Welcome to The Story & Craft Podcast!
July 18, 2024

Ashley Jay Sandberg | A New Twist

Ashley Jay Sandberg | A New Twist

On this episode of The Story & Craft Podcast, we sit down with Executive Producer, Ashley Jay Sandberg, who is the Executive Producer for the new summer film, “Twisters” with Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Kiernan Shipka.  Ashley shares her career path, inspirations, and the challenges.  We chat about her growth as a filmmaker while working with the iconic film production company, Kennedy/Marshall.  We then touch on her experience developing “Twisters”…from the process of shooting it in Oklahoma...to post production at the legendary Skywalker Ranch.  Ashley provides a comprehensive view of what it takes to bring a summer blockbuster to the screen.  

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

 

01:38 Filmmaking Insights: Skywalker Ranch

03:07 Ashley J Sandberg's Background

05:51 Family and Personal Life

08:49 Twisters: The New Blockbuster

18:41 Challenges and Production Insights

24:47 The Future of Theatrical Releases

28:47 Tornadoes and Natural Disasters

29:22 Family and Career Insights

31:45 Future Projects and Genre Preferences

34:00 Casting and Actor Preferences

37:01 Filming Challenges and Strikes

41:39 Seven Questions Segment

 

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Transcript

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: I grew up

 

watching, you know, Raiders, Temple

 

 

 

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of Doom, Last Crusade, Jurassic

 

Park, Back to the Future, Goonies.

 

 

 

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Like, these were the films, you

 

know, you really felt for these

 

 

 

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characters in these big worlds.

 

 

 

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Announcer: Welcome to Story Craft.

 

 

 

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Now, here's your host, Marc Preston.

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: All right, here we go.

 

 

 

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Another episode of Story Craft.

 

 

 

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Thank you so much for stopping back by.

 

 

 

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If this is your first episode, welcome.

 

 

 

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Glad to have you.

 

 

 

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My name is Marc Preston.

 

 

 

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Preston, it's a pleasure to

 

have you along for this episode.

 

 

 

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Great conversation.

 

 

 

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We are talking filmmaking with

 

executive producer Ashley Jay Sandberg.

 

 

 

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She produced the new blockbuster Twisters,

 

which is coming out Friday, July 19th,

 

 

 

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and it was a great conversation talking

 

about her career and her inspirations

 

 

 

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And it was, it was a great conversation.

 

 

 

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chat.

 

 

 

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I think you'll enjoy it quite a bit.

 

 

 

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All right, let's get after it.

 

 

 

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Uh, today we're talking filmmaking,

 

a big summer blockbuster.

 

 

 

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How does it come to be?

 

 

 

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Well, let's find out today

 

is actually Jay Sandberg day,

 

 

 

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right here on story and craft.

 

 

 

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So where are you joining us from today?

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: I'm in Los Angeles.

 

 

 

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I just got back.

 

 

 

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We were up north at Skywalker

 

ranch, finishing the final

 

 

 

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mix on the film twisters.

 

 

 

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And we just got back a day or so ago.

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: Skywalker ranch.

 

 

 

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That's north of.

 

 

 

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San Francisco, right?

 

 

 

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Am I thinking right

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: about an hour north?

 

 

 

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Um, in the Casio.

 

 

 

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Um, and it's really or, you know, right

 

off the Lucas Valley Road, and it's

 

 

 

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really something pretty spectacular.

 

 

 

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I think for all filmmakers and talent

 

and finishing a film, you're in the

 

 

 

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most stressful time of your project.

 

 

 

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But yet you're in this, like, very

 

safe, nestled, quiet community.

 

 

 

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So you're able to finish the film in

 

this very, you know, serene place.

 

 

 

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It was really pretty special.

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: Don't they have like

 

a really well known big sound stage

 

 

 

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and everything up there and Yes.

 

 

 

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Yeah,

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: they have a bunch

 

of offices and stage some of the best in

 

 

 

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the business that are working in sound.

 

 

 

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Um, they also have the best

 

theater that I've ever been in

 

 

 

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to watch a film and hear a film.

 

 

 

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And that's on the

 

property right there too.

 

 

 

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So it's.

 

 

 

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to be able to see and hear

 

your film in that capacity.

 

 

 

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Um, and know what the audience

 

is going to start feeling.

 

 

 

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We've been living it with it in

 

such a current state to see these

 

 

 

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final touches and it come alive.

 

 

 

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Um, and be surrounded by people

 

who are equally as excited for

 

 

 

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the film was it's really great.

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: Now where

 

you originally from?

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg:

 

Originally, I'm from Baltimore.

 

 

 

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Um, And I knew I wanted

 

to be in the industry.

 

 

 

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I knew I wanted to work in production.

 

 

 

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At one point I thought it was

 

news broadcasts that I wanted

 

 

 

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to do and produce the news.

 

 

 

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And so, uh, when looking for

 

universities and schools, I was

 

 

 

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seeing who had that program and also

 

how do I get myself to California?

 

 

 

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And so I ended up going to Pepperdine,

 

uh, sight unseen, which was not too

 

 

 

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bad, cause it was Malibu, I said,

 

how bad could it be, you know, to,

 

 

 

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uh, to, willing to take the chance.

 

 

 

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And that's what got me out to California.

 

 

 

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And I've stayed ever since.

 

 

 

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So now I've been here

 

over 20 something years

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: now.

 

 

 

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Now, did you do anything in TV or was

 

that just a aspiration initially, but

 

 

 

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did you ever spend any time doing it?

 

 

 

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Or it was just what got you to college?

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: I did.

 

 

 

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So for me, when I went to school,

 

I ended up going the news broadcast

 

 

 

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route and producing the local news in

 

Malibu and reporting and covering that.

 

 

 

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And then around my, my I took a film

 

studies course my junior year and I

 

 

 

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ended up minoring in film studies,

 

realizing I like love the craft,

 

 

 

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loved all the pieces about it.

 

 

 

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And then after I graduated, I worked,

 

uh, you know, in physical production,

 

 

 

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doing PA work, uh, whatever I really

 

could get my hands on to be on sets.

 

 

 

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And a lot of the, a lot of those

 

were TV shows like Ugly Betty.

 

 

 

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And then I, when I went into working

 

at Kennedy Marshall, I eventually

 

 

 

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at one point in my time there, I

 

was there for over 12 years, but I

 

 

 

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was working in our TV department and

 

overseeing our development of TV.

 

 

 

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And then over ended up overseeing all

 

of our TV and film while I was there.

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: Uh, what drew you to,

 

uh, The TV thing to the TV news thing.

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: You know, I remember

 

my morning starting before school,

 

 

 

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putting the today show on and just, you

 

know, getting a taste of what was going

 

 

 

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on in the world and making the world

 

seem so much bigger than this, like, you

 

 

 

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know, town that I lived in outside of

 

Baltimore and, um, and it just fascinated

 

 

 

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me that you, you know, everything that

 

was going on and how you could, if

 

 

 

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you're a reporter, you could travel and

 

you cover these different stories and

 

 

 

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for me, I think it always came down to

 

the story element of it, like, okay,

 

 

 

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what can we get that doesn't exist?

 

 

 

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breaking or new or fresher people.

 

 

 

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What are people not knowing?

 

 

 

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Um, so I think that's the

 

aspect that really drew me to

 

 

 

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why I wanted to be in news.

 

 

 

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Um, and ultimately I feel like that ends

 

up tying what my love to filmmaking is.

 

 

 

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And it is the story.

 

 

 

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It is the human interest stories.

 

 

 

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It's getting to know these

 

characters and people that may

 

 

 

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be, uh, you know, that don't live

 

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And then we get to know who

 

these people are and experience.

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: I always thought

 

it'd be a blast to do that.

 

 

 

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You know, you're kind of

 

plugged in everything going on.

 

 

 

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And, uh, the only time I had press

 

passes, I, I thoroughly abused them.

 

 

 

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You know, I went to, I went to

 

the Texas Rangers games and stuff

 

 

 

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like that, got in the press box.

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: Those

 

are the perks of the job.

 

 

 

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So, you know, when you have,

 

when you're able to do that,

 

 

 

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that, that is a good thing.

 

 

 

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That's a fun thing to do.

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: Now, did your, your folks,

 

uh, were they into the media or were

 

 

 

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they into any kind of, uh, performance?

 

 

 

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No,

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: I, You know,

 

this was, yeah, my, my mom was a

 

 

 

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social worker for 30 years until

 

she retired and went into real

 

 

 

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estate and my father was in sales.

 

 

 

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So no industry family whatsoever.

 

 

 

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I just kind of was someone as a young

 

age, just putting on movies and watching

 

 

 

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them over and over and over again and

 

really falling in love with like how

 

 

 

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you can make these worlds feel so big.

 

 

 

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Um, and so.

 

 

 

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I really was the only one in my family to

 

then pursue a job in the arts like this.

 

 

 

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Did

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: you have any brothers

 

or sisters who were, uh, who were

 

 

 

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around or were you an only kid?

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: No,

 

I, I have two sisters.

 

 

 

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I'm the middle.

 

 

 

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So I think oftentimes I, my husband

 

will often mention that I, you know,

 

 

 

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he could see the middle child in me.

 

 

 

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And I think part of it is wanting

 

to Make sure I, you know, I

 

 

 

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please and get everyone right.

 

 

 

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Everyone's good and happy.

 

 

 

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And you know, everyone's needs are met.

 

 

 

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Um,

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: is that a

 

trait of the middle child?

 

 

 

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Cause I was an only child.

 

 

 

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I'm living vicariously through my

 

three kids, but is that a trait of the

 

 

 

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middle child as the, is the pleaser?

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: I In our family,

 

it was, I felt that, you know, I was

 

 

 

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close to both of my sisters, but I

 

usually was the middle between the

 

 

 

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older and the younger and making

 

sure I'm like, Oh, you know, always

 

 

 

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kind of sometimes giving up my spot.

 

 

 

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So everyone else was happy and could

 

go and we keep, you know, kind of

 

 

 

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the peacekeeper with everybody.

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: Sometimes I'm

 

kind of checking out on the

 

 

 

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sociology of my three kids.

 

 

 

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You know, what is it?

 

 

 

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Well, how's the dynamic, you know, I

 

remember always telling him, you're

 

 

 

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going to be brothers and sisters forever.

 

 

 

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You got to get along, you know,

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: I will say it.

 

 

 

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I think everyone gets

 

closer as they get older.

 

 

 

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I think you start realizing how

 

important family is and what, you

 

 

 

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know, what we, why we need our family.

 

 

 

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So I found my sisters and I got even

 

closer as we each, we all got older.

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: They

 

lived back in Baltimore.

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: I have a one

 

sister lives in Los Angeles, a mile

 

 

 

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from me, um, which is wonderful and

 

really helps support our family.

 

 

 

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Cause I'm gone on the road a lot

 

for work and I have a daughter.

 

 

 

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And so they help us out a lot.

 

 

 

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And then I have one sister back

 

on the East coast with my parents.

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: You said

 

you had a little girl.

 

 

 

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How old is she?

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: He's eight.

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: Okay.

 

 

 

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So she's not like a little,

 

little, but she's, you know, the

 

 

 

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third grade and summer vacations

 

kicking in, I'm assuming right now.

 

 

 

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So

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: now that

 

she's older, it's a little harder.

 

 

 

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To have her bring her on location with me.

 

 

 

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Now that school's up and going.

 

 

 

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So our family has a, a, a, not a rule,

 

but we try to go no longer than two

 

 

 

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weeks without being with each other.

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: Well, this last year

 

must have been a big year for the

 

 

 

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family with her being in school.

 

 

 

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And this isn't a small project,

 

finding a stretcher on.

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: Yeah, I

 

think I have a good partner.

 

 

 

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So that helps a whole lot.

 

 

 

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But, um, she, we really explain

 

kind of what I do to her.

 

 

 

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So like what my work is

 

and explain that for her.

 

 

 

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So she has a better

 

understanding as to why I'm gone.

 

 

 

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And she's very interested.

 

 

 

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And so when we can, we'll

 

bring her Her onto set.

 

 

 

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And it also helped that our director,

 

Isaac, he also had a 10 year old

 

 

 

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daughter, and so they were able to

 

experience some of this film together.

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: Oh, that's fair.

 

 

 

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That's very cool.

 

 

 

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As we go back to post TV

 

aspirations to now you're, you're

 

 

 

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doing the production thing.

 

 

 

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What was it that kind of.

 

 

 

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Shifted you into saying, you know,

 

I want to, I want to produce.

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: That was always

 

my goal for whenever I, you know,

 

 

 

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all the work that I did leading up to

 

where I am now, whether it was being

 

 

 

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an assistant, whether it was being a

 

coordinator, it was always of the mindset

 

 

 

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of wanting to be a creative producer.

 

 

 

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And I was always very

 

transparent with the company.

 

 

 

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I was working for Kennedy Marshall

 

and Frank Marshall, who I had

 

 

 

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worked with for a very long time.

 

 

 

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And, um, When this project came

 

along at the time, I was head of

 

 

 

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our production development and I saw

 

this project come in from Marc L.

 

 

 

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Smith and Joe, and they were

 

telling us Joe Kaczynski.

 

 

 

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They were telling us this idea that they

 

really want to relook at twisters and

 

 

 

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we were sitting down talking about it.

 

 

 

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And, uh, I was like, I had a feeling,

 

I'm like, this is the one, I think

 

 

 

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that we can get across the finish line.

 

 

 

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And, and made, um, and so early on, I,

 

you know, Frank trusted me and he said,

 

 

 

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this is, you know, this is your project,

 

spread your wings, go get it done.

 

 

 

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And really that's what we did.

 

 

 

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So it was, you know, about a year

 

and some change with developing the

 

 

 

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script and getting the script, right.

 

 

 

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And then being able to find

 

a director to attach to it.

 

 

 

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Once Joe was no longer able to direct

 

it due to conflicting projects and

 

 

 

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then seeing it, you know, Getting

 

us a green light and made and, uh,

 

 

 

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for me, it was always what I love

 

about producing is, is that you get

 

 

 

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to help put all the pieces together.

 

 

 

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So you, you know, you, you find

 

the writers and team that you

 

 

 

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want to build out the story.

 

 

 

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Then you find your filmmaker

 

who can help see it.

 

 

 

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You find your crew, you find your

 

production designer, all these

 

 

 

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people to make this vision happen.

 

 

 

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And really my job, a lot of the

 

times is problem solving and

 

 

 

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how do I get How do I get the

 

director's vision on the big screen?

 

 

 

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How do we get yeses

 

when we're getting nos?

 

 

 

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How do we work within the budget that we

 

have to really get, to make it feel big?

 

 

 

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And I always feel there's a way.

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: Is Twister is

 

considered a sequel, for lack of

 

 

 

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a better way of putting it, to

 

Twister, or is it his own standalone?

 

 

 

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Uh, project,

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg:

 

it's its own standalone.

 

 

 

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So this is a next chapter in the story.

 

 

 

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I think similar themes with

 

nature and, you know, what nature

 

 

 

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looks like now, you know, uh,

 

in, in the world that we live in.

 

 

 

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But it is definitely all new

 

characters, new adventures,

 

 

 

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new science that's in there.

 

 

 

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But for the original fans, you'll

 

definitely get some good Easter

 

 

 

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eggs and, and see that sprinkled

 

throughout, which is really fun for

 

 

 

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people in some of our previews to call

 

out the things that they recognize.

 

 

 

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That are throwbacks or nods

 

to the original film is

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: sharing a DNA.

 

 

 

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It's not necessarily a sequel,

 

but it's, it's definitely carved

 

 

 

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from the same cloth as it were.

 

 

 

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So when you got ahold of this,

 

there wasn't even a script.

 

 

 

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So this was just an idea.

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: It was an idea

 

that came in and really, you know,

 

 

 

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getting Steven Spielberg excited

 

about it too, which he definitely was.

 

 

 

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And so supportive.

 

 

 

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He has a really big

 

fascination with tornadoes.

 

 

 

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And if there is a, you know, a

 

YouTube video of a tornado out

 

 

 

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there, he's definitely seen it.

 

 

 

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Um, and so he was right off

 

the bat, very supportive of us

 

 

 

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moving forward with this project.

 

 

 

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And the really, the big thing for

 

us was getting the science, right?

 

 

 

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Can we make this grounded, um, believable?

 

 

 

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We don't want to offer

 

false hope to our audiences.

 

 

 

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And so we really spent a lot of time.

 

 

 

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Getting this science, uh, to

 

a place that, you know, can

 

 

 

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be looked into and questioned.

 

 

 

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It's definitely science theory,

 

um, that we're using in this.

 

 

 

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And we brought on an amazing

 

consultant, Kevin Kelleher, who

 

 

 

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also worked on the original film.

 

 

 

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So I, you know, worked with him and.

 

 

 

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Oh,

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: okay.

 

 

 

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Well, as a kid who grew up in

 

Dallas, I remember, uh, In elementary

 

 

 

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school, the tornado drills go in

 

the hall, put a book over your head.

 

 

 

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No, I mean, you kind of get in like

 

a crouched in position, but, but

 

 

 

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it's a fascinating thing because

 

as much as they, we know about it,

 

 

 

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there's still so much they don't know.

 

 

 

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And hence, I guess the whole, uh,

 

you know, the tornado chasers going

 

 

 

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out there and doing their thing.

 

 

 

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And just between the time that made the

 

original movie and now there's so much

 

 

 

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that's been learned, but what did you.

 

 

 

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Was there anything that kind of,

 

that you were educated on, you

 

 

 

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just didn't know about the whole,

 

you know, tornadic activity thing?

 

 

 

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Or was there something you learned like,

 

oh wow, this is kind of interesting?

 

 

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: Well, you know,

 

we were able to get a tour of NOAA, um,

 

 

 

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and what I, you know, and their whole

 

facility and infrastructure they do

 

 

 

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and how they, like, cover the entire

 

United States in this, in this space.

 

 

 

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Space and I think what I've learned now

 

working on this film is that you know,

 

 

 

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tornado alley is just getting bigger

 

It's not you know What it once was and

 

 

 

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also the fact that our now our tornado

 

seasons are more months It's there's

 

 

 

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not a traditional tornado season.

 

 

 

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And so um learning about kind of where

 

the changes have like You know where

 

 

 

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that is how that's happening and how

 

when we were in You know, prepping the

 

 

 

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film, there was a tornado in Los Angeles.

 

 

 

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It's just, you know, becoming more and

 

more common, I think, or we're more

 

 

 

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aware of it than we had been in the past.

 

 

 

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Um, what I did find out too, is that

 

in the original Twister, you know,

 

 

 

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there wasn't a lot of funding for the

 

research at NOAA and at these facilities.

 

 

 

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And so when they were making the movie,

 

Kevin Kelleher told me, he talked to

 

 

 

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Kathy Kennedy, who was the producer

 

of the first film, and said, Please,

 

 

 

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whatever you do, do not make it look

 

like we have a fancy, like, facility

 

 

 

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here, because that's not the truth.

 

 

 

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And after the film came out, there was

 

a lot more money that was granted to

 

 

 

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do this kind of studies and research

 

and up our technology and kind of,

 

 

 

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you know, tracking these storms.

 

 

 

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And that after the first film

 

came out, OU became the number

 

 

 

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one school for meteorology.

 

 

 

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And that wasn't originally that and

 

it's stayed number one since so, um, you

 

 

 

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know, there was a bunch of like, I'm out

 

to dinner and I'm rattling off facts.

 

 

 

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There's a lot of things that have stayed

 

in that I didn't expect that I would know,

 

 

 

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Marc Preston: I remember when

 

the first one came out, I was

 

 

 

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just a biggest Bill Paxton fan.

 

 

 

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I had the, uh, opportunity to meet him

 

at a press junket for, uh, True Lies.

 

 

 

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He's from Fort Worth or, uh, was

 

from Fort Worth and for, uh, like

 

 

 

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I said, me being from that period.

 

 

 

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And Tornado Alley, being familiar with

 

it, I was like, oh, this is kind of

 

 

 

338

 

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a whole thing I didn't know existed,

 

that there are these people out there.

 

 

 

339

 

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Something I'm personally curious about

 

as an executive producer, when you're

 

 

 

340

 

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coming on board, of course, director has

 

a lot of say so naturally when it comes

 

 

 

341

 

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to casting, but, but as the script came

 

together, you're like, This is who I

 

 

 

342

 

00:15:14,465 --> 00:15:16,265

 

think should play this part or this part.

 

 

 

343

 

00:15:16,295 --> 00:15:16,505

 

Yeah,

 

 

 

344

 

00:15:16,505 --> 00:15:18,995

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: it definitely

 

evolved as the script kept going

 

 

 

345

 

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and as we got into different stages.

 

 

 

346

 

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Um, when the great thing is, is

 

that Isaac and I have a lot of

 

 

 

347

 

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similarities and, and as what, like

 

in taste and, uh, and creatively.

 

 

 

348

 

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So when he was talking names with

 

me, there were also the names that

 

 

 

349

 

00:15:34,105 --> 00:15:35,905

 

I were Was already thinking about.

 

 

 

350

 

00:15:35,915 --> 00:15:40,725

 

And I think ever saw, since I seen a Daisy

 

Edgar Jones and normal people, she's been

 

 

 

351

 

00:15:40,725 --> 00:15:43,844

 

on my list of actors to continue to watch.

 

 

 

352

 

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And I feel that she brought so much

 

to the character of Kate Carter.

 

 

 

353

 

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And I'm so glad we were able to

 

get her because I think this is

 

 

 

354

 

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going to be a really big jumping

 

off point for her and her career.

 

 

 

355

 

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Uh, Anthony Ramos is another character

 

or actor that I wanted to work with.

 

 

 

356

 

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Um, and it was interesting because the

 

character originally was a Was named

 

 

 

357

 

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mason in the script and we were saying

 

well anthony isn't necessarily a mason

 

 

 

358

 

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Uh, and so we kind of talked all these

 

things through and in talking with

 

 

 

359

 

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steven Which I felt so happy about

 

is that we really wanted to embrace.

 

 

 

360

 

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Uh anthony's puerto rican

 

heritage I'm, also puerto rican.

 

 

 

361

 

00:16:22,125 --> 00:16:27,225

 

So it was important for me to have

 

representation in the film And so we

 

 

 

362

 

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were able you know, we we were able to

 

Isaac went into the script, worked with

 

 

 

363

 

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Marc and we were, you know, evolved

 

this character into being Javi Rivera.

 

 

 

364

 

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And a fun fact is Rivera is

 

my grandmother's last name.

 

 

 

365

 

00:16:37,375 --> 00:16:39,584

 

So Javi is, uh, has my

 

grandma's last name.

 

 

 

366

 

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Marc Preston: So were you born

 

in Puerto Rico or is that just

 

 

 

367

 

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where your people are from?

 

 

 

368

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: I was born in

 

Maryland, but my family was, yes.

 

 

 

369

 

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And so, um, yes.

 

 

 

370

 

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Marc Preston: So anybody in the

 

family really good at Mofongo or, uh,

 

 

 

371

 

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Ashley Jay Sandberg: I'm

 

 

 

372

 

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Marc Preston: just, you know, it's one

 

of the places I haven't been yet that

 

 

 

373

 

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I've always wanted to go with, with this.

 

 

 

374

 

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Is it similar?

 

 

 

375

 

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I mean, I don't want, I don't

 

like spoilers, you know, I'm not

 

 

 

376

 

00:17:07,504 --> 00:17:11,105

 

a fan of that, but what parallels

 

between this film and, and twister.

 

 

 

377

 

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Will people kind of see?

 

 

 

378

 

00:17:12,395 --> 00:17:15,515

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: Yeah, you have two

 

opposing, you have two talent, equally

 

 

 

379

 

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talented teams, but opposing teams kind

 

of going out and chasing these storms.

 

 

 

380

 

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And it is the interaction between

 

these groups of people, uh, and a

 

 

 

381

 

00:17:24,835 --> 00:17:29,635

 

little bit of the competition layer

 

underneath it, uh, that comes into

 

 

 

382

 

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play for a really kind of fun journey.

 

 

 

383

 

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And we'll give you some reminders,

 

I think, of how the first film,

 

 

 

384

 

00:17:34,895 --> 00:17:37,925

 

what the first film evoked

 

in you when you watched it.

 

 

 

385

 

00:17:38,314 --> 00:17:42,855

 

Um, but it really is, I'd say, the

 

most, the biggest, and they are all

 

 

 

386

 

00:17:42,855 --> 00:17:44,345

 

scientists, you know, different.

 

 

 

387

 

00:17:44,395 --> 00:17:45,755

 

They're studying these storms.

 

 

 

388

 

00:17:45,755 --> 00:17:47,545

 

They're trying to figure these storms out.

 

 

 

389

 

00:17:47,955 --> 00:17:51,995

 

Uh, Glenn Powell, like I will always

 

say he was meant to play this character.

 

 

 

390

 

00:17:52,005 --> 00:17:54,785

 

He's someone I think we

 

kind of always had in mind.

 

 

 

391

 

00:17:55,285 --> 00:17:58,805

 

Uh, For the Tyler Owens character.

 

 

 

392

 

00:17:59,175 --> 00:18:01,925

 

Um, I can't wait for

 

you to see him in this.

 

 

 

393

 

00:18:01,925 --> 00:18:04,575

 

I think this is like a

 

Glenn you haven't seen yet.

 

 

 

394

 

00:18:04,945 --> 00:18:10,895

 

Um, and you kind of, he's one of these

 

characters that you kind of don't know

 

 

 

395

 

00:18:10,895 --> 00:18:14,685

 

really what to make of him and ultimately

 

has this really great arc and you

 

 

 

396

 

00:18:14,705 --> 00:18:15,965

 

find out a little bit more about him.

 

 

 

397

 

00:18:15,965 --> 00:18:16,215

 

It would have been

 

 

 

398

 

00:18:16,215 --> 00:18:17,364

 

Marc Preston: better if you would

 

have found somebody that's a little

 

 

 

399

 

00:18:17,364 --> 00:18:20,155

 

bit more of a leading man character,

 

a little more attractive, you know.

 

 

 

400

 

00:18:20,329 --> 00:18:22,299

 

I mean, Glenn Powell's kind of, he's okay.

 

 

 

401

 

00:18:22,879 --> 00:18:23,339

 

I know

 

 

 

402

 

00:18:23,370 --> 00:18:25,489

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: every time you

 

get New York times today, you open

 

 

 

403

 

00:18:25,489 --> 00:18:26,929

 

it up there right on the cover.

 

 

 

404

 

00:18:26,939 --> 00:18:27,769

 

There's Glenn's face.

 

 

 

405

 

00:18:27,779 --> 00:18:31,229

 

So the hit man comes out today and

 

I seen it and it's really fantastic.

 

 

 

406

 

00:18:31,230 --> 00:18:31,689

 

Yeah.

 

 

 

407

 

00:18:31,689 --> 00:18:33,279

 

Marc Preston: That's what I'm

 

really looking forward to seeing.

 

 

 

408

 

00:18:33,319 --> 00:18:36,370

 

Um, kind of brain farting

 

on, uh, the director on that.

 

 

 

409

 

00:18:36,429 --> 00:18:36,639

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: Yeah.

 

 

 

410

 

00:18:37,109 --> 00:18:37,629

 

Link ladder.

 

 

 

411

 

00:18:37,660 --> 00:18:37,890

 

Yeah.

 

 

 

412

 

00:18:37,949 --> 00:18:39,009

 

Marc Preston: You know,

 

meet me in a Texan.

 

 

 

413

 

00:18:39,109 --> 00:18:39,599

 

You gotta love him.

 

 

 

414

 

00:18:39,979 --> 00:18:41,579

 

Uh, you know, dazed and

 

confused and all that.

 

 

 

415

 

00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:44,789

 

Um, but the, this has gotta be a very CG.

 

 

 

416

 

00:18:44,789 --> 00:18:48,360

 

I mean, I'm assuming it's

 

a very CGI heavy film.

 

 

 

417

 

00:18:48,370 --> 00:18:48,520

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: I.

 

 

 

418

 

00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:49,980

 

We did a lot.

 

 

 

419

 

00:18:49,990 --> 00:18:51,310

 

We use the same.

 

 

 

420

 

00:18:51,330 --> 00:18:55,570

 

Um, our head of special effects was

 

Scott Fisher, who did Oppenheimer.

 

 

 

421

 

00:18:55,580 --> 00:18:56,540

 

So a lot.

 

 

 

422

 

00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,540

 

You're seeing a lot of

 

practical effects in this film.

 

 

 

423

 

00:18:59,989 --> 00:19:01,669

 

Um, we were on the road.

 

 

 

424

 

00:19:01,679 --> 00:19:05,229

 

70 percent of the film actually filming

 

on the road and not on a process station.

 

 

 

425

 

00:19:05,294 --> 00:19:05,695

 

stage.

 

 

 

426

 

00:19:05,695 --> 00:19:10,155

 

So there is a lot of, you know,

 

that's, I think what helps make some

 

 

 

427

 

00:19:10,155 --> 00:19:13,895

 

of our CGI feel so real is because

 

we were actually practically doing

 

 

 

428

 

00:19:14,004 --> 00:19:15,612

 

a much of what you see in the film.

 

 

 

429

 

00:19:15,612 --> 00:19:16,134

 

Marc Preston: I like that.

 

 

 

430

 

00:19:16,134 --> 00:19:17,374

 

That's a, that's a really cool thing.

 

 

 

431

 

00:19:17,435 --> 00:19:18,274

 

The aesthetic of it.

 

 

 

432

 

00:19:18,274 --> 00:19:19,174

 

It just feels different.

 

 

 

433

 

00:19:19,504 --> 00:19:20,824

 

And this isn't a small project.

 

 

 

434

 

00:19:20,844 --> 00:19:22,835

 

Was this, there's a

 

lot of plates spinning.

 

 

 

435

 

00:19:22,835 --> 00:19:24,535

 

That's why I kind of

 

brought up the CGI thing.

 

 

 

436

 

00:19:24,535 --> 00:19:26,855

 

I was wondering, you got a lot

 

of different camps working on

 

 

 

437

 

00:19:26,855 --> 00:19:29,875

 

different things and do you

 

just like these big challenges?

 

 

 

438

 

00:19:29,875 --> 00:19:31,985

 

Is that just kind of like you

 

like going into the deep end right

 

 

 

439

 

00:19:31,985 --> 00:19:33,235

 

out of the gate or is it just.

 

 

 

440

 

00:19:33,235 --> 00:19:33,594

 

Yeah.

 

 

 

441

 

00:19:33,745 --> 00:19:34,235

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: That is it.

 

 

 

442

 

00:19:34,235 --> 00:19:37,785

 

I'm like, let's, you know, every

 

project has, whether it's a

 

 

 

443

 

00:19:37,785 --> 00:19:41,535

 

small budget or big budget, it's

 

really the way you go about it.

 

 

 

444

 

00:19:41,535 --> 00:19:42,615

 

It's very similar.

 

 

 

445

 

00:19:42,645 --> 00:19:45,235

 

I, you know, you have a bigger

 

budget, but yet you still have

 

 

 

446

 

00:19:45,265 --> 00:19:48,125

 

constraints because you have to make

 

everything fit in that budget, the

 

 

 

447

 

00:19:48,125 --> 00:19:49,794

 

same way you do on a smaller film.

 

 

 

448

 

00:19:49,814 --> 00:19:51,175

 

So it's just a different scale.

 

 

 

449

 

00:19:51,534 --> 00:19:55,064

 

Um, so you kind of have to have

 

that sensibility, which was so great

 

 

 

450

 

00:19:55,064 --> 00:19:58,524

 

with Isaac because he came from

 

an independent film background.

 

 

 

451

 

00:19:58,814 --> 00:20:01,715

 

So when he looks at things,

 

he looks at it in that way.

 

 

 

452

 

00:20:01,715 --> 00:20:04,584

 

Can we get this at a, you know,

 

how do we get this for less?

 

 

 

453

 

00:20:04,584 --> 00:20:07,294

 

If we get this, you know, if we get a

 

cost breakdown for what this scene will

 

 

 

454

 

00:20:07,294 --> 00:20:10,884

 

cost and kind of constantly looking

 

at things, I mean, this film, I can

 

 

 

455

 

00:20:11,125 --> 00:20:15,604

 

proudly say we came under budget,

 

um, and you know, across the board.

 

 

 

456

 

00:20:15,614 --> 00:20:18,465

 

So, you know, I feel really proud

 

of the team that we had on this.

 

 

 

457

 

00:20:18,795 --> 00:20:20,295

 

To be able to accomplish that,

 

 

 

458

 

00:20:20,305 --> 00:20:23,715

 

Marc Preston: that's kind of unheard of,

 

especially with a big, you know, summer

 

 

 

459

 

00:20:23,715 --> 00:20:25,395

 

film like this to come in under budget.

 

 

 

460

 

00:20:25,415 --> 00:20:27,524

 

That's, that's kind of an alien concept.

 

 

 

461

 

00:20:27,965 --> 00:20:31,664

 

Uh, but no, you can't with Kennedy

 

Marshall, you're, you're dealing

 

 

 

462

 

00:20:31,665 --> 00:20:34,384

 

with folks who, who are the

 

big summer blockbuster people.

 

 

 

463

 

00:20:34,505 --> 00:20:38,085

 

What was it that you gleaned from your

 

experience there that you really feel

 

 

 

464

 

00:20:38,085 --> 00:20:43,325

 

like was, okay, this is a big, uh, big

 

ingredient and how you're approaching

 

 

 

465

 

00:20:43,335 --> 00:20:45,205

 

doing this as an EP on a film.

 

 

 

466

 

00:20:45,700 --> 00:20:48,190

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: I think, you know,

 

working for Frank and Kathy who have

 

 

 

467

 

00:20:48,190 --> 00:20:51,360

 

been doing it for so long and are some

 

of the best at what they do in their

 

 

 

468

 

00:20:51,360 --> 00:20:55,889

 

career, you see how they, you know,

 

solve problems that come their way.

 

 

 

469

 

00:20:55,909 --> 00:20:59,919

 

It's, you know, even every position that

 

I had at the company, you know, you're

 

 

 

470

 

00:20:59,940 --> 00:21:03,090

 

conditioned to look at things like a

 

producer, which is like time is money.

 

 

 

471

 

00:21:03,090 --> 00:21:05,549

 

What's the most effective and

 

efficient way to do things.

 

 

 

472

 

00:21:05,550 --> 00:21:07,879

 

How do we service the creatives

 

that we're working with?

 

 

 

473

 

00:21:08,139 --> 00:21:10,620

 

How do we, you know,

 

make sure that we are.

 

 

 

474

 

00:21:10,890 --> 00:21:14,090

 

Facilitating and creating the vision

 

that the director wants like that is

 

 

 

475

 

00:21:14,090 --> 00:21:19,090

 

your number one job is to really make

 

that happen for them and so By just being

 

 

 

476

 

00:21:19,090 --> 00:21:21,270

 

around them and seeing how they worked.

 

 

 

477

 

00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:26,530

 

It really was the best film school you

 

could possibly get Um, I also spent

 

 

 

478

 

00:21:26,530 --> 00:21:28,219

 

a lot of time working in franchise.

 

 

 

479

 

00:21:28,219 --> 00:21:31,870

 

I worked on the previous jurassics

 

and then franchise management Um

 

 

 

480

 

00:21:31,879 --> 00:21:36,035

 

over you know The different, uh,

 

you know, there was drastic world

 

 

 

481

 

00:21:36,035 --> 00:21:37,685

 

phone kingdom and then dominion.

 

 

 

482

 

00:21:38,025 --> 00:21:41,865

 

Uh, so having all of those experiences

 

really kind of set you up for something

 

 

 

483

 

00:21:41,865 --> 00:21:45,764

 

of this size and scale and I worked

 

regularly with studios Um, this was

 

 

 

484

 

00:21:45,804 --> 00:21:50,054

 

interesting because it was a cofi so you

 

had warner brothers and universal so and

 

 

 

485

 

00:21:50,085 --> 00:21:54,760

 

amblin So usually you get kind of one

 

set of notes, but now You know, this one,

 

 

 

486

 

00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:58,470

 

we also had a lot of other people too

 

in this to, you know, make sure they're

 

 

 

487

 

00:21:58,470 --> 00:22:00,160

 

happy with what's happening in the film.

 

 

 

488

 

00:22:00,550 --> 00:22:02,670

 

Marc Preston: God, I can't even imagine

 

what that, I mean, I just, I'm not

 

 

 

489

 

00:22:02,670 --> 00:22:05,510

 

pretending like I know a lot about

 

how movies are made, but I know enough

 

 

 

490

 

00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,520

 

that where you've, you get a lot of

 

chefs in the kitchen, it can kind

 

 

 

491

 

00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:12,350

 

of become a little bit of a, uh, it

 

becomes, you have to be very diplomatic.

 

 

 

492

 

00:22:12,350 --> 00:22:13,510

 

I guess that's the best way to put it.

 

 

 

493

 

00:22:13,610 --> 00:22:14,649

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: I feel

 

like I've learned that through

 

 

 

494

 

00:22:14,649 --> 00:22:15,760

 

the years and I think working.

 

 

 

495

 

00:22:16,245 --> 00:22:19,445

 

Kennedy Marshall letter that has

 

really helped me be in that capacity of

 

 

 

496

 

00:22:19,445 --> 00:22:20,995

 

making sure people feel seen and heard.

 

 

 

497

 

00:22:21,365 --> 00:22:24,215

 

And also how do we, okay, Lynn, how

 

do we keep everything moving forward?

 

 

 

498

 

00:22:24,615 --> 00:22:27,055

 

Marc Preston: Now isn't Kathleen

 

Kennedy, isn't she doing something

 

 

 

499

 

00:22:27,055 --> 00:22:29,754

 

with Lucasfilm or is that my, okay.

 

 

 

500

 

00:22:29,794 --> 00:22:29,934

 

No,

 

 

 

501

 

00:22:29,935 --> 00:22:30,425

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: that's correct.

 

 

 

502

 

00:22:30,425 --> 00:22:33,535

 

She, in 2012 became the

 

president of Lucasfilm.

 

 

 

503

 

00:22:33,565 --> 00:22:36,495

 

So she has been working

 

over there, um, since then.

 

 

 

504

 

00:22:36,965 --> 00:22:41,045

 

Um, uh, but also because, you know,

 

obviously Frank and Kathy are married

 

 

 

505

 

00:22:41,055 --> 00:22:44,960

 

and, um, Uh, so a lot of times they

 

would be working out of our office too.

 

 

 

506

 

00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:47,060

 

So there was crossover

 

with Kathy and their team.

 

 

 

507

 

00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,800

 

Marc Preston: You know, a lot

 

of the staff has to be on set.

 

 

 

508

 

00:22:50,330 --> 00:22:54,590

 

How, how much did you need to be,

 

you know, on location compared

 

 

 

509

 

00:22:54,590 --> 00:22:55,790

 

to, you know, in an office?

 

 

 

510

 

00:22:55,829 --> 00:22:57,070

 

Is that really just your choice?

 

 

 

511

 

00:22:57,110 --> 00:22:59,349

 

You know, do you like, Hey, I really

 

want to be where it's happening.

 

 

 

512

 

00:22:59,350 --> 00:23:01,650

 

So if there's a question that has

 

to get answered, I'm right there.

 

 

 

513

 

00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:02,050

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: Yeah.

 

 

 

514

 

00:23:02,050 --> 00:23:02,690

 

For this job.

 

 

 

515

 

00:23:02,700 --> 00:23:06,350

 

No, my, my responsibility was

 

to be there the entire time.

 

 

 

516

 

00:23:06,350 --> 00:23:09,959

 

So I was, uh, you know, boots

 

on the ground throughout.

 

 

 

517

 

00:23:10,405 --> 00:23:15,195

 

You know development then prep production

 

pre production prep and you know now

 

 

 

518

 

00:23:15,195 --> 00:23:19,815

 

in post production So i'm the day

 

to day producer on for the project.

 

 

 

519

 

00:23:20,175 --> 00:23:23,305

 

So that's seeing us through

 

Marceting publicity and release Well

 

 

 

520

 

00:23:23,634 --> 00:23:26,165

 

Marc Preston: just kind of as a

 

side like origin story note Like

 

 

 

521

 

00:23:26,325 --> 00:23:27,665

 

what were you watching as a kid?

 

 

 

522

 

00:23:27,735 --> 00:23:30,215

 

Were there movies that were you

 

you were watching they're just kind

 

 

 

523

 

00:23:30,215 --> 00:23:33,365

 

of had you transfixed you're like,

 

oh, I love this genre or this You

 

 

 

524

 

00:23:33,365 --> 00:23:37,045

 

know when you were junior high age,

 

let's say what were you really into?

 

 

 

525

 

00:23:37,725 --> 00:23:41,534

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: Yeah, I think I went

 

you know, I was watching The films for

 

 

 

526

 

00:23:41,534 --> 00:23:43,685

 

the, from the Amblin projects, right?

 

 

 

527

 

00:23:43,695 --> 00:23:46,804

 

So that's, I think when I first became

 

interested in working at Kennedy Marshall,

 

 

 

528

 

00:23:46,825 --> 00:23:52,004

 

it was because I grew up watching, you

 

know, Raiders, Temple of Doom, Last

 

 

 

529

 

00:23:52,005 --> 00:23:58,175

 

Crusade, um, uh, Jurassic, Jurassic

 

Park, Back to the Future, Goonies.

 

 

 

530

 

00:23:58,205 --> 00:24:01,795

 

Like these were the films that I

 

was really gravitating towards.

 

 

 

531

 

00:24:02,169 --> 00:24:02,649

 

Poltergeist.

 

 

 

532

 

00:24:02,750 --> 00:24:07,540

 

It was just, you know, you really felt

 

for these characters in these big worlds.

 

 

 

533

 

00:24:07,540 --> 00:24:09,100

 

And I think that's the big balance.

 

 

 

534

 

00:24:09,110 --> 00:24:12,520

 

If you're doing a huge blockbuster film,

 

you're going to have the spectacle of it.

 

 

 

535

 

00:24:12,719 --> 00:24:13,839

 

But what makes us love it?

 

 

 

536

 

00:24:13,850 --> 00:24:14,929

 

We love the characters.

 

 

 

537

 

00:24:14,929 --> 00:24:15,790

 

We want to be them.

 

 

 

538

 

00:24:15,810 --> 00:24:16,899

 

We want to be friends with them.

 

 

 

539

 

00:24:16,899 --> 00:24:19,719

 

We want Watch it again, because

 

we want to experience the

 

 

 

540

 

00:24:19,719 --> 00:24:21,969

 

heartbreak, the, the adventure.

 

 

 

541

 

00:24:22,249 --> 00:24:27,479

 

So for me, those were the stories that

 

I liked, and I continue to want to pull

 

 

 

542

 

00:24:27,479 --> 00:24:31,879

 

those emotions, like Stephen did in the

 

past, like some of the people before us,

 

 

 

543

 

00:24:32,309 --> 00:24:36,349

 

uh, that made these films that we love

 

so much and kind of set up a generation.

 

 

 

544

 

00:24:36,349 --> 00:24:40,925

 

And really, What Isaac and I want

 

to continue to do is make films like

 

 

 

545

 

00:24:40,925 --> 00:24:44,935

 

that to get people excited to go back

 

to the theater and experience like

 

 

 

546

 

00:24:44,935 --> 00:24:46,925

 

these big worlds and these big fields.

 

 

 

547

 

00:24:47,195 --> 00:24:49,944

 

Marc Preston: Spielberg even

 

mentioned, uh, I think it was him.

 

 

 

548

 

00:24:50,055 --> 00:24:50,924

 

I'm sure it's him.

 

 

 

549

 

00:24:50,925 --> 00:24:54,885

 

I'm paraphrasing a little

 

bit that theatrical releases.

 

 

 

550

 

00:24:54,885 --> 00:24:57,794

 

We're going to see fewer of them and

 

they're going to be in the theater

 

 

 

551

 

00:24:57,794 --> 00:25:00,965

 

longer, uh, just kind of the way

 

people are watching things at home.

 

 

 

552

 

00:25:01,284 --> 00:25:06,554

 

So what's going to show up on screen

 

is going to be the bigger stuff, you

 

 

 

553

 

00:25:06,554 --> 00:25:10,584

 

know, um, do you think that's a good

 

thing, uh, you know, in, in terms of.

 

 

 

554

 

00:25:11,370 --> 00:25:13,480

 

Theatrically, the movie experience.

 

 

 

555

 

00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:17,320

 

Do you think that's better that more

 

people are that they're really going to

 

 

 

556

 

00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:20,860

 

be going primarily for the big stuff as

 

opposed to like everything, of course,

 

 

 

557

 

00:25:20,860 --> 00:25:23,030

 

came out in the theater once upon a time.

 

 

 

558

 

00:25:23,399 --> 00:25:24,689

 

What are your thoughts on that?

 

 

 

559

 

00:25:27,860 --> 00:25:30,519

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: Yeah, I

 

mean, I see I'm a theater goer.

 

 

 

560

 

00:25:30,530 --> 00:25:35,070

 

I love watching films in theater,

 

but I understand that, you know, time

 

 

 

561

 

00:25:35,070 --> 00:25:39,239

 

looks different now for people, uh,

 

the access of having our phones and

 

 

 

562

 

00:25:39,239 --> 00:25:41,379

 

our computers and our TVs that stream.

 

 

 

563

 

00:25:41,379 --> 00:25:44,609

 

So it's, I don't think he's

 

wrong in saying that because, you

 

 

 

564

 

00:25:44,609 --> 00:25:49,239

 

know, it, our industry is ever

 

changing and with that change.

 

 

 

565

 

00:25:49,445 --> 00:25:51,395

 

You know, our output changes.

 

 

 

566

 

00:25:51,395 --> 00:25:55,075

 

And I think what we're going through

 

in the industry right now, we've gone

 

 

 

567

 

00:25:55,075 --> 00:25:56,685

 

through with so many different phases.

 

 

 

568

 

00:25:56,685 --> 00:26:00,715

 

We went through it when TV became a

 

thing, and then it happened again, when

 

 

 

569

 

00:26:00,715 --> 00:26:05,914

 

we got to, you know, DVD and VHS and, and

 

that changed the way we looked at things

 

 

 

570

 

00:26:05,914 --> 00:26:07,225

 

and then it happens now with streaming.

 

 

 

571

 

00:26:07,225 --> 00:26:11,175

 

So there's always been like this

 

movement up and, you know, changes once

 

 

 

572

 

00:26:11,225 --> 00:26:12,764

 

technology changes in the industry.

 

 

 

573

 

00:26:12,784 --> 00:26:15,524

 

But, you know, I, I think that.

 

 

 

574

 

00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:21,260

 

At this point, yeah, these big, you know,

 

event films, I think we like to call them

 

 

 

575

 

00:26:21,500 --> 00:26:25,340

 

are what really is driving people to the

 

theater and I, my hope is that people

 

 

 

576

 

00:26:25,340 --> 00:26:29,249

 

are having so much fun in these event

 

films and being in the theater with a

 

 

 

577

 

00:26:29,250 --> 00:26:33,469

 

group of people and feeling that energy

 

that they'll want to do that for a whole

 

 

 

578

 

00:26:33,470 --> 00:26:35,109

 

bunch of different size and scale films.

 

 

 

579

 

00:26:35,419 --> 00:26:39,060

 

And I think the movie, whether you

 

like it or not, Glenn Powell and Sidney

 

 

 

580

 

00:26:39,060 --> 00:26:42,650

 

Sweeney's Anyone But You was a really

 

great example of a film that was.

 

 

 

581

 

00:26:42,990 --> 00:26:49,060

 

You know, midsize budget and then

 

a rom com, uh, more traditional.

 

 

 

582

 

00:26:49,060 --> 00:26:51,979

 

And it ended up, you know,

 

grossing so much in the box office.

 

 

 

583

 

00:26:51,979 --> 00:26:53,730

 

They are just like a whole spin behind it.

 

 

 

584

 

00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:57,050

 

So I think it broke what the odds

 

were that people thought that

 

 

 

585

 

00:26:57,070 --> 00:26:57,940

 

people would go to the movies.

 

 

 

586

 

00:26:58,410 --> 00:26:58,599

 

Marc Preston: Yeah.

 

 

 

587

 

00:26:58,599 --> 00:27:00,229

 

I think that, uh, you know, when I watch.

 

 

 

588

 

00:27:00,495 --> 00:27:03,834

 

One of my kids watch a

 

movie on their phone.

 

 

 

589

 

00:27:03,885 --> 00:27:04,995

 

I'm like, Oh, really?

 

 

 

590

 

00:27:05,115 --> 00:27:05,294

 

Yeah.

 

 

 

591

 

00:27:05,294 --> 00:27:08,955

 

No, yeah, I'm kind of, there is

 

something about the communal experience

 

 

 

592

 

00:27:08,955 --> 00:27:11,864

 

of being in a theater, you know,

 

where you can't be distracted.

 

 

 

593

 

00:27:11,864 --> 00:27:15,964

 

I mean, admittedly, I'll be on my laptop

 

cause I'm doing work constantly and I'll

 

 

 

594

 

00:27:15,965 --> 00:27:19,695

 

have like a 75 inch, you know, TV and

 

it's, something's always kind of on and

 

 

 

595

 

00:27:19,695 --> 00:27:21,215

 

I'm kind of half paying attention to it.

 

 

 

596

 

00:27:21,530 --> 00:27:24,740

 

But I found if I really, if it's something

 

big, I really want to see, I try to

 

 

 

597

 

00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:26,730

 

close the computer and just focus in.

 

 

 

598

 

00:27:27,030 --> 00:27:28,540

 

If you're in a theater,

 

you have no other option.

 

 

 

599

 

00:27:28,550 --> 00:27:30,580

 

You're going to be fully immersed.

 

 

 

600

 

00:27:31,009 --> 00:27:33,549

 

And I think that's, that's, there's

 

something special about that.

 

 

 

601

 

00:27:33,549 --> 00:27:37,640

 

I got this kind of the same DNA, I

 

guess it came from traditional theater.

 

 

 

602

 

00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,320

 

You're all kind of there in this

 

kind of experience, you know?

 

 

 

603

 

00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:45,549

 

Um, It's so funny because where I am

 

now, uh, on the island, I got to drive

 

 

 

604

 

00:27:45,549 --> 00:27:49,010

 

35, 40 minutes to get to a theater, but

 

I definitely want to see this movie in

 

 

 

605

 

00:27:49,020 --> 00:27:53,219

 

the theater because you know, if it's

 

anything like the first, I remember

 

 

 

606

 

00:27:53,219 --> 00:27:55,889

 

the first movie came out and I saw

 

some of the behind the scenes stuff

 

 

 

607

 

00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:59,520

 

and the sound of the, of the tornado.

 

 

 

608

 

00:27:59,825 --> 00:28:00,935

 

Uh, of the tornadoes.

 

 

 

609

 

00:28:01,235 --> 00:28:04,355

 

They were, I think, weaving

 

in some animal sounds.

 

 

 

610

 

00:28:04,385 --> 00:28:06,785

 

The sound design of it was spectacular.

 

 

 

611

 

00:28:06,785 --> 00:28:07,745

 

It was really awesome.

 

 

 

612

 

00:28:08,195 --> 00:28:11,705

 

Um, there was an attention to detail

 

and I got a feeling, you know, it, this

 

 

 

613

 

00:28:11,710 --> 00:28:13,145

 

is definitely a theater experience.

 

 

 

614

 

00:28:13,150 --> 00:28:15,035

 

You gotta see this in the

 

theater, I'm assuming.

 

 

 

615

 

00:28:15,095 --> 00:28:19,085

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: Um, I, I, I'm

 

absolutely, you know, saying that

 

 

 

616

 

00:28:19,085 --> 00:28:20,225

 

you should see us in the theater.

 

 

 

617

 

00:28:20,225 --> 00:28:24,755

 

I think, uh, one, like you said, the

 

sound, our sound design, there's no

 

 

 

618

 

00:28:24,755 --> 00:28:29,375

 

animal sounds in this one, but you,

 

it's like what they did to create these.

 

 

 

619

 

00:28:29,380 --> 00:28:31,660

 

we are calling the tornado our jaws.

 

 

 

620

 

00:28:31,660 --> 00:28:37,230

 

Um, and, and th scale.

 

 

 

621

 

00:28:37,230 --> 00:28:42,529

 

And there's so many of what

 

kind of tornadoes you kind of

 

 

 

622

 

00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:47,689

 

each one has both visually and

 

sonically recommend theater for it.

 

 

 

623

 

00:28:47,690 --> 00:28:53,085

 

Marc Preston: at a time when just

 

look Three weeks, let's say how many

 

 

 

624

 

00:28:53,105 --> 00:28:55,075

 

tornadoes, the frequency of them.

 

 

 

625

 

00:28:55,075 --> 00:28:58,764

 

And it seems like they, like you said,

 

expanding, they're going further north.

 

 

 

626

 

00:28:58,794 --> 00:29:02,975

 

They're going like even the LA area, you

 

know, you know, living, having lived in

 

 

 

627

 

00:29:02,984 --> 00:29:06,115

 

New Orleans for a period of time, but

 

through Hurricane Katrina and Ida and,

 

 

 

628

 

00:29:06,684 --> 00:29:08,325

 

and, People like, Oh, it's terrible.

 

 

 

629

 

00:29:08,325 --> 00:29:10,054

 

It's like, well, you know, you

 

know, when the hurricane's coming,

 

 

 

630

 

00:29:10,054 --> 00:29:13,905

 

the scary thing about tornadoes

 

is that monster vibe about them.

 

 

 

631

 

00:29:13,925 --> 00:29:17,494

 

You, they can drop in out of nowhere,

 

you know, and it's when it, especially

 

 

 

632

 

00:29:17,494 --> 00:29:20,484

 

when it's dark, you know, that

 

that's a wonderful way of putting,

 

 

 

633

 

00:29:20,484 --> 00:29:22,004

 

it does have a monster element to it.

 

 

 

634

 

00:29:22,105 --> 00:29:27,264

 

You know, um, now as far as your,

 

your, uh, your daughter, has she

 

 

 

635

 

00:29:27,265 --> 00:29:28,845

 

looked at you and gone, this is cool.

 

 

 

636

 

00:29:28,845 --> 00:29:29,995

 

I think I want to do this too.

 

 

 

637

 

00:29:30,305 --> 00:29:32,115

 

She looked at your,

 

the arc of your career.

 

 

 

638

 

00:29:32,115 --> 00:29:34,280

 

She was like, Nah, no, this is this.

 

 

 

639

 

00:29:34,470 --> 00:29:35,700

 

This is no, I don't like this.

 

 

 

640

 

00:29:35,980 --> 00:29:36,360

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: I know.

 

 

 

641

 

00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:40,370

 

I always say to people There's anything

 

else you love to do maybe per, you

 

 

 

642

 

00:29:40,370 --> 00:29:44,599

 

know, this isn't an easy path or

 

you know Or you know journey to go

 

 

 

643

 

00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:48,389

 

on but like for me I love what I do

 

and I think she sees that I love it.

 

 

 

644

 

00:29:48,399 --> 00:29:52,230

 

So she has an interest in it But when she

 

comes to set, I always make it a point

 

 

 

645

 

00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,450

 

to show her, like, here's the costume,

 

here's the art department, here's the

 

 

 

646

 

00:29:55,450 --> 00:29:57,250

 

camera department and show her everything.

 

 

 

647

 

00:29:57,250 --> 00:30:00,379

 

Cause it takes all of these pieces

 

and they're all important, all

 

 

 

648

 

00:30:00,380 --> 00:30:01,920

 

these departments to make a film.

 

 

 

649

 

00:30:02,219 --> 00:30:05,650

 

So she definitely has an interest

 

and hasn't narrowed down yet,

 

 

 

650

 

00:30:05,700 --> 00:30:09,249

 

but she loves coming and learning

 

and observing what everyone does.

 

 

 

651

 

00:30:09,580 --> 00:30:12,420

 

Marc Preston: I always talk a little

 

cooking for a brief half of one second,

 

 

 

652

 

00:30:12,450 --> 00:30:14,230

 

sometimes more on my show, my show here.

 

 

 

653

 

00:30:14,230 --> 00:30:17,340

 

But do you, do you, uh, do you have

 

some of those Puerto Rican recipes

 

 

 

654

 

00:30:17,340 --> 00:30:18,259

 

you're making for your daughter?

 

 

 

655

 

00:30:18,260 --> 00:30:18,530

 

I mean,

 

 

 

656

 

00:30:18,530 --> 00:30:20,759

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: We go

 

back at least once a year.

 

 

 

657

 

00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:22,459

 

And so she definitely gets it there.

 

 

 

658

 

00:30:22,459 --> 00:30:26,070

 

And then I've at my grandmother made

 

a certain pasta salad that I make.

 

 

 

659

 

00:30:26,119 --> 00:30:29,420

 

I've learned how to make pasteles,

 

which are really hard, but it's

 

 

 

660

 

00:30:29,420 --> 00:30:31,540

 

like a, it's almost like a tamale.

 

 

 

661

 

00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:33,360

 

But based with a plantain.

 

 

 

662

 

00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:35,590

 

So it's usually stuffed

 

with the meat inside.

 

 

 

663

 

00:30:35,950 --> 00:30:37,180

 

So it's really delicious.

 

 

 

664

 

00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,980

 

So I've made those for her and then

 

the rest, she's going to have to

 

 

 

665

 

00:30:39,990 --> 00:30:43,800

 

go when we visit my family, uh,

 

back East and she'll get her fair

 

 

 

666

 

00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,320

 

share for my aunts and uncles.

 

 

 

667

 

00:30:45,820 --> 00:30:48,650

 

Marc Preston: And your partner there with

 

your, uh, your husband, what does he do?

 

 

 

668

 

00:30:48,650 --> 00:30:49,110

 

What's his.

 

 

 

669

 

00:30:49,150 --> 00:30:49,509

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: Yeah.

 

 

 

670

 

00:30:49,509 --> 00:30:51,480

 

So he's a doctor of physical therapy.

 

 

 

671

 

00:30:51,490 --> 00:30:56,660

 

So he has a practice in Santa Monica and

 

Beverly Hills and it does vestibular.

 

 

 

672

 

00:30:56,670 --> 00:31:02,510

 

So balance, vertigo, um, You know,

 

and, and has, you know, which is great

 

 

 

673

 

00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:04,310

 

because he can go on the road with us.

 

 

 

674

 

00:31:04,350 --> 00:31:07,650

 

He can have other therapists to see

 

the patients and then he can help very

 

 

 

675

 

00:31:07,650 --> 00:31:08,169

 

Marc Preston: cool to

 

 

 

676

 

00:31:08,169 --> 00:31:09,280

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: see, see us.

 

 

 

677

 

00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,419

 

But he's very patient and it's very

 

interesting because a lot of his

 

 

 

678

 

00:31:12,419 --> 00:31:15,999

 

patients are people who have been in

 

the industry and are older, about 70

 

 

 

679

 

00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,280

 

percent are geriatric that he sees.

 

 

 

680

 

00:31:18,310 --> 00:31:21,720

 

And so they like that he can talk

 

shop with them when he's in there.

 

 

 

681

 

00:31:22,485 --> 00:31:25,695

 

Because he knows enough about the

 

business through me that he, you know,

 

 

 

682

 

00:31:25,695 --> 00:31:29,035

 

can often talk about it with his,

 

uh, his clients and his patients.

 

 

 

683

 

00:31:29,135 --> 00:31:31,465

 

Marc Preston: You hear about the actors

 

like, Oh, they do their own stunts.

 

 

 

684

 

00:31:31,475 --> 00:31:34,664

 

And I'm like, well, like you hear

 

about them years later, it took a toll.

 

 

 

685

 

00:31:34,735 --> 00:31:37,114

 

Keep those stunt people employed, you

 

know, because they're what they're doing.

 

 

 

686

 

00:31:37,265 --> 00:31:40,935

 

So if you were to kind of go down a

 

very, very short list of things that

 

 

 

687

 

00:31:40,935 --> 00:31:45,244

 

you're like, okay, this is the type

 

of movie I would really love to make.

 

 

 

688

 

00:31:45,274 --> 00:31:49,990

 

Be it story, be Character, be it maybe

 

special effects or a genre or whatever,

 

 

 

689

 

00:31:49,990 --> 00:31:52,730

 

what is something that you're itching

 

to kind of get out there and do,

 

 

 

690

 

00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:56,169

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: you know, I really

 

love the fantasy space and finding,

 

 

 

691

 

00:31:56,709 --> 00:32:00,740

 

you know, Isaac and I have been sitting

 

and kind of talking about what is next.

 

 

 

692

 

00:32:00,740 --> 00:32:02,199

 

What's the next thing we want to do?

 

 

 

693

 

00:32:02,209 --> 00:32:03,489

 

And it is looking at.

 

 

 

694

 

00:32:03,710 --> 00:32:05,710

 

Is it, you know, hints of sci fi?

 

 

 

695

 

00:32:05,940 --> 00:32:09,610

 

Is it, you know, like I said, fantasy, but

 

always grounded in the human experience.

 

 

 

696

 

00:32:09,620 --> 00:32:13,920

 

So I think that's really, and it's

 

a world that we can really build and

 

 

 

697

 

00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:15,469

 

can build additional ones from it.

 

 

 

698

 

00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:19,350

 

So something I'm looking for, you know,

 

franchise right now to see, you know, what

 

 

 

699

 

00:32:19,369 --> 00:32:24,690

 

can we keep on making and, um, and really

 

in that kind of falling in that family

 

 

 

700

 

00:32:24,690 --> 00:32:28,685

 

space, I would say like PG 13, which was

 

what I love about Twisters is that, you

 

 

 

701

 

00:32:28,685 --> 00:32:32,240

 

know, You know, my daughter's eight, if

 

I felt comfortable with her seeing it,

 

 

 

702

 

00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:35,010

 

I'm not telling all the other parents of

 

eight year olds that they can see it, but

 

 

 

703

 

00:32:35,010 --> 00:32:39,980

 

it is something that I feel families can

 

experience together and go and watch, uh,

 

 

 

704

 

00:32:39,980 --> 00:32:44,469

 

and have, you know, and I think that's

 

important now making time for people.

 

 

 

705

 

00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:45,540

 

Marc Preston: I couldn't agree more.

 

 

 

706

 

00:32:45,540 --> 00:32:48,980

 

Uh, that's one of the things that PG 13

 

movies, just you don't see many of them.

 

 

 

707

 

00:32:49,660 --> 00:32:52,960

 

On the same token, you don't see many

 

really good of the good old fashioned,

 

 

 

708

 

00:32:52,980 --> 00:32:55,280

 

uh, Judd Apatow rated R movies anymore.

 

 

 

709

 

00:32:55,620 --> 00:32:57,510

 

You know, I'm like, those are

 

two things we need to bring back.

 

 

 

710

 

00:32:57,510 --> 00:33:00,890

 

Those kind of rated R movies

 

and the PG 13s that are kind of

 

 

 

711

 

00:33:00,900 --> 00:33:02,549

 

the adventure kind of things.

 

 

 

712

 

00:33:02,549 --> 00:33:06,509

 

You know, as far as inspiration,

 

are you looking maybe at books?

 

 

 

713

 

00:33:06,530 --> 00:33:08,989

 

Do you look at previous works?

 

 

 

714

 

00:33:08,999 --> 00:33:11,330

 

Where, where does that

 

spark of interest come from?

 

 

 

715

 

00:33:11,510 --> 00:33:14,970

 

Or like, you know, what kind of genre

 

you want to do, but where are you pulling

 

 

 

716

 

00:33:14,970 --> 00:33:16,420

 

that from if you want to find something?

 

 

 

717

 

00:33:16,805 --> 00:33:19,265

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: A lot of it

 

comes, you know, what is pre existing

 

 

 

718

 

00:33:19,275 --> 00:33:24,245

 

IP out there like books articles that

 

have come out So we're i'm actively

 

 

 

719

 

00:33:24,245 --> 00:33:27,814

 

reading all the time And checking,

 

you know, what rights are available.

 

 

 

720

 

00:33:27,814 --> 00:33:32,475

 

What are some new series that are coming

 

in and a lot of times You know, you can

 

 

 

721

 

00:33:32,475 --> 00:33:37,105

 

have a completely original idea that

 

we, you can get and make, but a lot

 

 

 

722

 

00:33:37,105 --> 00:33:40,315

 

of times it's really great, especially

 

with the studios to have, you know,

 

 

 

723

 

00:33:40,315 --> 00:33:43,185

 

I, a built in fan base based on IP.

 

 

 

724

 

00:33:43,194 --> 00:33:46,295

 

So I, right now there's a project that

 

we're based at, you know, it's two

 

 

 

725

 

00:33:46,295 --> 00:33:47,955

 

short stories being blended together.

 

 

 

726

 

00:33:47,964 --> 00:33:51,975

 

That was currently being written

 

for us and for Isaac and right.

 

 

 

727

 

00:33:51,975 --> 00:33:55,285

 

And we're also just kind of reading

 

a bunch of books right now to see

 

 

 

728

 

00:33:55,285 --> 00:33:56,995

 

if we can find that sweet spot.

 

 

 

729

 

00:33:57,005 --> 00:33:58,555

 

Can we develop it into something?

 

 

 

730

 

00:33:58,795 --> 00:34:00,665

 

that could be a big epic adventure.

 

 

 

731

 

00:34:00,745 --> 00:34:02,815

 

Marc Preston: Do you ever,

 

as a producer, do you look at

 

 

 

732

 

00:34:02,815 --> 00:34:04,875

 

maybe casting like this actor?

 

 

 

733

 

00:34:05,675 --> 00:34:08,165

 

I can see them carrying

 

this kind of a project.

 

 

 

734

 

00:34:08,265 --> 00:34:10,485

 

I want to find, you know, do you

 

ever look at the actor first?

 

 

 

735

 

00:34:10,485 --> 00:34:10,515

 

I

 

 

 

736

 

00:34:10,755 --> 00:34:12,614

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: mean, all

 

the time I'm always watching

 

 

 

737

 

00:34:12,614 --> 00:34:15,705

 

people and like, Oh, you know,

 

I'd love to see them in this role.

 

 

 

738

 

00:34:15,774 --> 00:34:18,959

 

For example, Daisy, uh, is really great.

 

 

 

739

 

00:34:19,380 --> 00:34:22,260

 

Comedy will you generally see

 

her in more serious roles?

 

 

 

740

 

00:34:22,260 --> 00:34:25,770

 

So it's, it's kind of looking

 

at, okay, what other range can we

 

 

 

741

 

00:34:25,770 --> 00:34:27,450

 

see these actors performing in?

 

 

 

742

 

00:34:27,750 --> 00:34:31,230

 

And for me, I also love finding

 

actors who are on the up and up and

 

 

 

743

 

00:34:31,230 --> 00:34:33,420

 

like, what, how can we push 'em over?

 

 

 

744

 

00:34:33,420 --> 00:34:35,850

 

Like let's get 'em to be the IT person.

 

 

 

745

 

00:34:35,850 --> 00:34:35,940

 

And

 

 

 

746

 

00:34:36,150 --> 00:34:38,670

 

Marc Preston: like here in Chika, I

 

mean, I saw her, there was this movie,

 

 

 

747

 

00:34:38,670 --> 00:34:40,565

 

she was, I forgot the name of it, was

 

 

 

748

 

00:34:40,565 --> 00:34:41,400

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: it Totally alert?

 

 

 

749

 

00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:41,970

 

Marc Preston: Yes.

 

 

 

750

 

00:34:41,970 --> 00:34:42,690

 

Yeah, totally killer.

 

 

 

751

 

00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:46,170

 

She's just got this kind of spark to

 

her, you know, and again, you know.

 

 

 

752

 

00:34:46,730 --> 00:34:49,990

 

I know you're trying to do Glen

 

Campbell, uh, Glen Powell, not Glen

 

 

 

753

 

00:34:49,990 --> 00:34:51,420

 

Campbell, totally different people.

 

 

 

754

 

00:34:51,420 --> 00:34:52,120

 

Glen Powell.

 

 

 

755

 

00:34:52,460 --> 00:34:53,530

 

I know you're doing him a favor.

 

 

 

756

 

00:34:53,530 --> 00:34:55,690

 

You know, he kind of is having

 

a hard time getting work lately.

 

 

 

757

 

00:34:55,750 --> 00:34:59,979

 

He's got that kind of handsome guy

 

swagger, but at the same time there

 

 

 

758

 

00:34:59,980 --> 00:35:04,340

 

is he, he can, he's funny too,

 

which is kind of nice to see some

 

 

 

759

 

00:35:04,379 --> 00:35:05,940

 

leading guys out there like that.

 

 

 

760

 

00:35:06,130 --> 00:35:09,080

 

But when you're coming together with

 

an idea, who do you powwow with?

 

 

 

761

 

00:35:09,110 --> 00:35:11,320

 

Like, Oh, you know, I got this idea.

 

 

 

762

 

00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:12,370

 

What do you think?

 

 

 

763

 

00:35:12,380 --> 00:35:15,925

 

Who, who's kind of your, Objective

 

voice in your life that you

 

 

 

764

 

00:35:15,925 --> 00:35:17,275

 

speak with about your projects,

 

 

 

765

 

00:35:17,375 --> 00:35:17,715

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: right?

 

 

 

766

 

00:35:17,715 --> 00:35:22,314

 

So I well, there was a woman her name

 

is melissa goodall and I had hired her

 

 

 

767

 

00:35:22,315 --> 00:35:27,894

 

early on at kennedy marshall and um And

 

have seen her, you know blossom in her

 

 

 

768

 

00:35:27,895 --> 00:35:32,685

 

career, but she is always kind of You need

 

that person, that voice of reason, and

 

 

 

769

 

00:35:32,685 --> 00:35:35,425

 

I'm like, does this sound right to you?

 

 

 

770

 

00:35:35,445 --> 00:35:38,195

 

And I really, you need that

 

one person you can trust.

 

 

 

771

 

00:35:38,195 --> 00:35:42,765

 

And I know that when someone also has

 

a similar taste to you, it also helps.

 

 

 

772

 

00:35:42,765 --> 00:35:46,295

 

I definitely want people in my circle that

 

don't think like I do, because I want them

 

 

 

773

 

00:35:46,295 --> 00:35:49,455

 

to maybe show things to me that I maybe

 

wouldn't naturally gravitate towards.

 

 

 

774

 

00:35:49,915 --> 00:35:54,135

 

But you always need that one person that

 

you're, that you can have a short, you

 

 

 

775

 

00:35:54,135 --> 00:35:56,065

 

know, quick, can you take a look at this?

 

 

 

776

 

00:35:56,065 --> 00:35:56,625

 

Do you agree?

 

 

 

777

 

00:35:56,625 --> 00:35:57,905

 

I think this is what I see in it.

 

 

 

778

 

00:35:57,905 --> 00:35:59,665

 

And she's generally my go to.

 

 

 

779

 

00:35:59,945 --> 00:36:03,714

 

And now, as I progressed in my career

 

and my collaborations with Isaac and

 

 

 

780

 

00:36:03,715 --> 00:36:08,574

 

then another associate named Doug

 

that's working with us, we oftentimes

 

 

 

781

 

00:36:09,835 --> 00:36:13,575

 

Discuss internally together and,

 

uh, you know, I'm thinking this is a

 

 

 

782

 

00:36:13,575 --> 00:36:15,135

 

project that I liked from a while ago.

 

 

 

783

 

00:36:15,145 --> 00:36:18,065

 

Would you guys be interested if I

 

bring it back and kind of seeing

 

 

 

784

 

00:36:18,075 --> 00:36:21,395

 

if what, you know, if my fingers

 

on the pulse, right with things.

 

 

 

785

 

00:36:21,395 --> 00:36:24,485

 

And generally I feel like

 

my taste is, has been.

 

 

 

786

 

00:36:24,815 --> 00:36:28,725

 

You know, I, I, good, you know, I

 

think this casting has been, you

 

 

 

787

 

00:36:28,725 --> 00:36:32,235

 

know, I've, like you said, Karen

 

and Shifka, uh, she's awesome.

 

 

 

788

 

00:36:32,235 --> 00:36:34,525

 

She's someone I would absolutely

 

love to work with again

 

 

 

789

 

00:36:34,525 --> 00:36:35,615

 

and find a project for her.

 

 

 

790

 

00:36:35,615 --> 00:36:38,005

 

She's like, you will love her in our film.

 

 

 

791

 

00:36:38,365 --> 00:36:41,369

 

Um, and yeah, but you need those things.

 

 

 

792

 

00:36:41,370 --> 00:36:43,070

 

Those are my people, really.

 

 

 

793

 

00:36:43,250 --> 00:36:43,790

 

And occasionally my husband.

 

 

 

794

 

00:36:44,700 --> 00:36:47,380

 

Marc Preston: If you were to look back at

 

making this, what was the big takeaway?

 

 

 

795

 

00:36:47,390 --> 00:36:50,970

 

Like, what was something that,

 

that phrase, man plans, God laughs.

 

 

 

796

 

00:36:50,970 --> 00:36:53,230

 

That one thing you're like, Oh, this

 

is going to work just like this.

 

 

 

797

 

00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:54,670

 

And you're like, Oh no, it did not.

 

 

 

798

 

00:36:55,130 --> 00:36:56,870

 

But what's one thing that

 

did kind of surprise you?

 

 

 

799

 

00:36:56,870 --> 00:36:58,529

 

That was kind of like a happy surprise.

 

 

 

800

 

00:36:58,539 --> 00:36:58,919

 

Oh my gosh.

 

 

 

801

 

00:36:59,309 --> 00:36:59,629

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: We have.

 

 

 

802

 

00:37:00,295 --> 00:37:01,815

 

Yeah, there's so many.

 

 

 

803

 

00:37:01,825 --> 00:37:04,485

 

Well, we really for us, I

 

think shooting in Oklahoma.

 

 

 

804

 

00:37:04,875 --> 00:37:09,365

 

Um, it wasn't the first choice for studio

 

because, you know, the incentives there

 

 

 

805

 

00:37:09,365 --> 00:37:10,635

 

are different and we're really working.

 

 

 

806

 

00:37:10,655 --> 00:37:13,664

 

I will say Oklahoma was great and

 

working, giving us incentives so

 

 

 

807

 

00:37:13,665 --> 00:37:14,715

 

we could bring our business there.

 

 

 

808

 

00:37:14,715 --> 00:37:18,675

 

You know, we looked at Georgia,

 

but, you know, you can't replicate

 

 

 

809

 

00:37:18,684 --> 00:37:20,594

 

the planes and the landscape.

 

 

 

810

 

00:37:21,224 --> 00:37:21,524

 

Marc Preston: You

 

 

 

811

 

00:37:21,525 --> 00:37:22,224

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: just can't.

 

 

 

812

 

00:37:22,225 --> 00:37:26,365

 

So when we were scouting and we went,

 

did our due diligence, you know,

 

 

 

813

 

00:37:26,365 --> 00:37:30,375

 

scouting Georgia, uh, We went to Oklahoma

 

when we got there, we were like the

 

 

 

814

 

00:37:30,435 --> 00:37:33,035

 

cloud, the sun was setting just right.

 

 

 

815

 

00:37:33,035 --> 00:37:36,764

 

Like that was a beautiful,

 

like the skyscape was amazing.

 

 

 

816

 

00:37:37,194 --> 00:37:39,475

 

And we're like, this is

 

where we have to film.

 

 

 

817

 

00:37:39,495 --> 00:37:41,354

 

And I think that was one of those moments.

 

 

 

818

 

00:37:41,354 --> 00:37:44,654

 

And, and we, you know, rolled up our

 

sleeves and the credits to the studio.

 

 

 

819

 

00:37:44,655 --> 00:37:46,685

 

They really helped us

 

make it happen there.

 

 

 

820

 

00:37:46,735 --> 00:37:50,335

 

Um, we were able to hire

 

You know, some local crew.

 

 

 

821

 

00:37:50,335 --> 00:37:54,005

 

We had to ship a lot of people in, but

 

we were able to do a trainee program

 

 

 

822

 

00:37:54,005 --> 00:37:56,035

 

and really help them start to build out.

 

 

 

823

 

00:37:56,055 --> 00:37:59,625

 

I think what, uh, you know, the

 

film business could look like there.

 

 

 

824

 

00:38:00,045 --> 00:38:04,974

 

Um, this we, you know, in

 

thinking about it, we filmed in

 

 

 

825

 

00:38:04,974 --> 00:38:06,595

 

Oklahoma during tornado season.

 

 

 

826

 

00:38:06,925 --> 00:38:10,745

 

So, you know, that was an

 

interesting choice when we're there.

 

 

 

827

 

00:38:10,745 --> 00:38:13,940

 

And anytime the sky looked Perfect.

 

 

 

828

 

00:38:13,940 --> 00:38:15,610

 

Like this is the perfect sky to film.

 

 

 

829

 

00:38:15,620 --> 00:38:19,660

 

We knew thunder and lightning was

 

coming and we do have to shut down

 

 

 

830

 

00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:23,480

 

every time that there is lightning for

 

30 minutes until the lightning stops.

 

 

 

831

 

00:38:24,010 --> 00:38:26,230

 

Uh, it is less than, you know,

 

we, I think it's say the double

 

 

 

832

 

00:38:26,230 --> 00:38:28,230

 

check with six miles or 13 miles.

 

 

 

833

 

00:38:28,270 --> 00:38:32,469

 

The number is for a slipping my mind,

 

but, uh, that part was challenging

 

 

 

834

 

00:38:32,469 --> 00:38:35,879

 

and really kind of keeping to

 

our schedule and making our days.

 

 

 

835

 

00:38:36,199 --> 00:38:41,390

 

But our crew was so on top of it and

 

really wanting to make this All work and

 

 

 

836

 

00:38:41,390 --> 00:38:45,120

 

work for Isaac and Isaac was creative and

 

how he shot things that we were able, you

 

 

 

837

 

00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:49,460

 

know, to stay on schedule The hardest part

 

I think is that we had two strikes happen

 

 

 

838

 

00:38:49,460 --> 00:38:53,629

 

while we made this film So we had a writer

 

strike happen right before we started

 

 

 

839

 

00:38:53,710 --> 00:38:53,980

 

Marc Preston: Oh, and

 

 

 

840

 

00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:58,039

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: so that means

 

no changes to the script Uh, you

 

 

 

841

 

00:38:58,039 --> 00:39:02,049

 

know if any changes happened in

 

the film the actors were doing it

 

 

 

842

 

00:39:02,059 --> 00:39:04,100

 

like improvised on the set spot.

 

 

 

843

 

00:39:04,450 --> 00:39:08,340

 

Um, and, you know, people were looking

 

to shut down productions and, you

 

 

 

844

 

00:39:08,340 --> 00:39:11,510

 

know, we did everything above board

 

and really, we kept our production

 

 

 

845

 

00:39:11,510 --> 00:39:12,780

 

going through the writer's strike.

 

 

 

846

 

00:39:12,780 --> 00:39:15,900

 

And then with 12 days left,

 

we were hit with the writer's

 

 

 

847

 

00:39:15,900 --> 00:39:17,410

 

strike or the actor's strike.

 

 

 

848

 

00:39:18,090 --> 00:39:20,079

 

And so that was another thing.

 

 

 

849

 

00:39:20,079 --> 00:39:23,360

 

So our whole goal was, can we finish

 

this movie before the year's over?

 

 

 

850

 

00:39:23,820 --> 00:39:28,630

 

Can we make this release date that we

 

have coming up and everything we did

 

 

 

851

 

00:39:28,860 --> 00:39:33,539

 

was working to get this release date,

 

which is means once we've stopped for the

 

 

 

852

 

00:39:33,540 --> 00:39:39,839

 

strike, we went into editorial and edited

 

Isaac and Terry Shropshire, uh, edited

 

 

 

853

 

00:39:39,839 --> 00:39:42,460

 

as much as they could with what we had.

 

 

 

854

 

00:39:42,660 --> 00:39:46,150

 

So that way we can make our VFX

 

turnovers to keep our release date.

 

 

 

855

 

00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:47,980

 

You know, with the hope

 

that we could keep it.

 

 

 

856

 

00:39:47,980 --> 00:39:51,900

 

So it was a lot of, you know,

 

problem solving and staying positive.

 

 

 

857

 

00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:54,730

 

Marc Preston: You're earning all

 

kinds of stripes on this, on this film

 

 

 

858

 

00:39:54,730 --> 00:39:57,449

 

here, you know, kind of like saying,

 

well, I got, I got my strike stripe.

 

 

 

859

 

00:39:57,449 --> 00:40:00,289

 

I've got my, you know,

 

different locations right now.

 

 

 

860

 

00:40:00,289 --> 00:40:01,740

 

We're, we're, we're, we're meeting now.

 

 

 

861

 

00:40:01,749 --> 00:40:03,780

 

Me being a Texan, we've

 

got a thing with Oklahoma.

 

 

 

862

 

00:40:04,109 --> 00:40:05,830

 

It's kind of like begrudgingly,

 

all right, they're fine.

 

 

 

863

 

00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:08,640

 

But, um, there was a joke

 

when I was growing up.

 

 

 

864

 

00:40:08,650 --> 00:40:10,880

 

It's like cross the red

 

river, you need a passport.

 

 

 

865

 

00:40:11,335 --> 00:40:13,515

 

But I've done my love

 

for my Oklahoma friends.

 

 

 

866

 

00:40:13,515 --> 00:40:15,215

 

But where exactly in

 

Oklahoma did you film?

 

 

 

867

 

00:40:15,225 --> 00:40:16,935

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: Yeah, our

 

home base was Oklahoma City.

 

 

 

868

 

00:40:16,955 --> 00:40:20,575

 

We use what was prairie surf studios.

 

 

 

869

 

00:40:20,585 --> 00:40:23,095

 

That was where our sound stages

 

were right in the heart of the city.

 

 

 

870

 

00:40:23,835 --> 00:40:27,194

 

Um, and everything would really,

 

when we went on, we were about 30

 

 

 

871

 

00:40:27,585 --> 00:40:31,335

 

percent on stage, 70 percent on the

 

road, and the majority was it in

 

 

 

872

 

00:40:31,345 --> 00:40:34,915

 

the Oak, like an, at least within

 

45 minutes around Oklahoma city.

 

 

 

873

 

00:40:35,430 --> 00:40:39,555

 

We did a few in pa shoot in Pawhuska,

 

which, where they was, where they uhhuh,

 

 

 

874

 

00:40:39,630 --> 00:40:41,520

 

you know, shot killers of the flower moon.

 

 

 

875

 

00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:45,315

 

Um, we shot up on Drummond Ranch

 

and that was about two hours.

 

 

 

876

 

00:40:45,355 --> 00:40:46,355

 

I know exactly where you Yeah.

 

 

 

877

 

00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:48,880

 

Two hours outside of, uh, Oklahoma City.

 

 

 

878

 

00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:49,915

 

So that's really Park.

 

 

 

879

 

00:40:49,915 --> 00:40:50,115

 

Marc Preston: Oh yeah.

 

 

 

880

 

00:40:50,115 --> 00:40:51,970

 

Because that's, uh, that's

 

re Drummond's place, right?

 

 

 

881

 

00:40:51,970 --> 00:40:52,330

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: Yep.

 

 

 

882

 

00:40:52,710 --> 00:40:55,800

 

It was, we, we filmed

 

on Ford's the brothers.

 

 

 

883

 

00:40:57,205 --> 00:40:58,065

 

Marc Preston: Oh, okay.

 

 

 

884

 

00:40:58,065 --> 00:40:58,465

 

Okay.

 

 

 

885

 

00:40:58,835 --> 00:41:01,695

 

So you didn't get, you didn't get any

 

good, uh, craft services from her.

 

 

 

886

 

00:41:01,695 --> 00:41:01,815

 

Okay.

 

 

 

887

 

00:41:01,835 --> 00:41:03,535

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: No, but

 

we stayed in town, right?

 

 

 

888

 

00:41:03,535 --> 00:41:07,545

 

Where that, that, you know, where hotel

 

was right by her shop, the pioneer woman.

 

 

 

889

 

00:41:07,555 --> 00:41:09,134

 

Marc Preston: You know, I,

 

I'm very excited to see it.

 

 

 

890

 

00:41:09,144 --> 00:41:11,515

 

I will say that I will excited

 

to see it in the theater.

 

 

 

891

 

00:41:12,014 --> 00:41:14,724

 

Uh, even though it's a 35 minute

 

drive for me, I will go buy my

 

 

 

892

 

00:41:14,725 --> 00:41:16,415

 

ticket to go see it because it's, um,

 

 

 

893

 

00:41:16,945 --> 00:41:17,455

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg:

 

promise it'll be worth it.

 

 

 

894

 

00:41:18,505 --> 00:41:19,255

 

Marc Preston: Very excited.

 

 

 

895

 

00:41:19,255 --> 00:41:20,845

 

And, and this is such a neat place.

 

 

 

896

 

00:41:21,340 --> 00:41:24,330

 

Kind of a project for,

 

especially for Gen X kid.

 

 

 

897

 

00:41:24,340 --> 00:41:25,560

 

You know, that was kind of a big movie.

 

 

 

898

 

00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:30,940

 

It was, uh, when did it was at

 

96, 96 was when it came out.

 

 

 

899

 

00:41:31,330 --> 00:41:32,720

 

So I've waited a long time.

 

 

 

900

 

00:41:39,820 --> 00:41:42,779

 

Before we get going, I got something

 

I call my seven questions that

 

 

 

901

 

00:41:42,779 --> 00:41:43,949

 

I always like to ask everybody.

 

 

 

902

 

00:41:43,959 --> 00:41:44,909

 

It's just a little extra fun.

 

 

 

903

 

00:41:44,990 --> 00:41:46,570

 

A few questions, but the first one.

 

 

 

904

 

00:41:46,765 --> 00:41:48,585

 

What is your favorite comfort food?

 

 

 

905

 

00:41:48,885 --> 00:41:51,665

 

The thing that, you know, even makes

 

you feel good on a bad day, or maybe

 

 

 

906

 

00:41:51,665 --> 00:41:54,055

 

you're having a great day, just like,

 

ah, I just want to go add to it,

 

 

 

907

 

00:41:54,155 --> 00:41:54,525

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: you know?

 

 

 

908

 

00:41:54,535 --> 00:41:57,614

 

Yeah, that's a really good

 

question, but I will say pizza.

 

 

 

909

 

00:41:57,995 --> 00:42:02,205

 

I'm like, uh, you know, and I'm,

 

there's a place, uh, called Great White.

 

 

 

910

 

00:42:02,215 --> 00:42:06,124

 

It's a restaurant not far from our

 

house that has really great pizzas.

 

 

 

911

 

00:42:06,135 --> 00:42:09,855

 

And so, um, That's

 

probably would be my pick.

 

 

 

912

 

00:42:10,025 --> 00:42:11,875

 

Marc Preston: Are you are

 

you a thin crust person?

 

 

 

913

 

00:42:11,875 --> 00:42:13,975

 

Are you a uh, deep dish person?

 

 

 

914

 

00:42:15,005 --> 00:42:16,335

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: My

 

husband's from chicago.

 

 

 

915

 

00:42:16,375 --> 00:42:21,005

 

So I definitely experienced the deep dish

 

pizzas, but I am a thin crust pizza I

 

 

 

916

 

00:42:21,015 --> 00:42:24,065

 

Marc Preston: think they're two different

 

things equally noble, but I when I

 

 

 

917

 

00:42:24,094 --> 00:42:26,840

 

think pizza I always think I'm with you.

 

 

 

918

 

00:42:27,350 --> 00:42:31,940

 

Now, if you were to sit down, you want

 

to talk story with three people, uh, sit

 

 

 

919

 

00:42:31,940 --> 00:42:37,720

 

down, have coffee for a few hours and

 

it would be living or not three people

 

 

 

920

 

00:42:37,720 --> 00:42:40,980

 

that you would love to sit down and

 

chat with who, who would those folks be?

 

 

 

921

 

00:42:41,390 --> 00:42:42,149

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: This is really great.

 

 

 

922

 

00:42:42,240 --> 00:42:46,400

 

Um, I would say one, I always said I'd

 

want to sit down with Michelle Obama.

 

 

 

923

 

00:42:46,775 --> 00:42:48,015

 

That is one for me.

 

 

 

924

 

00:42:48,135 --> 00:42:51,855

 

Um, just to hear, you know, like

 

kind of, just kind of spitball ideas.

 

 

 

925

 

00:42:51,855 --> 00:42:54,165

 

And I think after reading

 

Becoming and everything she's

 

 

 

926

 

00:42:54,165 --> 00:42:56,624

 

done, I think she'd be really

 

fascinating, interesting to talk to.

 

 

 

927

 

00:42:57,085 --> 00:43:00,135

 

Marc Preston: Um, she actually has a

 

good sense of humor too, you know, kind

 

 

 

928

 

00:43:00,135 --> 00:43:02,075

 

of a, you know, she's sharp, you know,

 

 

 

929

 

00:43:02,595 --> 00:43:04,255

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: um, who

 

else would I, I would want to

 

 

 

930

 

00:43:04,255 --> 00:43:05,605

 

sit down with Marilyn Monroe.

 

 

 

931

 

00:43:06,020 --> 00:43:09,020

 

I think she just had an interesting,

 

you know, I feel like she was really

 

 

 

932

 

00:43:09,020 --> 00:43:13,630

 

progressive in who she was as a person

 

and Just kind of want to hear more

 

 

 

933

 

00:43:13,630 --> 00:43:17,490

 

about what her experience was like

 

here and also You know kind of talk

 

 

 

934

 

00:43:17,490 --> 00:43:19,990

 

story with you know Different stories

 

and projects and what drew her to why

 

 

 

935

 

00:43:19,990 --> 00:43:24,149

 

she said yes to the projects that she

 

said yes to And who else would I want

 

 

 

936

 

00:43:24,150 --> 00:43:26,240

 

to sit down with this is a question.

 

 

 

937

 

00:43:26,420 --> 00:43:29,300

 

I think of my third person um

 

 

 

938

 

00:43:31,865 --> 00:43:35,445

 

It would probably be, I think I would sit

 

and it might be a wild ride, but probably

 

 

 

939

 

00:43:35,455 --> 00:43:39,525

 

Alfred Hitchcock because I do have a

 

love for the horror, the horror space.

 

 

 

940

 

00:43:39,625 --> 00:43:43,675

 

And I just saw again recently

 

psycho on the big screen and it

 

 

 

941

 

00:43:43,675 --> 00:43:45,894

 

was just so amazing and well done.

 

 

 

942

 

00:43:45,905 --> 00:43:47,135

 

So I think that would be my third.

 

 

 

943

 

00:43:47,165 --> 00:43:47,315

 

Marc Preston: Yeah.

 

 

 

944

 

00:43:47,325 --> 00:43:50,195

 

I, I love it when they do that,

 

when they do the re releases, I

 

 

 

945

 

00:43:50,195 --> 00:43:51,405

 

wish I could get to more of those.

 

 

 

946

 

00:43:51,405 --> 00:43:55,335

 

I'm just not in a place where that really

 

happens, but I, when I was in Southern

 

 

 

947

 

00:43:55,335 --> 00:43:56,805

 

California, that was pretty cool.

 

 

 

948

 

00:43:56,805 --> 00:43:59,335

 

You know, you see something

 

like last time it was on screen

 

 

 

949

 

00:43:59,335 --> 00:44:00,925

 

was decades ago or something.

 

 

 

950

 

00:44:01,075 --> 00:44:01,185

 

Yep.

 

 

 

951

 

00:44:01,575 --> 00:44:05,205

 

Now, the next question I got for you

 

is, uh, let's go back to a young Ashley.

 

 

 

952

 

00:44:05,805 --> 00:44:07,955

 

Who was your first celebrity crush?

 

 

 

953

 

00:44:07,955 --> 00:44:08,985

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: Who was my first?

 

 

 

954

 

00:44:09,494 --> 00:44:10,895

 

I think it was, it was Tom Cruise.

 

 

 

955

 

00:44:12,075 --> 00:44:13,395

 

My first celebrity crush.

 

 

 

956

 

00:44:13,545 --> 00:44:15,005

 

Marc Preston: I don't

 

know what he's doing.

 

 

 

957

 

00:44:15,005 --> 00:44:16,885

 

He, he does not age normally.

 

 

 

958

 

00:44:16,985 --> 00:44:17,275

 

I don't know.

 

 

 

959

 

00:44:17,275 --> 00:44:18,205

 

He's in his sixties now.

 

 

 

960

 

00:44:18,215 --> 00:44:18,945

 

He still looks the same.

 

 

 

961

 

00:44:18,945 --> 00:44:19,345

 

I

 

 

 

962

 

00:44:19,345 --> 00:44:20,144

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: don't know.

 

 

 

963

 

00:44:20,145 --> 00:44:24,905

 

I was, I just remember watching Risky

 

Business and Cocktails with my one aunt.

 

 

 

964

 

00:44:25,034 --> 00:44:27,974

 

And I was like, who is this

 

person when I was younger?

 

 

 

965

 

00:44:27,974 --> 00:44:31,274

 

And it was, you know, he left

 

an impression on all of us.

 

 

 

966

 

00:44:31,575 --> 00:44:32,065

 

Marc Preston: Very good.

 

 

 

967

 

00:44:32,075 --> 00:44:35,515

 

Now, if you were to be living on an

 

island, let's say it's an exotic island,

 

 

 

968

 

00:44:35,515 --> 00:44:36,885

 

somewhere nice, somewhere you want to be.

 

 

 

969

 

00:44:36,885 --> 00:44:39,895

 

It's not, you're not a cast

 

away, but you're going to be

 

 

 

970

 

00:44:39,895 --> 00:44:41,645

 

there for a year, no internet.

 

 

 

971

 

00:44:41,645 --> 00:44:47,925

 

So you need to bring one DVD with you of a

 

movie and one CD with you, uh, for music.

 

 

 

972

 

00:44:48,305 --> 00:44:52,225

 

And you say you got one album and

 

one DVD, one album and one movie.

 

 

 

973

 

00:44:52,225 --> 00:44:53,305

 

What would you bring with you?

 

 

 

974

 

00:44:53,495 --> 00:44:57,205

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: Right now, the

 

DVD I would bring with me would be.

 

 

 

975

 

00:44:58,155 --> 00:44:59,565

 

I think I'd bring Raiders with me.

 

 

 

976

 

00:44:59,675 --> 00:45:00,615

 

Marc Preston: The original one, right?

 

 

 

977

 

00:45:00,615 --> 00:45:00,634

 

The

 

 

 

978

 

00:45:00,635 --> 00:45:01,135

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: original.

 

 

 

979

 

00:45:01,205 --> 00:45:01,815

 

Marc Preston: Or the, yeah.

 

 

 

980

 

00:45:02,015 --> 00:45:03,395

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: The first,

 

yeah, Raiders of the Lost Ark.

 

 

 

981

 

00:45:03,395 --> 00:45:04,265

 

I'd bring the first one.

 

 

 

982

 

00:45:04,805 --> 00:45:10,595

 

Um, and soundtrack, or like music, I

 

would say I have to, I'm not plugging it

 

 

 

983

 

00:45:10,605 --> 00:45:14,565

 

because it's our film, but our soundtrack

 

to this new movie, the Twisters album

 

 

 

984

 

00:45:14,574 --> 00:45:16,705

 

is pretty fantastic with amazing art.

 

 

 

985

 

00:45:16,754 --> 00:45:16,844

 

You

 

 

 

986

 

00:45:16,845 --> 00:45:18,005

 

Marc Preston: got to tell

 

me who's on it though.

 

 

 

987

 

00:45:18,125 --> 00:45:22,585

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: We have Luke Combs,

 

Tucker Wetmore, Laney Wilson, Jelly Roll.

 

 

 

988

 

00:45:22,765 --> 00:45:27,765

 

Megan Mulroney, Bailey

 

Zimmerman, um, Reland, Shania,

 

 

 

989

 

00:45:28,205 --> 00:45:29,675

 

Miranda, they're all on there.

 

 

 

990

 

00:45:29,845 --> 00:45:32,425

 

Marc Preston: You've just listed

 

all of my daughter's favorites.

 

 

 

991

 

00:45:32,435 --> 00:45:33,485

 

We'll make sure, I'll get

 

 

 

992

 

00:45:33,485 --> 00:45:35,445

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: you, make sure

 

we'll get you a copy of the soundtrack.

 

 

 

993

 

00:45:35,535 --> 00:45:36,255

 

We'll be out soon.

 

 

 

994

 

00:45:36,285 --> 00:45:37,266

 

Marc Preston: All of

 

that, that's very kind.

 

 

 

995

 

00:45:37,266 --> 00:45:39,793

 

Yeah, Luke Combs is, what a,

 

what a great singer he is.

 

 

 

996

 

00:45:39,793 --> 00:45:43,735

 

So how, Just as a little quick side

 

note, did you have any hand in that?

 

 

 

997

 

00:45:43,735 --> 00:45:43,915

 

Or did you,

 

 

 

998

 

00:45:44,375 --> 00:45:46,755

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: I was an executive

 

music producer on the soundtrack.

 

 

 

999

 

00:45:46,905 --> 00:45:49,005

 

So we worked really closely with Atlanta.

 

 


Speaker:

00:45:49,015 --> 00:45:51,644

 

I was working with Kevin Weaver

 

at Atlantic records and his team,

 

 


Speaker:

00:45:51,644 --> 00:45:56,005

 

they did Barbie and with our music

 

execs, Mike Noblock, Rachel Levy.

 

 


Speaker:

00:45:56,325 --> 00:45:57,245

 

Over at universal.

 

 


Speaker:

00:45:57,245 --> 00:45:58,775

 

And we kind of was an Isaac.

 

 


Speaker:

00:45:58,835 --> 00:46:02,135

 

Uh, he's also an executive music

 

producer on the record and we work

 

 


Speaker:

00:46:02,165 --> 00:46:05,704

 

really closely to get the artist

 

and make sure the songs fit with

 

 


Speaker:

00:46:05,704 --> 00:46:07,115

 

the scenes that we're using them in.

 

 


Speaker:

00:46:07,305 --> 00:46:09,704

 

Marc Preston: I know my

 

daughter is a big fan of Zach.

 

 


Speaker:

00:46:09,715 --> 00:46:10,115

 

Brian.

 

 


Speaker:

00:46:10,124 --> 00:46:10,364

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: Yes.

 

 


Speaker:

00:46:10,435 --> 00:46:11,245

 

We love Zach.

 

 


Speaker:

00:46:11,275 --> 00:46:14,464

 

He really, we're trying to make

 

it work and he's an Oklahoma guy.

 

 


Speaker:

00:46:14,525 --> 00:46:17,344

 

But, um, he's not on this

 

one, but I, I love that.

 

 


Speaker:

00:46:17,345 --> 00:46:19,215

 

Marc Preston: I think

 

it's with Warner, I think.

 

 


Speaker:

00:46:19,305 --> 00:46:19,715

 

Ashley Jay Sandberg: Yeah.

 

 


Speaker:

00:46:19,735 --> 00:46:21,895

 

Marc Preston: And I'm, I'm trying to

 

speak with him because I know my daughter,

 

 


Speaker:

00:46:21,895 --> 00:46:25,845

 

who's actually the voice of my show has

 

not even heard an episode, but I'm like,

 

 


Speaker:

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you know, what are we going to have Ryan

 

on when he's like, maybe I'll listen.

 

 


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I don't know.

 

 


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But, uh, but all the folks you

 

listed, that's going to, that's going

 

 


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to be a damn good album, actually.

 

 


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That's wonderful.

 

 


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Uh, so we, we got that locked in.

 

 


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We know you're going to the Island with

 

now, uh, if we were to say from the

 

 


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time you get up, It's time to go to bed.

 

 


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Definition of a perfect day.

 

 


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The component parts of that perfect day.

 

 


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What would those things be?

 

 


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Ashley Jay Sandberg: Oh my gosh,

 

Marc, you're asking like really

 

 


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great, thoughtful questions.

 

 


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I think for me, if this, let's

 

say if it's a, a weekend, I'll

 

 


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say these are my good days.

 

 


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I'll say, or like my free days, but it is.

 

 


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You know, my, my family's very routine.

 

 


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The dog comes in to wake us up for food.

 

 


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Then my daughter comes in and kind of,

 

we're all in, in the room together.

 

 


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And I think would probably be going on

 

a hike or doing something altogether and

 

 


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then getting a really good breakfast.

 

 


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Um, I love bagels.

 

 


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Is

 

 


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Marc Preston: coffee a part of that?

 

 


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Ashley Jay Sandberg: Oh, absolutely.

 

 


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I forgot that.

 

 


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So I would have a

 

 


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Marc Preston: morning.

 

 


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That's one common theme.

 

 


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Most people.

 

 


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I remember speaking to, uh, Billy

 

Magnus and he said, he put it best.

 

 


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He said the ritual of making

 

coffee in the morning.

 

 


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I'm like, yeah, that's something I

 

really, you know, everybody's like, Oh,

 

 


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I've got to have that cup of coffee.

 

 


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It always starts there.

 

 


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Yes.

 

 


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Ashley Jay Sandberg: It's like

 

that cup to get you going.

 

 


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And then I think we'd be, we're out

 

the door pretty early in our house.

 

 


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But go out to do something with

 

the, you know, whether it goes, we

 

 


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go up to the Griffith observatory

 

and go up to, we kind of, there's

 

 


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a hike there that we like to do.

 

 


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Um, so do that, get bagels,

 

breakfast, come back.

 

 


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And usually it would entail like either

 

doing something with family or friends.

 

 


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I think definitely a movie in there,

 

watching a movie, whether, you know,

 

 


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as a family, hopefully, preferably

 

something good in the theater

 

 


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for us to see, and then getting

 

a really great dinner together.

 

 


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Um, and then calling it

 

an early night after that.

 

 


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So that's kind of, you know, one of my.

 

 


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Marc Preston: That seems wonderful.

 

 


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That is one thing I do miss about

 

having the little kids around the,

 

 


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you know, coming into the room and

 

kind of getting you going in the

 

 


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morning and they got to be teenagers.

 

 


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And I was the one up first,

 

you know, which is odd.

 

 


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Now, if you're doing this for a living

 

and this vocation wasn't available to

 

 


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you, what could you see that would be

 

out there where you'd derive joy and

 

 


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satisfaction to an alternate career?

 

 


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Ashley Jay Sandberg: Yeah, for

 

me, I think it always, I have to

 

 


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be doing something creative, um,

 

and having that ability to do it.

 

 


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I think I really do love homes and home

 

design and, uh, you know, furnishing.

 

 


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And I think maybe it would be doing

 

something like that, like updating

 

 


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homes, flipping homes, uh, maybe

 

something in that space that's completely

 

 


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opposite of doing what I do here.

 

 


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Marc Preston: But still creative and

 

still, you know, seeing a project through.

 

 


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Yeah.

 

 


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Ashley Jay Sandberg: Yeah,

 

I check things off my list.

 

 


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I do find get much joy out of that.

 

 


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Marc Preston: Very good.

 

 


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Now the last question I got for

 

you is if you were to jump into

 

 


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that DeLorean going back in time,

 

you've got you go to see 16 year old

 

 


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Ashley, you got a piece of advice.

 

 


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You got a couple minutes with you.

 

 


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What would the piece of advice be to

 

either put you on a better path or

 

 


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a different path or maybe make that

 

moment in your life a little better?

 

 


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What would that piece of advice be?

 

 


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Okay.

 

 


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Ashley Jay Sandberg: Yeah, I think

 

it be, um, to be easier on myself.

 

 


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I think we're, you know, I think I'm

 

my own worst critic sometimes and I'm

 

 


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really, you know, can be hard on myself.

 

 


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And I would say just, you know, you

 

know, just not to do that and that

 

 


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it's okay for not everyone to like you.

 

 


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You have to make sure you like

 

yourself and, and, uh, making choices

 

 


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that feel good and right for you.

 

 


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And I think that's, I would say, worry

 

less about the others and really focus on.

 

 


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What you need to be doing and

 

what's bringing you joy too.

 

 


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Marc Preston: You know, it makes me happy.

 

 


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So many people say something so very

 

similar to that, that I speak with, uh,

 

 


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that, that just go easy on yourself,

 

trust yourself, you know, take it easy.

 

 


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You know, I don't know if, if creative

 

types naturally as youngins, if we're

 

 


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all just kind of, you know, in our

 

heads so much, we're really kind of

 

 


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rough on ourself or, you know, you

 

know, it's just a very interesting note.

 

 


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A lot of folks say that.

 

 


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So, uh, but no, I do appreciate

 

you taking some time out of your

 

 


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day to sit down with me and.

 

 


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My puppy who's passed out finally

 

after he chooses just now to pass

 

 


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out on the floor You know, he's been

 

running around the whole time Um,

 

 


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but I certainly appreciate it best of

 

luck to you and hopefully we'll have a

 

 


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chance to connect down the line then.

 

 


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Ashley Jay Sandberg: Okay, great

 

 


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Marc Preston: Okay, there you go ashley j

 

sandberg the executive producer of the new

 

 


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film twisters Looking forward to seeing

 

it coming out this fall Tomorrow, Friday,

 

 


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July 19th, it's going to be a good one.

 

 


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I think you'll enjoy it quite a bit.

 

 


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I'm not, I'm not trying

 

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Okay.

 

 


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So go have a great rest of

 

your day, evening, weekend,

 

 


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whatever you got going on.

 

 


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Ashley Jay Sandberg

Executive Producer

Ashley Jay Sandberg serves as Executive Producer of TWISTERS, the highly anticipated Universal Pictures’ film releasing globally on Friday, July 19th. An independent producer, Sandberg was instrumental in shepherding the project to its greenlight and throughout the entire production while on location for the shoot collaborating with acclaimed Director Lee Isaac Chung and the stellar ensemble of top-tier talent in the film. Additionally, Sandberg serves as Executive Music Producer for the upcoming TWISTERS soundtrack.

A visionary entertainment leader, Sandberg joined The Kennedy/Marshall Company in 2011, and was a key member in launching and operating their inaugural television department. Her leadership, creative instincts, and collaborative style propelled her ascent through the organization, leading to her most recent role in Feature Development and Production alongside Frank Marshall. During her tenure, Sandberg successfully managed the overseas production of Universal Pictures hit film JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION, defying countless challenges to become the first film to resume production amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Other highlights include serving as Associate Producer on the six-time Emmy-nominated HBO Documentary Films’ THE BEE GEES: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART.

Other notable film projects she was involved with include THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND, the JURASSIC WORLD FRANCHISE, CAMP CRETACEOUS and the JASON BOURNE FRANCHISE for the following studios: Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks Animation, Universal Pictures, Netflix, and Warner Bros. among … Read More