send them that.

It's honestly brilliant.

Because when you have fucked up

and you haven't done something, it's even funnier.

Right?

No. Woo! [Lewis laughing]

What is Lewis's biggest ick?

Oh, I don't know these questions.

I also don't like ick.

I don't like the term ick.

I don't believe in the ick.

I think it's really shit

and it only really associates to men

and I don't like that either.

People fuck up and that's absolutely fine.

Why are we making a big deal about it?

Yeah. Anyway.

I don't know your ick and I don't care about your ick.

Thanks.

Because I embrace all of you.

I don't have any icks. Okay.

Who would play Florence in her biopic?

Do you think it would be a cool movie?

No way.

No way.

There are plenty of more important

and more brilliant people that could deserve a biopic.

I can't even speak.

Yeah. I do think I want to throw my hat in the room.

I would love.

Okay, okay, now I changed my mind.

If you were playing me in my biopic,

I would actually help fund that.

Okay, and I would pitch in quite a bit as well.

I would genuinely love to see that.

Who would make the better action hero in real life?

Actually you, because-

That's simply not true.

[both laughing]

Go ahead.

Okay, my because was, because was,

he did so much prep for getting into physical shape

for being his character and he was so dedicated

and I remember the day that he was allowed

to have a burger again and it was like he'd been,

like, shut out in the desert for weeks

and there was food placed in front of him.

He was like, Ah!

Like, shaking for burger and a milkshake

and that takes real dedication.

Especially when you don't even see it on camera.

[both laughing]

What original Avenger would Lewis be?

♪ I don't know what original Avenger ♪

I actually think you would be a really funny Tony Stark.

Could you imagine you as Tony Stark?

Cannot.

I know, it would be hysterical.

That's another movie I would love to make

and then never release.

[Florence laughing]

Just for us to watch.

Yeah, just for us at little home viewing.

Who is funnier?

You or, Lewis.

That's not true. It is true.

That is not. It is true.

His comedic timing is brilliant.

He also just loves to laugh at himself,

which is just the true key to any person that's funny.

We- [both laughing]

And also he made me laugh the most on set.

Oh, I guess I spent the most time with you on set.

Yeah, we spent a lot of time.

But we're both delirious on set together

'cause at the beginning of the shoot

when we were still trying to figure out

how we were gonna make days,

the shoot would get longer and longer each day

and we'd be finishing on a Friday

at like 10:00 PM 11:00 PM at night

and that was when we were truly going, like, really cuckoo.

Really bonkers.

There's some really, really crucial scenes in the film

that we did at the end of a day with, like,

five minutes left.

Yeah, it's quite mad actually,

the scenes that are in the movie that we shot

at 10:00 PM at night on a Friday.

Just pivotal, pivotal. [Florence laughing]

And we were like.

[Florence babbling]

What surprised me most about working with Florence?

Probably my smell.

I never really smelled ya.

[both laughing]

Which is a surprise

'cause we were doing a lot of running around.

Oh, yeah.

I would say what surprised me most

was how I generous you were

with kind of, like, just helping guide me,

you know, into this crazy thing.

And I think, you know, without being like,

Let me help you.

You know?

It was a very sneaky way that I didn't realize

was happening until, you know, midway through,

I was like, Oh, she's been very much taking me under.

I'm trying to avoid the taking under the wing-

Well, 'cause it sounds a bit weird.

Then I really would smell ya.

But, yeah.

'Cause then you really would smell me.

Yeah, I think it's entering the world

and entering these movies is a really big deal

and you don't really realize in the moment what's happening

and it's really intimidating

because there's a lot of moving parts

and because when you are the new person,

there's so much that you're trying to process

that you don't realize that you have, you know,

power in certain situations or that you can help a scenario,

you can help yourself in scenarios

and I just think it's really important

that there is someone, like I had, you know,

Scarlet was that for me, to have someone that is just

allowing you time to process things

and allowing you moments to take control of scenarios.

So, yeah, I thought that was just an important thing

for me to do for you.

I don't know how I would've done it without it.

Aw! Thank you.

You're welcome.

Starring: Lewis Pullman, Florence Pugh