Promising Young Woman Interview: Bo Burnham, Carey Mulligan & Emerald Fennell

Promising Young Woman marks the feature directorial debut of Emerald Fennell who you might know as Camilla Shand on The Crown. She’s also got two Primetime Emmy Award nominations to her name thanks to her work as showrunner on the second season of Killing Eve. Now she continues to make a huge impression on the industry by writing and directing her very first feature film - a bold, vibrant and provocative dramatic thriller with an unforgeable performance from Carey Mulligan.
Catch Fennell, Mulligan and Bo Burnham talk about their experience making the movie at the Collider Studio in Park City in this video interview!
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[@looney1023]

I love Bo's chaotic good energy. He seems to always break everyone he's with

[@quanticprophecy]

All the times Bo made Carey Mulligan laugh 2:57, 3:35, 9:38, 10:27, 11:12

[@FaiaHalo]

Ha, I loved this comment ,

[@vokasimid5330]

Its not 10:27 but 10:34

[@anzie679x]

NEEDED THIS THANKS

[@73brook]

You are a saint

[@AwesomenessHippopotamus]

The way he puts the microphone down lol

[@lo9098]

I cant believe im watching this interview for bo not for carey

[@spideyparker139]

Same

[@lickthismiff]

Bo's face at 11:11 when the question about seeing people in a different light comes up! It's like "oh just you wait"

[@ironicinorironic.]

Omg that makes so much sense

[@haskna]

Bo's wink at 11:13 kills me

[@michaeldonovan4793]

mulligan is one of my favorite actresses...she's so intelligent and vulnerable at the same time...

[@TiggyFuego]

watched it for bo burnham but damn im glad that i found it cause it was really good

[@Tamarind525]

I love this movie. I didn’t know Bo Burnham when I first saw this movie but after I saw his 2020 Netflix special (Inside?) I love this movie on a whole other level because of it. What a lovable man, and how much more devastating the role of his character in this movie because of it. Delicious!

[@linguineimpasta]

i like the part at the beginning where the interviewer announces the name of the event they're at and bo looks off into the distance like he's reading a banner of the name lol

[@hugablestpersonever]

I just wantd to say that this interv iewer came up with very interesting questions that I'm sure Carrie, Emerald, and Bo appreciated!

[@1271ninthcrusade]

Glad to see Bo moving on and doing other projects in the film industry

[@MrWhangdoodles]

Considering Inside I wondered if he had broken somewhere along the way.

[@JennaaMallonnn]

Bo’s “history” with Adam Brody is that they’re Eskimo brothers because of Lorene Scafaria. The problem is Bo thinks he’s not famous even though he is, and he can say little comments like that and no one’ll get it. Well, actually, you are famous, Bo. And we get it. Be careful lmao

[@bigfan1041]

Im sure he cares

[@JennaaMallonnn]

I could be wrong but he strikes me as the kind of guy who wants to maintain a private personal life

[@kimberleygrace247]

fyi "eskimo brothers" is a slur and shouldn't be used

[@PageandPlant4Life]

@@kimberleygrace247 There's a safe space in the corner honey. I know it's hard to hear that a woman slept with two dudes that know each other

[@Eatmywalnutz]

Why do that matter?

[@bman342a]

She's a doll, great energy, intelligence, class. Love her in The Crown.

[@rogerscollier7424]

Also she’s great in Call The Midwives and as well as her writing with Killing Eve.

[@sre1236]

Was such a unique movie refreshing for a change but dark

[@inbrooken5602]

Carey Mulligan is an amazing actress. She needs more difficult and risky roles

[@sharnw1044]

Absolutely loved the movie! Definitely had me thinking for days after! Bo is brilliant missed seeing him so much

[@LeeannG]

It was actually pretty refreshing to not hear any of the questions I expected to hear. Great interviewer

[@amandahauns960]

Thank you for Making This movie. It helped me heal and realize I made the right choice and not pressing charges because I’m pretty sure it’s the same university that this movie is referring to....

[@jrhooman]

I hope you're doing better

[@lemon4087]

Speaking up, raising complaint, etc. is not to win. It's to tell your truth, n maybe help a future person in their case or by motivating masses mentally. Ofc you don't owe anyone anything n maybe years passed for your time, n hence the crime expires. But from now on, the least we could do is speak, let our word get recorded, make it a solid physical thing. You don't even have to fight the case. Whatever we do is NOT for us, it's for the future.

[@EyeLean5280]

These are really good questions, actually. Good interview!

[@EmyRulz300]

really great questions and interviewer!

[@greglarry11]

Nice job on the interview.

[@96unicorns]

This film was just everything!

[@elsergecruz]

My favorite film of 2020! Carey Mulligan was spectacular!!

[@kurayamiknight2337]

Still thinking about the movie months later

[@cynicshminic]

hahaha. "i was almost in drive"

[@4dultw1thj0b]

Nooo Bo getting mistaken for craft service 😂

[@daria7076]

Director articulate herself like Kate Winslet, probably because they are both British :) however it seems she is also as talented as Kate. For a debut this was a very good movie and Kate also started out kind of in ,,Titanic" which turn out to be a hit. So I wish that Emerald and Carey will get their Oscars as they deserve it.

[@A_YouTube_Commenter]

Strongest recommendation.

[@MegaGeNeRaLEE]

Holy shit THATS where I know Carey! Drive is a brilliant masterpiece of a film

[@MarkelleRayneeSheree]

Well she was also Daisy in the Great Gatsby remake and one of the sisters in the Keira Knightly Pride and Prejudice. Been a fan awhile! Lol

[@XxJiiGSAWx]

Anyone mad at this movie is a self-identifying "nice guy"

[@BitterJoyXx]

????

[@casmeraki]

I will now show any guy that I ever date this movie and if he doesn't "get it" then that's my que to leave! 🤣

[@DancingVioleta]

9:38 omg 😭

[@aesthethicc69420]

I like how bo needs to lean to the left so he can fit on the thumbnail

[@joancaic2853]

I cry at the end of the movie. Maybe the best Harley Quinn's movie evah, TBH.

[@BitterJoyXx]

It's not a Harley Quinn movie, however Margot Robbie did help write the script.

[@davem3295]

where can i watch it

[@Bia-bm9gn]

omg they're so funny

[@blackmirror352]

if Bo ever sees this, when are you going on tour again? :,)

[@fullcoursemeal5925]

MemeDream he’s probably never, he’s not in the best mental state.

[@GrayLZ]

@@fullcoursemeal5925 I think he's in a transitional mental state right now. He's doing what he's happy with right now, film. I think Make Happy was a fitting farewell for the moment, an admission of his mental instability and movies like Eighth Grade and Promising Young Woman are rehabilitating him in a sense. Bringing him back to a place where he would feel comfortable laughing again.

[@GrayLZ]

@@elongatedmanforever1252 ? I need to see this lol, pretty sure that’s exaggerated...

[@GrayLZ]

@@elongatedmanforever1252 Okay, so you don't have actual proof of him saying "All men are rapists", you're just assuming that because he's in a movie that's giving a voice to females and trying to subvert the power dynamics within society that he's automatically some anti-men Social Justice Warrior that's just going abandon his anti-PC comedic style whenever he does return. Gotcha. Doesn't really correlate, but whatever makes you happy.

[@GrayLZ]

@@elongatedmanforever1252 Okay, incel.

[@Heartsforksi]

I loved the film but Ryan in that scene-

[@silusime]

wait wasn't Bo's dad a firefighter? right, he was fired

[@Sophia048]

I see you

[@Eatmywalnutz]

I don’t think so but maybe…

[@HopeGardner3amed]

@@Eatmywalnutz it was a joke in a special.

[@Eatmywalnutz]

@@HopeGardner3amed OH! Shit…

[@ironicinorironic.]

I heard he fought fire with fire and it's a really horrible way to live your life

[@AnonyMous-vs2tq]

Do me a favor, watch this video and ignore the comments. There’s a dude with too much free time “@ elongated man forever “ (🤢) sounding off his half baked thoughts- which aren’t promising nor thought provoking, at all. Sincerely, anyone who has commented there he goes, unasked, unprovoked, in their comments giving his grade 2 reply. Take care and be well 💖✨

[@beab-locher6077]

Oh wow. He was very active under another video too. Any man mansplaining this movie or sexual misconduct toward women will just look bad.

[@richlisola1]

Question. If both the men and women are drunk. Aren’t they both victims of themselves for getting blitzed. Why does the woman become a victim when she chose to get drunk, while the man becomes a predator because he got drunk

[@ice9557]

Man he’s Clearly Q

[@lordofutub]

I love how all of Bo Burnham's expressions look so manual and fake

[@cashmoney1782]

Bo is acting very odd here

[@amandaohara9524]

Nah, this is how he always is, imo.

[@floatingblaze8405]

He just doesn't wear that much makeup here

[@Eatmywalnutz]

Not really… this is how he always is…

[@ironicinorironic.]

@@floatingblaze8405 ohh yeahh i remember Zach wore foundation through the summer

[@NeighborTom]

This is the whitest interview. Good lord!

[@angelofsmall5127]

@@elongatedmanforever1252 can you stop commenting on people’s comments being shitty? No one asked if you cared, get a life

[@NeighborTom]

@@elongatedmanforever1252 And yet you do. Thus the reply.

[@NeighborTom]

@@elongatedmanforever1252 Margie owned you.

[@ellabellabingbong08]

whyd u bring race into it ahah??

[@tobycokes1]

Mmmm comment comment comment s

[@invernessfan3017]

I hate the idea of this film. I hate rapists and child abusers. But this film tries to suggest only shy nice guys do rapes. Well that is utter nonsense. Many bullies do rape and wife beating. I had a friend who was bullied at school. And the bully was charged with sexually molesting a young girl. There is a guy who- bullied people at school near where I live and he was found later to be a child murderer. Plus I know one bully at my school, who was charged with rape. And I have one female friend who was sexually abused by her bullying stepdad, and she hated being bullied at school too. By the way, only evil people fancy bullies.

[@Chocolettino]

I don’t agree. This film is about the normalisation of sexual abuse and rape in our culture, where beating and obviously hurting a woman is mostly seen as bad, but rape is often defined as not taking advantage, but as physically overpowering Someone obviously struggling and crying for help. I think it’s a very important issue to talk about and work through in this way.

[@jonascastejon5888]

@@Chocolettino Citations needed. There isn't a "normalisation" of abuse or rape, particularly in the West, or to put it more bluntly , the existence of a so-called "rape culture" which is really what you're getting at and is one of the woke Left talking points. It's also funny and pathetic at the same time that the director didn't even have the guts to say "men" instead of "people" in that little synopsis she did at the beginning, like we don't know which demographic she's referring to probably because of PC culture, which is ironic. And speaking of citations, watch Steven Crowder's "Rape culture is myth" where he provides some and debunks this nonsense.

[@ObscurityIsBest]

I just watched the film's trailer. It looks to be composed entirely of the mental puke of a feminist mind that's been fueled by vengeful resentment.

[@looney1023]

Who let you out of the basement

[@ObscurityIsBest]

@@looney1023: It's not a basement... It's the Batcave!

[@a_lethe_ion]

well don't be the type ofan that we have to be resentful of, you're the one fucking it up for the rest of us

[@GrayLZ]

Okay, incel

[@fadeelahwilliams9133]

Watch the movie

[@birdsoffir]

This is a terrible movie. I tried to like it but it’s just terrible.

[@TechNoir-wz5ic]

Its definitely not for everyone either people will love it or straight up hate it and that's fine everyone is entitled to their opinion without someone jumping down their throat lol........

[@ellabellabingbong08]

i love it

[@georgiemerry8929]

Gonna take a wild guess and say ur a man lol

[@lilphatty2453]

care to explain why?

[@MarkelleRayneeSheree]

I mean it's fine if you don't like it but saying it's a terrible movie just because it's not your cup of tea is not a good way to express that. Your opinions are your opinions. Not facts.