They fooled you and went their separate ways after the movie wrapped.
That is not the case withEverybody Wants Some!!.
The viewer would be fine just hanging out with the baseball team at the center of the movie.
Credit: BRENT HUMPHREYS for EW
I sat down with the cast during the first weekend of SXSW, whereEverybody Wants Some!
!premiered, and every bit of the camaraderie in the film is there in real life.
The guys and girl talk like friends and make fun of each other as only buddies could.
To get an idea of what it was like to spend the afternoon with the cast ofEverybody Wants Some!
!, here are a few choice snippets from our conversations.
Austin Amelia (Nesbit)
I remember when I got the call, I was stressing out about work.
Theres no fking work in Austin!
I knew I should be in L.A.!
I called my agent.
Im going to L.A.!
When I went in there, it was 1980, and I was like, Oh my God.
It was like, So this studio has a drug dealer that they keep on retainer?
He was like, Hey, everyone.
Lets just be free with the script.
That will help us.
Then we start working on the script, but I never got the email.
All 11 other dudes got the email.
They were like, How cool is it that Rick wrote that to us?
Theyre improv-ing and stuff, and Im like, He didnt tell me to improv.
I didnt know if you just didnt want me to improv or stick to the Coma you wrote.
Then he goes, Oh, theres two Rs in your name.
At least thats what he said.
Glen Powell (Finnegan)
Girls dont like mustaches in this day and age.
We all walked in together, and everybody was like, Are you guys in a club?
Why are you all together, a big group of jock dudes with mustaches coming in with a purpose?
Its a little aggressive.
Because we can get deep.
I just told them I was a f up.
About Guzmans lost mustache
Blake Jenner:I thought Ryan was going to keep his mustache.
Glen Powell:The problem is that he and McReynolds looked the same.
He begged Rick not to make him lose it.
He really wanted a mustache.
After that, we had to choose from some characters.
I chose my role, Glens role, and Quentins role.
Zoey Deutch:You did?
Glen Powell:You didnt know that?
Zoey Deutch:No, I knew that.
I just wanted to act surprised.
I dont play baseball, but thats me.
Me and my buddy, we have a couple drinks and show up.
I walk in the room.
Theyre like Whats your name?
Blah, blah, blah.
They say, Do you have any funny stories from college?
Yeah, I do!
Ive got some funny stories from college.
So I go on, and Im in the zone.
I could have taken home the prettiest girl in the bar.
I was nailing it.
Its been 45 minutes all of the sudden.
I look around, and go Ok, Im out.
I walk outside and look at my buddy and go, Dude, its really fing easy.
Just go in there and rock & roll.
He walks out three minutes later.
All they did was ask me about you.
He was like, Do you know Drew?
Yeah, that kid was the worst.
They said, Hey, theyre doing a call for Richard Linklaters new film about a baseball team.
Im like, Holy crap, I used to play baseball.
I flew home, and I went in with Austin Amelio, my homey.
We were with the same agency.
We had done the same two-year training together.
Just doin it for the art, whatever you want to call it.
If its a cliche, its a cliche.
We got this call to make a skills video after we came in and told them about college.
I just told them about how I never stopped at red lights.
Richard Linklater (director)
The script was my usual combo of pretty tight and pretty loose.
The writer in me gets fired by the director in me.
Its like, Hey, Im just trying to make the best movie.
Im giving these lines to this other person.
Its just all up for grabs in terms of what works for the movie.
At the end of it, I felt like, Oh my God, what did I just do?
He was like, Thank you for flying out, and handed me a stack of CDs.
I thought, Thats sweet.
He gave me a consolation prize.
I later found out that it was music to listen to while shooting.
I was just like, Im not that guy.
Im kind of a chill guy.
I just stayed honest.
Wyatt Russell (Willoughby)
My whole family played baseball except me.
None of that translated at all to baseball.
Literally, just the mentality.
I was afraid, like, Oh my God.
Did I forget how to throw a baseball?
Tanner Kalina (Brumley)
Yeah, I did the splits in my audition.
One of the questions they asked me was, Do you have any party tricks or whatever.
They were like, Prove it.
So I got up and did the split.
I was in my tight corduroy pants, but man, I rocked it.
Props gave it to me as a little gift.
I got to take the two halves home.
Ryan Guzman:He has half of the ball at our place.
Mind you, we live together.
Not in the same bed.
Its technically our house, but your bedroom.
I had left to get the marriage license.
I walk into the audition like, I got it, and Austins playing a song on his phone.
The song hes playing is mine and my wifes wedding song.
I got chill bumps, like, dude, youre literally playing my wedding song.
We all looked at each other… and I started to take my belt off.
Juston took off his shoes.
I dont remember much after that.
