Downsizing interview: hmv.com talks to Hong Chau & Christoph Waltz

With Alexander Payne's latest film arriving in cinemas this week, we spoke to Christoph Waltz and Hong Chau about their roles in Payne's new movie, Downsizing...

[@keikei3301]

This film is so underrated. It should have received more recognition and Hong Chau deserves an OSCAR for her performance. She’s brilliant and was a scene stealer! She gave a solid performance

[@renancariaga2244]

After watching the movie.. it's kinda strange, to hear Ngoc tran (hong chau) speaking straight english.. she's such a great actress, with unique beauty.. 👍

[@YaRememberTHISQuestionmark]

I bet she had plenty of sweet relatives, friends, and may be even family to base Ngoc Lan's accent off. A little overplayed but I still found it somewhat endearing ha ha

[@timpage5021]

Hong Chau is beautiful.

[@terencelandonpalma4167]

I just watch it just this end of december 2019..i just love the character of Ngoc Tran..i am filipino i can relate to it..as i do encounter people with different nationalities who are less fortunate to speak fluently english.well done!

[@fatmaozkahraman4764]

Some Religion angels /fairy nature rule says when someone changed body such as 2274/1 or more over upper than RATE , they are responsibility of 309 years or 39 ancestry but it says we RE poorly :( He can be alien , or he can come space life ... İncredible changing ... When Hollywood actors is older than before, they can be closed God ! Generally belived that when someone killed , after that goodness more over than The Other attitude , they can be fairy for responsibility of nature circules power, Whereas The movie is showing us downsizing meaning you RE in need The Other one helping ... I never thougt Any homosaphiens shorter than shorter ... Generally that downsizing symbol used giving punishment of some guilty such as rapid , killer etc . After That punishment made Object and then burned /burried and after all who has qualty goodness , they can turn back fairy life with task such as helping circules of natural life power . That is different mentalite such as before of all take punishment and then this paid give Any heaven such as between fairy and homosaphiens ... But some Science saying all creature have tide of unseen contact about life circules .. that means Any butterfly wings can change anywhere life is That Asian is Vietnam or any where she makes me funny , she is more focused than Others . When i watched that movie , i feel stupidly smiling

[@buckrogers5331]

You can't blame Christophe for his cold attitude in this interview. Could be back history with this reporter. Also, it's the reporter to turn things around.

[@HexNicki]

i just noticed in the background i noticed it duscan and paul talk in that one part of the movie there is a picture of christoph waltz with a cigar in his mouth when he was younger idk if i'm the only one who noticed that it's hanging up behind duscan i thought that part was ironic lol

[@cayenne_letizia]

I saw that too ! So hilarious 😅

[@vidojearsic6746]

Waltz legend😁!!! It's not Dusan It's Dušan

[@bobstamenkovich2323]

Duša is soul, Dušan is male form. Čudno da se od ženskog roda izvodi muško ime, ko bi rekao :) Mada, postoje i ženska prezimena.

[@ManuELLA0919]

just watched two days ago in Netflix .. hope there will be another version of a movie..

[@Darkmausi]

why? Is anything wrong with the Netflix version?

[@readtousauntiecharlene9748]

Christoph Waltz looks really bored. 3:52 I would be too doing these junket interviews, being asked the same questions over and over. He seems very irritated by this particular interviewer. 4:10 5:12

[@sashana8310]

I agree that junkets can be repetitive but I think he was a little bit rude(?) or blunt should I say? "What did you expect from me?" & "don't use me as an instruction manual?" as an actor part of the job is to promote the movie - don't agree to do junkets if easily bored by them, is just my two cents.

[@elchibrolito4217]

He's pissed he did such a shitty movie. His worst role.

[@artlesscalamity]

This movie is not good, but these two are the two best things about it.

[@mikofi]

This is a really poor interview. The journalist had no idea what to ask about.

[@datboiderrty]

Ok ok I’m Asian. Her accent is 100% authentic. Vietnamese tend to speak their language in a high nasally tone, it’s their way even the men do it. So naturally they do it with English as well. Nothing racist about it… tired of this sjw appropriation bs. Grow the heII up

[@NC-oc3ld]

Amen. White people trying to save Asians against themselves. They just can’t help trying to be the white savior.

[@JLuew]

I’m glad being Asian makes you expert on Vietnamese accents 🙄

[@NC-oc3ld]

@@JLuew it does because I’m also a Vietnamese refugee. Thanks for playing

[@JLuew]

@@NC-oc3ld Are you the author of the original post to which I have replied to? Your response is irrelevant if my post did not address you directly…

[@NC-oc3ld]

@@JLuew does it matter? He has my endorsement. It’s obvious we know more than you about Vietnamese accents. All this SJW BS has got to stop. I don’t hear anyone saying Tom Hanks awful accent in Elvis is racist. Here you have a Vietnamese refugee actress playing a Vietnamese dissident with an accent and all these SJW idiots screaming “racist” just so they can look like some hero saving Asians from being exploited. If this isn’t white savior syndrome I don’t know what is.

[@patricedhanis3546]

I missed this flick...never saw it in the theaters

[@arete_]

WTH is up with the interlacing in the video? Still rocking that Mini-DV handycam?

[@KLNDR]

First time suspecting something was up Christiph's ass this interview was when he wanted to ensure the reporter would properly call him a douche... made perfect sense, considering Waltz's bizarre and awkward demeanor throughout.

[@scottganthner5708]

I love this movie. Don't get me wrong matt you were very good you both are good. But she made the movie. I love the part. They send me hippie card.

[@kyerras2211]

2020😌

[@bhoqeem1975]

I can see Waltz is not really a patience man. I get it, though. Press junket is GRUELING. Part of the job, sure, but it IS grueling. You HAVE to make it fun yourself, otherwise, it's a torture.

[@mastersway5134]

Christoph woke up on the wrong side of the bed that day----geez

[@Feral6-h3g]

I hope Christoph Waltz was just in a bad mood, otherwise what a douch, did I spell that correctly lol.

[@mackenzieennis4843]

Douche* but, honestly, if I were asked the SAME questions about a movie I'm staring in over and over for years, I'd get fed up too, wouldn't you?

[@44Tloc]

Waltz kommt mir schon ziemlich überheblich vor,steigt ihm das Geld schon in den Kopf? Von Österreicher zu Österreicher,so super bist auch wieder nicht,Herr Am dam des!

[@Tonybc99]

they should have left the girl with his normal voice, her accent in the movie is horrible and ugly

[@erickflores01]

😂 Not even gonna lie. Her accent was my favorite part of the movie.

[@Wolfsschanze99]

Her accent was very accurate, 10 out of 10 for Hong's Character.

[@chauvinhkim5158]

Đó là giọng khi phát tiếng anh thật của người Việt Nam 🤭

[@landajimmy]

Easy, racist.

[@ath8107]

With the advent of Vietnamese women, movies are no longer interesting

[@coleaperry]

Broken English accent - so lame. Act like a stereotype, make money off it- then complain when the majority believe that stereotype

[@100Hasake]

Shut the fuck up loser

[@spewter]

I trust Hong Chau to know what a new English speaker from Vietnam would sound like. I really liked her character and was moved by her performance. It didn't feel like a vacuous stereotype

[@natedang8880]

It’s not a stereotype, I am vietnamese and i confirm there are actual people around me who speak like that

[@TomAnderson7]

She said that her inspiration came from her parents. So where’s the stereotype? Do you know what stereotype means? It means something that is common and true, but not always

[@artlesscalamity]

She plays a character. The character is a recent refugee. The accent and broken English is appropriate for the role. She “makes money off it”? You mean she literally does her job? Oh, the horror.

[@elchibrolito4217]

Her acting was so stupid, cliché, almost racist .

[@putte8594]

You are a sad little human aren't you..

[@elchibrolito4217]

@@putte8594 NO quite happy. Is there a problem with me having an opinion about her overacting ?