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Thats right, we (and John Cusack) have been mispronouncing it this whole time.
It began with the story of a golden girl and it grew from that.
It was kind of built from life.
I was really beating my head against the wall, trying to figure it out, he said.
Id like to introduce myself.
I am from Arkansas.
He just wanted to give me a clean hand.
He said, I am a kickboxer and it is the sport of the future.
Id like to share my story with you.
[…] And his father was being investigated by the IRS back in Arkansas.
It was kind of like Kismet.
Optimism was his revolutionary act.
And when we kind of landed on that, I could feel John just electrified into the idea.
Its not the absence of knowledge that makes something optimistic.
There was that sense of people who knew the score, but they decided to open their arms.
In that way, Lloyds revolutionary optimism was a reaction to the specific times they were filming in.
Its such a nice fever dream to look back on this one.
In the 80s, I did remember it being a kind of a savage time in a weird way.
So it just sort of fell together.
It sounds like a dog.
I want to play Lloyd.
Hes doing a movie.
Ill invite him over, Skye recalled of the meeting that took place at the Zappas house.
And then of course I had to audition, and I was sort of in heaven.
She did, added Crowe.
Thats why he doesnt wear the mortarboard in the graduation scene.
He said, Im not going to put that on anymore.
Cusack only replied, I remember.
He said, Theres this great thing that Cameron Crowes doing with Jim Brooks.
Im going to do it.
Its going to be great.
And youre going to do it, Cusack recalled.
I was like, I dont know, man.
Ill check it out.
And John ended up being right.
Its a great, great thing to be a part of.
And thats whats in the movie.
