Chloe Coleman | From “My Spy” to “Mouse” | No Longer a Pumpkin

00:00 Chloe Coleman joins Story & Craft

00:00 Chloe Coleman: I just saw like by watching people, like there was so many cogs turning in everyone's head and they were like performing and it was beautiful. And I remember being like, I want to do that too. Like I kind of understand that this is, this is special to me.

00:16 Announcer: Welcome to Story and Craft. Now, here's your host, Marc Preston.

00:20 Marc Preston: Okay, here we go. Back again, another episode of Story and Craft. Welcome back. Good to have you. Uh, hey, if this is your first time stopping by, welcome. Glad to have you here. A great conversation shall be had today. It is a cool one. A young actor named Chloe Coleman. I mean, you know her from My Spy with Dave Bautista.

00:39 Marc Preston: She's been in, uh, Avatar, Big Little Lies, Dungeons and Dragons. Uh, for only being 17, she has had a really cool career up to now, but she's starting to make that transition, getting into some different kind of roles like her latest role in the new film Mouse, which comes out, uh, limited release November 6th, and it opens up wide on November 13th.

00:59 Marc Preston: Just a lovely young lady and, uh, really a cool opportunity to kind of see her perspective on things given that she's acted with, uh, some big names like Chris Pine and Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson and, uh, Adam Driver. She's gonna be having a great career. And plus she's just so charming and, uh, a really fun conversation.

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01:56 Marc Preston: So how are you doing today?

01:58 Senior year, college applications and turning 18

01:58 Chloe Coleman: I'm doing great. It's a nice Thursday, and I don't have school,

02:01 Marc Preston: so- You don't have school ... I'm happy to be here. You know, that was gonna be a question I asked you is are you, uh, are you doing regular school, or you, do you do not?

02:07 Chloe Coleman: I, I am in regular school. Um, and I'm a senior in high school, so the, it, this is like dead week, um, for students, so, and it's, like, parent-teacher conferences, so there's nothing going on.

02:17 Chloe Coleman: Oh. Oh,

02:18 Marc Preston: those are great weeks- So, yeah ... aren't they? That's great. You don't have to really do anything. Yeah,

02:20 Chloe Coleman: they're the best.

02:21 Marc Preston: Yeah, I miss that. My-

02:22 Chloe Coleman: Five days of no school ...

02:23 Marc Preston: yeah, my youngest is gonna graduate from college this year, so I, but I fondly remember the high school days. Yes. So it's about, uh, lunch. Did you have anything for lunch today?

02:32 Chloe Coleman: N- I had a banana. I, I woke up late, or, like, around 10, so dead week.

02:36 Marc Preston: But it's, it's dead week. You're allowed to.

02:39 Chloe Coleman: Yes, exactly. It's, it's all okay.

02:40 Marc Preston: There's something great about- Yeah ... just kind of sleeping in. But no, banana is always my kind of like, I don't have time to cook anything, grab a banana thing, you know.

02:47 Marc Preston: Exactly. Yeah. And I'm currently looking at them, and they're in banana bread zone. They're not edible right now, so I'm, like, looking at them, so.

02:52 Chloe Coleman: Oh, that's

02:52 Marc Preston: awesome. So, so this is your senior year. Are you planning on going to- Yeah ... uh, college, uh, afterwards or? 'Cause I know that you got a very busy schedule.

03:00 Chloe Coleman: Um, I, I actually don't know. I am applying, um, and it's kind of, I think it's good to keep all my doors open. Um, so I'm going through the process. But I really don't know. So, um, I'm figuring it out as I go.

03:12 Marc Preston: It's so wonderful to be your age 'cause, you know, pretty much anything's possible. And by the way, I gotta, I gotta be the first person to wish you a happy early birthday.

03:18 Marc Preston: I hear you're turning 18, right? Thank

03:20 Chloe Coleman: you. Yeah. November 23rd, I will be 18. It's

03:23 Marc Preston: crazy. Are you, now are you excited about it, or is it kind of like, "Eh, it's just another birthday?" Are you, are you, are you jazzed about it?

03:28 Chloe Coleman: Um, I'm excited. I'm also, I, I, I'm kind of sad about it 'cause I'll go through, like, um, days where I'm like, "Oh my God, I'm turning 18."

03:36 Chloe Coleman: And I think, like, I've, I've always thought of it as this birthday of like, "Oh, I'm not a kid anymore." And that makes me sad. I don't, I don't like to think about that. Any- And it's really- Any time you

03:44 Marc Preston: think that- ... sweet, so ... just go hang out with your folks. You're always gonna be their little girl. You know, it's, I still-

03:48 Chloe Coleman: Yes.

03:49 Chloe Coleman: No, I, I, I hope I always will feel like a kid. I think that, that'll be true. And so it'll be cool. It'll be new. And I'm, like, open to it. I'm a little, like, nervous, you know. A little nervous. I'd say, but it'll-

03:59 Marc Preston: You're gonna be able to vote soon. Think of all the cool stuff you're gonna be able to do. Yes. You know.

04:03 Marc Preston: Mm-hmm. Now, now you're in, you're in LA, right?

04:05 Chloe Coleman: Yes, I am in LA.

04:06 Marc Preston: I'm a hundred percent. Are you an, are you an LA kid? Is that where you grew up?

04:08 Chloe Coleman: Yeah. I'm very familiar with, with the valley and over the hill and everything.

04:13 Growing up with parents who met on “The Amazing Race”

04:13 Marc Preston: And now your folks, if I'm not mistaken, they work within the, or they did or they do work in the industry, correct?

04:17 Chloe Coleman: Yeah. My, my parents met on The Amazing Race. My dad's a camera operator, and my mom is a producer. And so, um, I was, I was- On set, like when I was very young, like a lot of my first like friends and interactions were with, um, adults, which was kind of cool. I loved that environment and I was always very curious and probably very loud and annoying.

04:38 Marc Preston: Probably very loud and annoying. I have to have one

04:40 Chloe Coleman: sec.

04:41 Marc Preston: I don't do a ton of preparation, preparation, but I, I check a couple things out here and there, and somehow I stumbled across a video. I think your, one of your folks must have made it, but it was you and your little sister- I would

04:51 Chloe Coleman: be scared. I have no idea

04:51 Marc Preston: No, it's like you- Yeah ... and your little sister and it, and they had recordings of you, uh, when you were younger saying, "I'm gonna kick you out of the family," or something like that. It was, it was- Yes,

05:00 Chloe Coleman: I know.

05:01 Marc Preston: It was hilarious. Having three kids, I know that there are moments when they, where they just don't wanna see each other, and other times they're really close and it kind of goes back and forth.

05:09 Marc Preston: But are you really close with your little sister?

05:11 Chloe Coleman: I, I am very close with her and, um, she's, she's a freshman now at, at my school, so we have like one more year together, which is nice. Um, but, uh, what... I vividly remember that argument and I think like we both knew in like the back of our heads that it was kind of comedic, 'cause we were just saying like crazy stuff like, like, "I'm gonna kick you out of the family."

05:31 Chloe Coleman: And my parents, like my parents didn't intervene. They were just in the front like recording it, 'cause they were dying laughing. It was so funny. Um, but we do love each other a lot, and in that video there's a lot of us hanging out and playing around, so.

05:42 Marc Preston: So have you always been a theatrical kid? Um- I wanna say gregarious, but I mean, have you always been kind of, uh, the opposite of shy?

05:49 Marc Preston: Or are you, are you inherently shy? You know? 'Cause I know a lot of people who do act that are kind of naturally just kind of reserved.

05:55 Chloe Coleman: Yeah. I think, I think I'm a very loud and outgoing person, and sometimes I'm like, "Maybe I, I should be more shy." Um, 'cause I have a lot... I just love talking to people and meeting people.

06:05 Chloe Coleman: But, uh, the more I look back on videos when I was younger, I was always like very... What's the word? I guess I would narrate everything. Like if there was, if we were making a video or something, like I was always so into singing, dancing, like all, everything, like face paint. And I just loved like... I just loved movies too.

06:24 Chloe Coleman: Like I loved watching television and films with my parents and my sister, and um, I was always just very expressive,

06:31 Marc Preston: so. Well, speaking of your parents, your dad's gotta be in really good shape if he was a camera operator. Those are the guys that are like carrying all that weight and like running around and-

06:39 Chloe Coleman: Yes.

06:40 Chloe Coleman: Yeah, he's more, he's, he's more agile than me. He's on the Peloton every day and he's like stretching- ... and I'm over here and I'm stiff. Um-

06:46 Marc Preston: Hey, yeah, I... No, no, no, no. I saw some of your preparation you did for, uh, one of your films and y- you know, your, uh, like martial arts and stuff, you know. So you're-

06:55 Chloe Coleman: Yeah.

06:56 Martial arts training and doing her own stunts

06:56 Chloe Coleman: Yeah. Do,

06:56 Marc Preston: do you still remember all your training?

06:58 Chloe Coleman: The- I, I actually... Yeah, it was like one to two years of like really intense, like almo- like couple times a week, and I, I loved it 'cause it's, it- It kind of is in my body now, um, and it's great to go back and refresh. It's such a cool... I, I wanna say it's a sport because it has a performance aspect to it as well, at least the training I did.

07:18 Chloe Coleman: But it's also just really good for your body to know and like, like even to defend yourself, it's very cool. Um, and you feel in great shape and like your s- it makes your stamina great. Um, and there's so much to learn. Like, it's so extensive. Like the amount of kicks and stuff and like, there's so many different techniques.

07:34 Chloe Coleman: So there's like, there's always stuff to learn. Um, and it's just a good skill to have and continue to improve on.

07:39 Marc Preston: Yeah. Well, I did see you'd previously commented you do like to do your own stunts. So that's kind of cool.

07:43 Chloe Coleman: Oh, I do. Yeah. I think it's the most fun part 'cause it's like, when, when else would I ever get to do something like that?

07:50 Chloe Coleman: Like there's no- ... there's no shot in my day-to-day that I'd be like riding a Vespa or something that's like totally out of the ordinary. So I love stuff like that.

07:59 Weekend train trips and McDonald’s tiramisu in Italy

07:59 Marc Preston: Yeah. My youngest daughter studied, uh- ... sh- she was in Italy, uh, last fall and, uh, she, she loved eating, you know. But she's got this thing, like 'cause you, you- I don't blame her

08:08 Marc Preston: you shot over there. Her whole thing is, uh, she's been, she's a little world traveler person, you know. She, she was on the train every weekend going somewhere. That's great. And she, uh, did this thing where she has to go to a McDonald's in every country she goes to. Not that she loves McDonald's, but she needs to know how it's different.

08:24 Marc Preston: And then so she told me she went to, uh, oh, gosh, Lake Como. And she's like, "Guess what I'm doing?" It's like- Right ... she's like, "I'm eating tiramisu from McDonald's on Lake Como." I'm like, "No."

08:33 Chloe Coleman: It's, it is crazy. No, I love traveling too, and um, especially like we, we take advantage, like if I'm ever working abroad or anywhere out of the United States, like we, we will be taking the train on the weekend to go anywhere.

08:46 Chloe Coleman: Um, and it's funny 'cause in Italy at the like Grand Central train station, 'cause we would take the train. I think we went... I don't know where we, we went to like Ve- um, Florence. We went to Florence one weekend and we stayed at like a vineyard. It was so cool. Um, but the, there was a McDonald's in like the main hub and we're like, "Let's try it 'cause I wanna know like is it different?"

09:04 Chloe Coleman: And you're right, there's like tiramisu and like, like fresh ice cream and stuff at McDonald's. Just, it's so crazy in different countries. I think, I,

09:10 Marc Preston: I think we're being like shortchanged over here, you know, 'cause they got the, they got the better stuff.

09:14 Chloe Coleman: They do. They do.

09:14 Marc Preston: Now, do your parents travel with you?

09:16 Marc Preston: Like when you, when you shot, uh, My Spy, like your folks go with you to Italy?

09:19 Chloe Coleman: Yeah. So my, usually my mom or dad will come with me and since I have a younger sister, um- She just, a parent has to be home. Or, or sometimes my sister will come with us and it'll be, like, three of us or, like, four of us for a week if we can manage it, 'cause it's nice to be together.

09:35 Chloe Coleman: 'Cause all of us are always kind of traveling. But, um, usually it's my mom too, but it's usually me and an adult, and we, we get to have fun.

09:43 Marc Preston: So what, what's your background? Like, where are your folks from? Are they originally from California, or, like, what's their, what's their lineage?

09:50 Chloe Coleman: My, my dad is from Philadelphia.

09:52 Chloe Coleman: Um, grew up there, went to high school there. I think went to college there as well. So a lot of my family, my aunts and cousins, um- So he's all

09:59 Marc Preston: about

09:59 Chloe Coleman: the Eagles- ...

10:00 Marc Preston: are there ... right? Everybody I know from Philadelphia-

10:01 Chloe Coleman: Oh, we are, we are all about the Eagles. Okay. Eagles and, and Philly cheesesteaks every Sunday, yes.

10:06 Chloe Coleman: Wait, wait- Very important ... you do Philly cheesesteaks every

10:08 Marc Preston: Sunday?

10:08 Chloe Coleman: Um, if, like, if there's a game, like, if I'm, if I'm home and we're watching it, I'll have one with everybody. Yeah.

10:13 Marc Preston: Well, you know, if they ever play my Cowboys, you know, I'll, I'll, I'll think of you fondly. I'll do the cheesesteak. Ooh. I'll, but Cowboys fans, our hearts are always getting broken, so it's not...

10:21 Marc Preston: I'm more of a baseball guy, so. But how-

10:23 Chloe Coleman: Understandable ...

10:24 Marc Preston: but how about your mom?

10:25 Chloe Coleman: My mom is, I wanna say from, she's also from California, from, like, the Half Moon Bay area, kind of up there- Oh, okay- ... towards the, the circle ... okay. But she w- she grew up there, and she had a big family, and I know they had a lot of animals.

10:41 Chloe Coleman: And she was a big traveler. That's how, they had a lot of pets. They had cats and, like, sheep and everything. And then she was a big traveler, and she did a lot of documentary series in, like, the ice caps, and she would go to, like, Borneo and do all this crazy stuff. And then, um, Amazing Race still was kind of, like, that travel experience a little more confined.

10:59 Chloe Coleman: Absolutely. Absolutely. And that's how she met my dad. Yeah. And then it was more LA-based work, um- 'cause she had kids. And so yeah, that's kind of what happened.

11:08 Marc Preston: Well, I, I did see you, you had noted that your favorite holiday is Chris Hanukkah. Chris Maha- Chris... Is that how you say it? Chris-

11:14 Chloe Coleman: Chris-

11:15 Marc Preston: How do you say it?

11:15 Chloe Coleman: Chris-ukkah. Christmas

11:16 Marc Preston: Hanukkah. Chris-ukkah, okay.

11:17 Chloe Coleman: Chris-ukkah.

11:17 Marc Preston: You have some, uh, Jewish roots in there?

11:19 Chloe Coleman: My, so, like, my close family friends, like cousins, um, are Jewish, and usually, like, we'll do, like, a Christmas exchange with them. Ah. And so they celebrate Hanukkah. Like, they don't, they don't celebrate Christmas with my dad.

11:29 Chloe Coleman: Okay. Is that- But my favorite holiday, my favorite holiday is actually Halloween. I don't know, I, I must... I don't know when I said that. But I mean, I, I do love Chris-ukkah too. But my favorite, my favorite holiday is Halloween.

11:39 Marc Preston: I never really do deep research on anybody I talk to. But you have, uh- Yeah ... a lot of little fun nuggets about kind of where you've come from, what you like to do, and, uh- Mm-hmm

11:48 Marc Preston: I fi- I find it v- you're an intriguing guest, I will say that. So, um-

11:52 From “Big Little Lies” to working with Chris Pine and Adam Driver

11:52 Chloe Coleman: Thank you.

11:52 Marc Preston: Uh, when you look back on the projects you did- ... that you, that you've done, which one do you think is kind of the one that, uh, it was like, "Okay, I'm in the game now. This is, I'm, I'm doing the thing I wanna do." What was that for you?

12:04 Chloe Coleman: I, I always, I always loved acting, and my first project I ever did was Big Little Lies, um, which was a limited TV series. And, like, that was with kids, and I was just, like, having such a great time 'cause I was like, you know, playing, like, a second grader, and there's so many amazing women on that project, and, like, a great environment to be in.

12:24 Chloe Coleman: It was an incredible director. And I just loved... I understood the system, and I loved it. I loved being on set. And I think there was a distinct switch where I, where I was like, "Wait, I, I do love performing. Like, there's so much to explore here, and I wanna play so many different characters." And I think that was around the time when I worked on a movie called 65 and Dungeons & Dragons.

12:48 Chloe Coleman: Yeah. And they were two, like, really crazy different characters in these two extreme worlds. Like, Dungeons & Dragons, oh my God, people could talk about that for days. And, um, 65 was, like, sci-fi. And I was working just with, like, really incredible people, like Adam Driver and, like, Chris Pine, and I just saw, like, by watching people, like, there was so many cogs turning in everyone's head, and they were, like, performing.

13:11 Chloe Coleman: And it was beautiful, and I remember being like, "I wanna do that, too." Like, I kind of understand that this is, this is special to me. And, um- But wasn't it

13:19 Marc Preston: cool, like, you see how- And then I got on Stranger Things ... each person's a little different in their approach, and it's kinda like-

13:23 Chloe Coleman: Yeah ...

13:24 Marc Preston: you kind of find, you know, take nuggets.

13:25 Marc Preston: Yeah. And, like, Chris Pine just seems like just the, like just a mensch, kind of a good dude, you know? Just he seems like a really nice-

13:30 Chloe Coleman: Yeah. I, he, he asked me a great question once, and it was, like, some, uh, emotional scene we had on a boat, like a father and daughter. And he was like, "Is there anything I can do for you in this scene?

13:40 Chloe Coleman: Like, anything that you need from me?" That's such a nice question. And- And it's like, it really plays into the collaboration, I think, that comes with acting sometimes. And it's so kind, especially, you know, being, like, a child, one of the youngest people on set. Like, it treated, treating me like a, like a, like an adult.

13:58 Chloe Coleman: Like, that, that was so nice, and something I appreciate. And i- in my mind, I'm always thinking, like, "How can I give back to the people I'm working with when it's not my coverage?" And it's just that I'm like, I'm still, you know, I still wanna give for them, even if I'm not on, on-screen. 'Cause, like, that's how it works, and

14:13 Marc Preston: yeah, that's kind of- Well, it's wonderful.

14:14 Marc Preston: I've had an opportunity to speak with a lot of folks who, who started acting when they were young. Mm-hmm. And they've kind of progressed. Yeah. And it's, it's interesting to watch the arc and kind of how they, you know, how they moved into adulthood. Mm-hmm. And it's, it's fun to t- talk with you because you're in it right now.

14:30 Marc Preston: You're about to turn 18, so you're, you're even- Yeah ... d- are you feeling that you are, for lack of a better way of putting it, transitioning from being a kid actor to-

14:40 Chloe Coleman: Mm-hmm ...

14:40 Marc Preston: taking on more, we'll say, beefy, emotional, adult-ish, kind of- Yeah ... y- young woman type things? Are you feeling that right

14:49 Chloe Coleman: now? Yeah. I do.

14:50 Chloe Coleman: I do feel that. In a lot of auditions and stuff I'm looking at, it's, it's way more mature. And I'd s- that's a change I accept and I'm excited for, um, 'cause it's, like, new territory. There's more for me to learn and explore. But I think a big thing about, um, turning 18, I'm very excited for, like, the new wave of material that's kinda coming in of the more mature and, like, the new, like, more intense and just, like, more complex stuff.

15:14 Chloe Coleman: And it's new for me to explore and learn and see. And I think a good thing that my parents did, I was saying, is, um, they let me d- uh, develop my own identity outside of acting. Because when you're, um, young and you're playing characters, it's easy to get confused when you, you don't know who you are. And, um, going to school and, like, coming home and having a very, what I would say, like, normal childhood experience really allowed me to develop my own interests and have experiences that I can take back to acting, rather than the other way around.

15:51 Marc Preston: Has acting training, more formal training, been a part of what you've been up to, or has this been more on-the-job training for you kind of a thing?

15:58 Chloe Coleman: I think it's very much on the jo- like, I learn so much on every project 'cause they're all so different. And even, like, just meeting different directors and actors and, like, different systems and the way that things work, like, I watch and I, like, really absorb it.

16:13 Chloe Coleman: Like, that's my favorite way to learn. Um, and there's so much conversation that goes on that's so helpful for me to understand and listen to. And when we're like, even, like, the rehearsals, I feel like formal rehearsals are very much like training and discussion. And I do wanna, I do definitely wanna take some more improv classes.

16:32 Chloe Coleman: I think that would be really beneficial.

16:33 Staying calm opposite Dave Bautista in “My Spy”

16:33 Marc Preston: As I was watching you, I was like, "She's just..." Like, you look at My Spy and, you know, and as a parent, I kind of look at a kid, you know, you, the, it's you and, uh, Baptiste, uh, uh, pfft, I- Ba-

16:45 Chloe Coleman: Baptista,

16:45 yeah ...

16:45 Marc Preston: uh, Baptista. I be like, I have brain farts regularly, so, you know, just prepare yourself.

16:49 Marc Preston: It's okay. Um, the, he, you know, the movie is really f- you know, there's a spotlight on the both of y'all. And to k- Mm-hmm ... you know, so you're really, at a very young age, I wanna say carrying a film, but, you know, all eyes are on you, you know? Is that intimidating for you at all? Or have, you know, uh, because I thought you just really carried yourself well considering, you know, not just that he's been acting- Mm-hmm

17:10 Marc Preston: but he's a big dude, you know, so that could, I can imagine for- Yeah ... you know, so, um- ... is it, is, I don't wanna say stressful, but what is it like for you when you know that this movie is really gonna put a spotlight on you? Is that kind of fun because you get to go to town, or is it nerve-wracking a little

17:25 Chloe Coleman: bit?

17:26 Chloe Coleman: I think, I think it was... I think the nerves come and go because I feel like when I get nervous it's really just me being excited and, like, wanting to do it. And I think, I think when there is a lot of focus on me, like, that's an opportunity to have fun and to be expressive. And I think when I was younger, I was not as, like, aware of the pressure 'cause I was just like, "I'm having fun, so, like, it's okay."

17:51 Chloe Coleman: Like, I never really got nervous like that. And I think as I got older I'm, like, more aware as like, oh, like, there's a lot to do here. Um, but I think, I just, I always tell myself, like, um, I say, I say, like, there's no room for fear, and I say that in the way of, like, I wanna enjoy this. Like, I don't wanna be blindsided by being nervous.

18:09 Chloe Coleman: Um, and it's okay to feel nervous. I do feel it, but I just am like, "Not right now." Like, I gotta, I gotta do it. Like- There's

18:14 Marc Preston: plenty of time for being nervous later ... I- Yeah, yeah. No, that feeling

18:16 Chloe Coleman: is w- Yes, yes, yeah.

18:18 Marc Preston: Since you started so young, I gather that, that you've built muscle memory so that you know the routines and how to get yourself there.

18:24 Marc Preston: Mm-hmm. But how young were you when you f- first started officially acting?

18:28 Chloe Coleman: Um, I wanna, I wanna say, like, at the youngest, five or six. And I think Big Little Lies I was around seven or, seven or six years old, so it was pretty young. Um, and I did commercials, like, initially 'cause my mom was like, sh- she's so...

18:44 Chloe Coleman: She was, she thought I was funny, and she's like, you know, like, "We're, we're in this, in this, we work in this area and, like, industry. Like, we could give her, give it a try." And I went and got an agent and- That's kind of how it began. Yeah.

18:57 Marc Preston: You know, you've had what I would consider to be a wonderful on-the-job education.

19:01 A full head cast and video diaries for “65”

19:01 Marc Preston: You've worked with wonderful directors and projects. Uh, but one- Mm-hmm ... of the things that I was truly impressed by, that I don't know if I could do, I saw, uh, was it, um, for 65 you had to do a, a head casting- Mm ... of where they, you know, can make a mask or something, and they- Yeah,

19:17 Chloe Coleman: yeah.

19:17 Marc Preston: Oh, I got an- and I, I watched that and I was like, "I'm getting an anxiety attack watching that."

19:21 Marc Preston: 'Cause I'm going, what if my nose is, uh, stuffy or if I get a sneeze and they- ... they've totally covered your head in goo, basically. That... What was that like for- They

19:29 Chloe Coleman: do a, they do a pretty good job of making sure you can breathe, um, which was of course my biggest concern. Um, and they, they leave the... Your mouth is covered and they leave room for your nose to breathe.

19:42 Chloe Coleman: And I, I honestly- Don't they put like little straws in your

19:43 Marc Preston: nose, kind of? Like little, like-

19:45 Chloe Coleman: Yes, or I think so. Or I think it, maybe they didn't for me, I don't remember. But I think once it's all on, it's actually kind of therapeutic 'cause you're just, like, covered and you can't see- ... and it's like the biggest thing, the biggest thing they tell you is to not fall asleep.

19:58 Chloe Coleman: That's actually the biggest thing that they were worried about- Oh, really? Really? ... is like... Yeah. They, 'cause I, when, after when they were putting the prosthetic on me, like months later, I, I would, I was falling asleep in the chair, 'cause it's so therapeutic when they, like, have to... I don't know, you're, like, comforted.

20:11 Chloe Coleman: Your, basically your head is swaddled, and you can't see anything, it's quiet, and it's cold. So I was like, you know, trying to

20:17 Marc Preston: fall asleep. Claustrophobia. Yeah, no. That-

20:19 Chloe Coleman: Yes, yes.

20:20 Marc Preston: Now, 65, I'm trying to remember, uh, with Adam Driver, that... It's been a moment since I've seen that. You really didn't have any lines.

20:26 Marc Preston: Most of it was just emoting for the most part, correct? Or initially.

20:30 Chloe Coleman: I actually, I, I actually, a big part of my role was, was chatting a lot, because there was a segment of these video diaries which I would send to, uh, my character's dad in space, and that was, that was actually a lot of improv and writing, and I worked...

20:44 Chloe Coleman: The director, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, we did a lot of, like, col- you know, collaborative chatting to make these as long as possible so they could be cut down.

20:52 Marc Preston: Uh-huh.

20:52 Chloe Coleman: And so we'd kind of play with, play with the environments that I was filming in, the different ones, of, like, these video diaries. I'm just, like, talking away.

20:59 Chloe Coleman: So that was actually, um, that was something I had

21:01 Marc Preston: to do. Okay. I, I wanna go back and rewatch that. I, that wou- that was... It was very interesting, and I think that if, if I was your age and I'm gonna be acting with fill-in-the-blank, or really any age, I got a question. Do you, do you go watch whoever your co-star is gonna be?

21:16 Marc Preston: Do you watch some of their past work to... Or do you like to be totally surprised? Like if you haven't seen a lot of Adam Driver's stuff, are you gonna go binge-watch a lot of his projects, or do you just kinda, just kinda get surprised on set? I...

21:28 Chloe Coleman: If... There's a, there's usually a good chance I've seen, seen that, seen someone's work beforehand, and if not, I'll definitely go and check it out.

21:35 Chloe Coleman: Um, you know, 'cause out of, like, curiosity, like, uh, like I wanna see. It's so cool. Mm-hmm. And then usually interviews are great, just to, like, to know the person a little bit and, like, know going into it. Um, I, I don't like... I, I get nervous sometimes too when it's, um, really talented people. I'm like, "Oh my God."

21:52 Chloe Coleman: Like, especially, like, you know- I don't know, it's nerve-wracking a little bit to be like, um, a, a kid working with like some really talented adults. I do get nervous sometimes, so I like to be prepared. Oh, yeah. I

22:04 Marc Preston: thought it was so much fun though, watching, uh, you know, you with Dave Bautista. I mean, for y'all to come back and do another, uh- Yeah

22:10 Marc Preston: do the sequel to it. And, you know, f- like both he and Adam Driver are big dudes, and you're, well, you're not a real big dude. You're, you're a lot- No. So it's like, so I can see where that could potentially be intimidating, but, uh, you really hold your own, uh, which I think is very, uh... That's why I asked have you had a lot of acting training because you f- u- a lot of what you do just seems effortless.

22:30 Marc Preston: And, you know, when you're kind of talking smack with Dave Bautista, like there was one scene, uh, I think y'all were training, and he wanted you to train longer, and you didn't wanna train, and you're just, you know, you're just- Yeah. ... verbally flaming him. I'm like... So it's, you know, it's, it's, there's, there's an ease to what you do.

22:45 Marc Preston: How do you feel that you've developed that ease on set? You said that you like talking with people and, you know, uh, you know, are you-

22:52 Chloe Coleman: Yeah ...

22:52 Marc Preston: you're just not that easily intimidated? Or h-how, how did you develop that kind of ease with the grown folk?

22:59 Chloe Coleman: No, I, I s- I, I still definitely do get intimidated. Um, but that's Chloe, and usually I'm not, you know, I'm not playing me-

23:05 Chloe Coleman: so I gotta forget about that. But, um, I think in those cases, the collaborative back and forth, especially if I'm feeling angry, listening to like the other person in the scene really fuels whatever emotion I'm trying to feel, and it kind of works like that If that makes sense.

23:23 Marc Preston: One of the things I was gonna ask you is, 'cause I got two y- young ladies and my daughters, one my...

23:28 Marc Preston: Well, I've got three kids. My son's in the middle, but my- Yeah ... uh, daughters are 23 and 20, and they are always, uh, they have, like, wavy hair, and they always... It's, it's, whenever they're- Yeah ... gonna have dinner or something, they're always like... I can't tell you the amount of times, like, my daughter's like, "Daddy, can you get, um, um, that spray for hair straighteners?"

23:46 Marc Preston: So, so one of the videos I rolled- Yeah ... across is, like, that you did because your hair is, you know, got a lot of body to it, you know. So they were, you know, were straightening. It was like- Mm-hmm ... I remember doing that with my kid, you know, 'cause I was, I was the hairstylist for a moment during COVID, you know.

23:58 Marc Preston: I was the one doing the straightening. Yeah. Um- Of

24:00 Announcer: course ...

24:00 Marc Preston: uh, my spine, I was, they, they were doing these really intricate braids in your hair and stuff like that. So is it kind of fun for you to sit down and have makeup people and have hair people just kind of, you're, you know, just preparing you for stuff?

24:12 Marc Preston: Or is it, uh... Do you enjoy, do you enjoy the process, uh, not just on screen, but k- the actual process of making the movies and things like that?

24:20 Chloe Coleman: I think the makeup trailer is one of my favorite spaces in the morning or whenever getting ready, 'cause I usually, I, I get to connect, like, um, with the hair and makeup team a lot.

24:29 Marc Preston: The, the people in the makeup trailer know all the good gossip on the set I've found, so, you know.

24:33 Chloe Coleman: Yeah. And it's, like, just the music in the morning, like it's, it's, it's, especially when you're, like, tired and it's 5:00 AM, it's, like, that's the space to be. Um, and on the, on the more days where I have to be sad, like, then there's that, I'm gonna be a bit quiet in the morning, which is just always nice.

24:49 Chloe Coleman: I think, uh, curly, curly hair is, is hard to work with sometimes. Um, and I think the, the, one of the loveliest things is meeting stylists who can work with curly or, or Black hair. Um, it's really refreshing and I feel so taken care of, of someone who's learned to do my own hair, and had a mom who's learned to do my own hair.

25:07 Chloe Coleman: I, like, I learned a lot how to take care of my hair and its texture 'cause it's, it's, it can be crazy sometimes. But I appreciate those moments in the trailer when I feel that way.

25:16 Marc Preston: Yeah, one thing I've learned having daughters, it's, it's girls with, with wavy or curly hair like to have it straight, and, and girls with straight hair are always trying to do something to give their hair body.

25:25 Motion capture and James Cameron on “Avatar: The Way of Water”

25:25 Marc Preston: So it's always the grass is always greener kind of a thing. So with me, clearly- Yeah, yeah ... I don't have to worry about that. But how did the Avatar opportunity come to you? And did you... Were, did, was any of that in water or was that motion capture? K- how did that... Tell me a little bit about your Avatar experience.

25:40 Chloe Coleman: That was, I wanna say, a local casting because that studio's in LA. The, one, one of them. I know they shot in New Zealand, of course, too. I didn't have to do any water stuff because I was playing a younger version of a character named Lo'ak. But I was about- I don't know how, I wanna say 10 or 11 when I did that.

26:00 Chloe Coleman: And there was, uh, motion capture, and that was so cool. Um, I've never... Like, that was definitely one of the most unique experiences I've ever done, 'cause it's like nothing necessarily is real 'cause you're covered in dots and like a suit with more dots, and the environment you're in is, like, plain plastic with lines and more dots, and it's all, like, filmed and completely edited later, and it's so cool.

26:22 Chloe Coleman: And it r- kind of really, I wanna say, hard environment acting, 'cause you gotta, like, put your mind, you put your mind in the world that isn't around you 'cause it's, you know, it's not there yet. Um, so challenging, but really, really fun, 'cause those, um, you know, the Na'vi characters are such free creatures. You gotta get into your body and, like, have fun, especially when you're a young one.

26:44 Chloe Coleman: You know, I remember, like, literally rolling around and climbing on concrete blocks. Um, it was so fun and cool, and James Cameron is very talented and-

26:53 Marc Preston: I, I was about to say- ... that, that was a great experience ... uh, you've had the opportunity to work with some really, uh, marquee folks. And what is, what is it like to be d- directed by James Cameron?

27:00 Marc Preston: And is he pretty chill with the kids or is he... He seems like he's a guy that already knows what he wants it to look like and is just trying to move all the pieces just right.

27:08 Chloe Coleman: Yeah, definitely. I, I, it takes a really cool mind to create an extensive world like that. I think that's why I find Avatar so fascinating, is, like, the work that goes into creating a world like that is a completely separate and maybe even a more laboring process than filming it.

27:25 Chloe Coleman: Um, and he does know what he wants, and I th- and I, I think... Uh, he was good working with kids 'cause so many of us, and, like, he, he, he, you know, he, he really handpicked those kids, and he knew what he wanted, the level of aggression he wanted from the kids in those scenes, and it was just very cool. Like, you know, it was, it was a whole system that was completely new, and I enjoyed it a lot.

27:47 Chloe Coleman: Yeah.

27:48 Marc Preston: And I don't wanna focus too much on the folk- I wanna focus on you, but the people you've had an opportunity to work with is a pretty interesting constellation. Is there anyone or any, uh, experience, you mentioned Chris Pine before, somebody w- you've worked with- Mm-hmm ... that you feel like you were able to...

28:02 Marc Preston: uh, not necessarily you weren't mentored by them, but they, they had some advice or they had-- You felt like they were helping you maximize what you could do in, in a scene- Mm-hmm ... and, and, uh, that you maybe learned something from. Is there anybody that stands out in your mind?

28:15 Being directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt

28:15 Chloe Coleman: I recently worked with, um... I was directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt in a recent film I did that's not out.

28:22 Chloe Coleman: But, um, he is such, such an incredible and special person because he worked as a, as a young child actor when he was younger. Yeah. So the way he directs is so great because he really understands How different people work, 'cause he's w- he's worked himself so much, so he, his direction is so clear and precise and, like, really connects with the type of actor that you are.

28:45 Chloe Coleman: And I just love the discussions that he has 'cause he knows what he, he, what he wants as well and he knows how he wants the story to go. He seems like a really smart guy. Like,

28:52 Marc Preston: he seems like his

28:53 Chloe Coleman: mind is working,

28:54 Marc Preston: yeah. He's so smart.

28:54 Chloe Coleman: And his, and he's talented beyond the acting and directing sphere. Like, he, he's really educated on, um, the new technological advancements with AI, and he's out there speaking and, and bringing awareness to stuff that a lot of people wouldn't know.

29:09 Chloe Coleman: Like, he's done his research, and I think that- Mm-hmm ... really attests to what a great person he is. Like, he's so well-rounded and just, I mean, he's, he's, he's really, really talented and really smart

29:26 Marc Preston: around, I saw something, um, are you into cosplay and dressing up? You mentioned Halloween, you love Halloween. So I saw something- Yeah,

29:33 Chloe Coleman: I do love Halloween. You're right, Halloween's my favorite holiday. When I was, um, younger, I did a movie called Marry Me, and I, um, I really wanted to go back. I was in... That was in New York, and I really wanted to go back home for Halloween, and I was maybe, like, 11 or 12.

29:47 Chloe Coleman: Um, and I wasn't able to go home. Like that's, that's what, that was my pri- priority, was to go home and be with my friends and dress up and go trick-or-treating. But I do, I like to get creative every year and, and do something fun. Yeah.

29:59 Marc Preston: Now, not cosplay, but, like, you know, dressing up. Like, is that something you're really into?

30:03 Chloe Coleman: I went to Comic-Con once, which was really fun, 'cause that's just, like, a whole other, like, extensive system of, like, interests. I haven't been back ever since. I think a dream of mine, if I ever did a film that required me to go to Comic-Con, I would be so freaking happy, 'cause that means, that means I'm, I'm doing something cool.

30:21 Chloe Coleman: Um, but, uh- I, I've never gone ... I think that's another, like- But I've

30:24 Marc Preston: always wanted to go. I lived in San Diego for a minute, and, uh, I never, I always wanted to- Yeah ... check it out, see the vibe, you know? When you were a little bit younger, before you started, you know, doing the acting, did, did, c- the acting thing just kinda come to you?

30:34 Marc Preston: Were you like, "I really, I've seen my parents doing their thing. I kinda see the cameras," and- Mm-hmm ... was it always something magnetic for you? Or was it something that somebody encouraged you to do, like, "Hey, you should try this out"?

30:45 Chloe Coleman: I think it was a little bit of both, 'cause, you know, being five, I, I can't, I don't exactly have a inner calling that's super clear yet.

30:53 Chloe Coleman: But I, I, I, um, but it was kind of magnetic, and I d- I did really love that environment, 'cause that's where my parents worked, and I, and I thought it was so cool. I think, like, my first, like, one of the first things I did is my, my, my mom worked on Top Model, um, as a producer. So I did, I did, like, a little, like, modeling thing for one of the episodes, and that was, that was very cool.

31:14 Chloe Coleman: Um, but yeah, it was a little bit of both. And I, I, again, I mentioned how my parents let me experience, like pretty much everything outside of work. And there was like phases where I was like, "I wanna be a YouTuber," or I wanna be like, you know, I, I would still have like other like silly child a- aspirations, but all stuff that really did relate to like performing and being creative.

31:37 Chloe Coleman: So it was always in the, always in that realm.

31:39 Why she would love to write screenplays someday

31:39 Marc Preston: Have you ever thought, "Man, you know, it'd be cool to be a chef or an astronaut or a, a film director," or, you know, is something else, uh, uh- Yeah ... do you, do you feel a pull of interest that makes you wanna explore other opportunities or anything else at all?

31:54 Chloe Coleman: I do love writing.

31:56 Chloe Coleman: I love, love, love writing. I would love to write things someday, whether it's screenplays or books, and it's a big interest of mine. I love creative writing. There's so many story- I, I, I'm always drawn to stories that are, that can be like as fantastical as possible or super simple, but usually have like a really interesting meaning be- behind them or like challenge, challenge how you think.

32:16 Chloe Coleman: Like I love s- I love stories like that. I love reading. Um, and so that's something I'd wanna experience and delve into as I get older. Um-

32:24 Marc Preston: Like, uh, knocking out

32:25 Chloe Coleman: a screenplay- ... it's a big interest of mine ... and

32:26 Marc Preston: creating a whole world kind of a thing that interests you?

32:29 Chloe Coleman: Yeah, or, you know, it, it can, it can be fantastical or it can be super simple.

32:33 Chloe Coleman: I just, I like to, I wanna, I wanna find something interesting to talk about and it'd be so cool to make it into a film.

32:39 Marc Preston: What do you enjoy watching? What is it that when you finally have time- Um- ... like when you have a dead week from school and you wake up late- Yeah ... you could just sit down-

32:47 Chloe Coleman: Hmm ...

32:47 Marc Preston: popcorn, whatever, watch a movie at night, what do you like to watch?

32:51 Chloe Coleman: Recently, my most recent watch that I adored was Widow's Bay. Holy crap, if you haven't seen Widow's Bay, please watch it, 'cause I loved that show. Um, my... Actually, one of the characters from Mouse, um, was in it, and I saw him post about it and I was like, with my mom, I was like, "Oh, let's like, let's start the first episode," and we watched like all three that were out in one night, and we're like, "Oh my God, there's no more yet."

33:13 Chloe Coleman: With- So every Wednesday we were watching that show ...

33:15 Landing the role of Callie in “Mouse”

33:15 Marc Preston: With Mouse, how did Mouse come to you? Is it just a good old-fashioned audition thing, or did somebody l- say, "Hey, Chloe would fit this character"?

33:23 Chloe Coleman: I believe it was an audition thing, and I did, um, I did a chemistry read with Kathryn, who plays Minnie, the, one of the, the leads in the film.

33:31 Chloe Coleman: Um, and that was... And I met the directors, uh, Kelly O'Sullivan and, um, Alex Thompson, and that, that was like the big, the big part of the audition. And then from there I, I got the role and I, I flew to Arkansas and that's, that's how we got there. Yeah.

33:47 Marc Preston: The premise basically is that, so early on in the film you pass away or you're...

33:54 Marc Preston: You, so are you- Yeah ... there as kind of flashbacks to your story? Is that kinda what it is?

33:58 Chloe Coleman: No, n- it's, it's... I think the great and interesting thing about Mouse is it focuses on the grief that comes after death and the world that surrounds it, and it's... There's not a lot of flashbacks to my character Callie.

34:12 Chloe Coleman: And I think that's important, because the focus of this movie is Minnie and Callie's mom, played by Sofia Pernello. That's kind of how it goes. And it, it, they... I think the big part of the movie is, you know, they want you to think it's gonna be about Callie, 'cause she's this vivacious, bright person who's popular and energetic, and it's not about her, and, like, that's not the story that we're telling.

34:33 Marc Preston: So it's a different genre than you've kind of been doing. Is it... W- do you have a genre you find you land in? Clearly you like being physical. I mean, I, you know, like from Avatar to, you know, Vice versa.

34:44 Chloe Coleman: Mm-hmm.

34:44 Marc Preston: But do you like taking meatier things like this that are Just a different tone? Do you enjoy that or do you have a genre you'd like to- I

34:51 Chloe Coleman: love-

34:51 Marc Preston: kind of stay within?

34:52 Chloe Coleman: No, I, I love exploring a bunch of different stuff, but I do love this independent kind of film tone that's so real and like, like you're really focusing and telling a story that feels real about these people and you get to know these characters. And I loved, loved, loved working on it and filming it and taking the character of Callie, who's like this eccentric, loud person, which was, which was...

35:16 Chloe Coleman: I was very nervous about doing, and being like this person who's not afraid to take up space, 'cause I, I often- oftentimes am afraid to take up space. Um, and so that was a challenge and, um, I did really enjoy it.

35:28 Marc Preston: One of my shows I really enjoyed was Upload, but I hadn't watched the subsequent seasons yet.

35:34 Marc Preston: In fact, I had Allegra Edwards- Mm-hmm ... on, you know, many moons ago. But how- n- that was, um- Um- How did you meet- Yeah. Yeah ... how did you fit into the, the Upload universe?

35:43 Chloe Coleman: I played one of the, um, the, one of the leads, Nathan's younger niece, Nevaeh. Um, and I, I, you know, it's kind- the show's split into these two worlds, the Upload world where your, your conscious is uploaded to a digital afterlife, and the other, which is the real world.

35:59 Chloe Coleman: And you know, it's weird 'cause like grief doesn't necessarily play a role as much in this show because these people are still there. Like, it kind of pushes the balance of immortality. And so like a niece who still gets to be with her uncle who's not really there. Um, and it's, it's kind of weird but it's like that's the way that things are in this world.

36:18 Chloe Coleman: Like, that's the norm.

36:20 Marc Preston: So like whenever you do a project, do your, do your parents ever give you advice? Like what kind of advice have they given you?

36:25 Chloe Coleman: Yeah. I'd say my m- my mom is my number one helper. Like especially when I was younger, um, you know, I c- I'm like seven, I can't exactly understand everything that's going on, so she was, oh, like you could literally say like a translator, um, for me and like there to always help me.

36:42 Chloe Coleman: And she's like someone I re- I can go to and, uh, she's someone I always read with and just like I wanna, I wanna say my, like my safety net, like who's there to like, I don't know, catch anything for me and like always, always like, always my second opinion and like my confidant. So yeah.

37:00 Marc Preston: What actors- Mm-hmm

37:01 Marc Preston: or actresses have you looked at and go, "I, I really love what they do." There's something about them that you, that you would love to incorporate in what you do, and you know, who, who's out there that you enjoy?

37:10 Chloe Coleman: I, uh, I, like I said, I just watched Widow's Bay, and I think his name, I wrote it down. It's Kingston Roome Southwick.

37:19 Chloe Coleman: I ho- I hope I'm saying that right. He plays the lead teenager in Widow's Bay, and he, like from the first episode off the bat, I was watching, I was like, "Oh my God, he's so good." Like, every like expression and mo- he's just like so in it. And like, my favorite thing is when teens are portrayed in such a natural and honest way, and he does such a great job of that, like throughout the entire season.

37:41 Chloe Coleman: And he's so funny, 'cause Widow's Bay is funny, and he brings like a great level of comedy. And he's just so talented. I'm, I'm so happy for them.

37:48 Marc Preston: You know, I will say that it's gonna be really wonderful to see you grow into other roles and other projects and, you know. Thank you. And then I can tell everybody, "Hey, I had a chance to talk with Chloe way back, way back when, when I was a younger man."

38:01 Marc Preston: Suddenly I'm an 1890s prospector. I don't know. As you, as you look at your career, where you would like it to go, 10 years from now, even five years from now- Yeah ... what would you like it to look like? Is there a snapshot in your mind of kind of, I would like to be doing this thing, this kind of project, working with these people, or whatever have you?

38:18 Marc Preston: 5, 10 years from now, what would you like that to look like?

38:20 Chloe Coleman: I would love to continue to be acting and like I said, if I could write a script or, you know, help produce or be more collaborative in the production of a film or TV show, 'cause I do, I do love it. Like, I love performing. I also love theater. Um, I do theater at my school and Doing that professionally one day would be a big, like, milestone, 'cause, you know, I mean, that's just so cool.

38:43 Chloe Coleman: I love theater, and I learn a lot, um, in that environment as well. Um, as for, like, movies, I mean, you mentioned, like, um, my love for stunts and stuff. I think, like, a, a... I've always loved Marvel. Like, I'm a big fan. It would be so cool to do any Marvel project one day. That would be... I would, I would probably lose my mind or something.

39:04 Marc Preston: Yeah. Yeah, I've had a chance to speak- Mm-hmm ... with some folks who have done those kind of projects, and I'm like, you know, I, I learned about all that from my son, Zachary. You know, he, you know, he was the one... I mean, it's kind of hard to keep up. I don't even know what order I need to watch stuff in and, like, you know, it's so...

39:16 Marc Preston: I mean- I

39:16 Chloe Coleman: think, yeah, that's why I love it so much. It's so expansive, and, uh, and very creative. And, you know, like, superheroes are so cool. I grew up watching Marvel, and it's, it's, it's always expanding and always changing. And like I mentioned, like, Comic-Con, like, there's such a big fan base, and people who really love it and, like, know so much about it, 'cause there's so much to know.

39:34 Chloe Coleman: And, um, yeah.

39:35 Marc Preston: I know being young, uh, is, has its- Mm-hmm ... advantages, but I think also you probably get the same set of a lot of questions from people. You know, "What's it like being young and working with so-and-so?" And all that stuff. And I know I've kind of done some of that here. But is there anything you've ever kind of wished somebody would ask you, or something you've always wanted to talk about w- in interviews or in chats you've kind of wanted to touch on that you haven't yet?

39:57 Chloe Coleman: That's a good question. I w- I w- I wanna pick a good answer. Um- I think, uh, luckily though I have, I have met a, a lot of interviewers. I l- I enjoy like a conversational interview, you know? I don't, I'm, I, I, I'm bad under like more rigid questions. Like I do get nervous. Yeah. I, I, I, I could stand- So you, you, you did a great job.

40:15 Chloe Coleman: I appreciate it. Well,

40:16 Marc Preston: thank you. You hear that, puppy? No, I've got my two-year-old golden retriever down here who's just like, you know, he's being... I, I'm trying to train him to allow- Aww ... allow him to be down here with me, 'cause he gets a little excited, 'cause I told you he likes to go to the window and like we- 'cause everybody uses my street to get to the beach, so he likes to run over there and start barking to say hi, you know?

40:34 Marc Preston: But anyways, I'm trying to train him to, he can stay down here when I do chats. But yeah, I think your, uh, your parents have done, you know, you take credit for who you are most certainly, but I think your parents have done an absolutely- Yeah ... marvelous job. Give them a hug and thank them for, uh- Yeah ... sharing you with the world, I think.

40:49 Marc Preston: Thank you. I think that, um, you know, the things that, you know, when you are with your friends, what, what do you find is... I doubt you talk industry that much with your friends and, you know, what- No.

41:00 Chloe Coleman: No,

41:01 Marc Preston: I don't. My kids are a little bit older than you, so I'm a little out of touch. What is it you enjoy? Yeah.

41:05 Marc Preston: You've got a Saturday afternoon, you're out with your friends. What is it that you're doing to, to kind of have fun and fill up the time?

41:12 Chloe Coleman: I, um, no, I don't talk industry with my friends. I do, I will mention something I, um, uh, you mentioned your dog. I have, um, two orange tabbies that I love to death. One of them's name's Kimchi and the other's named Miyagi.

41:25 Chloe Coleman: I talk about them l- all the time. I know, they're really funny names. I talk about them all the time. Like, my friends, they don't hate my cats, but they're like, "Chloe, it's like, like enough." But you're a cat person. I literally talk about them

41:36 Marc Preston: all

41:36 Chloe Coleman: the time. That's, I, you know what? I- I'm a huge cat person, yeah.

41:38 Marc Preston: That, that's, I, I'm big... Hey Ranger, do you wanna say hi? You wanna say hi? Oh, no, you don't? No. Okay, he's, he, he's... Come on. Up, up, up. Come and say hi. No, he's like, "Dude, I'm not allowed to do this usually. You want me to do it?" Oh, and he's, he growls when he likes to talk.

41:51 Chloe Coleman: I heard, I heard him. I hear-

41:52 Marc Preston: Yeah, so-

41:53 Chloe Coleman: Oh my God,

41:54 Marc Preston: he's

41:54 Chloe Coleman: so cute.

41:57 Marc Preston: He's growling. He's not-

41:58 Chloe Coleman: What a chatty little... He's so cute.

42:00 Marc Preston: Oh, he's... Yeah, he's, ever since he was, like, a little fuzzball, he likes to talk.

42:04 Chloe Coleman: Yeah.

42:05 Marc Preston: I don't know if you can hear him. He's a- Oh, my

42:06 Chloe Coleman: God.

42:07 Marc Preston: Look, look, here's your person. Oh, he jumps.

42:09 Chloe Coleman: Oh, my God. He's so cute. Oh, my God.

42:12 Marc Preston: He's like, he's, he's very much a... You know what it's like?

42:15 Marc Preston: He's a thir- he's, he's two and a half years old. I, I liken him personality-wise to being like a 13-year-old boy. Just, he wants to be heard, and he's- I think a lot

42:23 Chloe Coleman: of animals are like that, yeah.

42:24 Marc Preston: Oh, he's very much a teenag- I got a, I, I've got an adolescent puppy here, you know. But, um- Oh, my God. Cute ... but no, he, um, but he's, he's been very good.

42:32 Marc Preston: I'm very proud of him, 'cause he's chilling. He's finally in that kind of settling mode, you know. They, uh- Yeah ... it takes them a couple years to do that, but, um, whenever you're out of town, I'm, I take it you, for stretches of months, it must be r- Do you bring your cats with you by any chance?

42:46 Chloe Coleman: No, I, I've never been able to, because we don't...

42:49 Chloe Coleman: I know it's, I know it's hard to get a permit to bring, bring a pet, and I don't... They're brothers, so I'd never really wanna separate them.

42:57 Marc Preston: Oh, okay.

42:57 Chloe Coleman: And, uh, it's, I don't think they'd like to be in an apartment or hotel for a long time. Well, that, that's kind of the next question

43:03 Marc Preston: I got. But I do miss them more.

43:04 Marc Preston: Well, you mentioned apartment. When you turn 18, are you, are you raring to get out of the house? Are you feeling pretty good where you're at right now? 'Cause I know some people's like, "I want my own place," and...

43:13 Chloe Coleman: Uh, I feel, well, I think because I've, I've gotten the opportunity to travel a lot, I've never... I, if anything, I don't get sick of my house.

43:21 Chloe Coleman: I usually miss it quite often. Mm-hmm. So I haven't even thought that far ahead. Uh I don't know. Um, but I do, I, you know, I don't know. I do love traveling, and I always think about, like, where would I wanna, if I'm like, I don't know, 25, where would I wanna get an apartment? Like, I always say New York, but I also, I do love, I love Europe, and I do love traveling, and I, I probably would wanna go out of the country at some point, which is hard for work, but, you know, a dream of mine.

43:49 Chloe Coleman: But...

43:50 Marc Preston: Well, what are you up to as, when you're, you know, I don't wanna say hobby, you know, but, like, how do you like to creatively fill your time when it's not a script, you're not on set, you could just sort of do- Yeah ... whatever the heck you want? What do you like to do?

44:01 Chloe Coleman: I, uh, I do play the guitar a lot. I love music.

44:04 Chloe Coleman: Um, I, I do watch a lot of YouTube, which is not really a hobby. I'm a big fan of, um, these, this channel called SlushyNoobs. I have all their merch. That's something a lot of people don't know. I, I, I do watch them. I s- I spend time doing stupid stuff sometimes. Wait, what's it called again? But I do, do... It's called SlushyNoobs.

44:20 Chloe Coleman: They're these two guys from Canada. It's the, the best channel ever. I'm obsessed with them. I, they're like my- S- I, I, if I could say, like, the dream people that I wanna meet or work with could be them, I would, but no one's gonna, no one's gonna really like that. They're all gonna be like, "Well, you can't.

44:36 Chloe Coleman: They're not actors."

44:44 The Seven Questions

44:44 Marc Preston: One of the things I love doing when I talk with folks, I have something I call my seven questions. It's a little extra fun. I give it the sa- everybody I speak with gets the same, uh, same questions. Sure. The first question I ask, 'cause I always like talking food, I don't know if you noticed. Mm-hmm. But, um- Yeah

44:57 Marc Preston: what is your favorite comfort food? If you've had a really wonderful day, it adds to it, or a crummy day, it kind of lifts you up a little bit, what is that for you?

45:04 Chloe Coleman: Um, definitely sushi or ramen. I love Japanese food. Oh, god. That's my favorite food.

45:09 Marc Preston: You're killing me. Oh, God, I haven't had good s- they don't have any good sushi.

45:12 Marc Preston: I, I live on a little island on the tip of Texas, uh, called South Padre. Yeah. They have passable sushi, I'll put it like-

45:19 Chloe Coleman: Mm. Mm.

45:20 Marc Preston: I haven't had good sushi in, like, three years. And deli. So any time I'm in LA- Yeah ... I'm going straight to Canter's Deli, you know. Um, but sushi- Yeah ... I haven't had in a second. But ramen, do you have your place in LA that you go to that, like, you've got your

45:31 Chloe Coleman: ramen

45:31 Marc Preston: place?

45:31 Marc Preston: There's a...

45:32 Chloe Coleman: Yeah, there's a place called Jinya that's really good. I do like that place. Um, but even when I travel, like any- anywhere, I'll eat it anywhere. That's my favorite thing, so.

45:40 Marc Preston: Very cool. Now, if you were to sit down and have a conversa- you were to spend an afternoon having coffee or tea or whatever you like to drink-

45:47 Chloe Coleman: Mm-hmm

45:47 Marc Preston: um, wi- just hour, an, a whole afternoon with three people, living or not, who would those three people be you would love to have a conversation with?

45:58 Chloe Coleman: That's hard. Oh, I'm... See, I'm, I, I'm, I'm not necessarily a perfectionist, but I take, I take these questions very seriously. Um, I would say, okay, let's, let's go.

46:08 Chloe Coleman: Let's say someone- Wait, wait, you say you're not a

46:08 Marc Preston: perfectionist?

46:10 Chloe Coleman: Well, I, I, I, these, these kind of questions I get, like, I'm like, I wanna have a good answer. Um, I would say number one, who's someone? Uh, Princess Diana. I, uh, every video I see of her, she seems like, she seemed like a wonderful woman, and I'd, I'd lo- I would love to have a conversation with Princess Diana.

46:28 Chloe Coleman: Um, so that would be the first person at my table. And the second would probably be, I'd probably say, let's do someone who's alive. I would say, um, Kate McKinnon from SNL. Well, she's not- Wow ... on SNL anymore, but that's so funny. I love her. Oh, my God.

46:44 Marc Preston: What, what

46:45 Chloe Coleman: do, what is your favorite- I'm a big SNL fan

46:46 Chloe Coleman: what's

46:46 Marc Preston: your favorite Kate McKinnon skit from SNL?

46:48 Chloe Coleman: That's a hard one. The one, I like the alien one. They, they kind of have done it a couple times, and they did

46:54 Marc Preston: one- Yeah, when she, uh- ... with Ryan Gosling ... I was literally about to mention that. No, but it's so funny that you've got one actor who literally everybody in the scene, uh, in the skit breaks because it's, she was just a

47:05 Chloe Coleman: joy.

47:05 Chloe Coleman: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. She's so good. She's so good. Yeah, like, uh, definitely she would be at my table just to, like, just to say hi. I just... She's so cool. Um, and who would I do lastly? Probably I'm gonna throw a silly one in there. Um, I mentioned those YouTubers, um, Slushy Noobs. They have a, one of-

47:26 Marc Preston: S- Uh, uh,

47:26 Chloe Coleman: is it- They, they have, like, a-

47:27 Marc Preston: Slushy Noobs?

47:29 Chloe Coleman: Yeah, Slushy Noobs.

47:31 Marc Preston: You've given me Widow's Bay, Slushy.

47:33 Chloe Coleman: What is Bay? I'm writing, I, I'm, I'm- Slushy Noobs, I don't think you'd, I don't think you'd... It's ki- it's not, it's a very, it's a... What's a good word for it? It's just a very, like, unique kind of, like, content. Like, I don't know how to describe it.

47:45 Chloe Coleman: It's very crazy.

47:45 Marc Preston: You know, truthfully for me, I, I do so much stuff, like you, it's like a film. It's structured, you're doing this or I do a lot of voiceover and- Yeah ... and stuff. I kinda like to watch things w- like, in the background when working on the computer, that I can just shut my brain off and just kind of, like- Yeah

47:58 Marc Preston: you know. Yeah. Kind of like, kind of like, not junk food, but y- y- you know, it's just something that's just, you know, for fun. I know what you mean. Yeah. But, uh, so okay. So we got your table all set up. Now, the next question. Yeah. The question is always, you know, who was your s- first celebrity crush when you were a kid, but that wouldn't be the...

48:13 Marc Preston: Well, well, who was your very first celebrity crush?

48:16 Chloe Coleman: I ne- that's a hard one 'cause I never, like- I've, I've thought about this question before, and I really, it's really hard for me to come up with one. But let me... Maybe, I watched a lot of Nickelodeon when I was younger. Oh, yeah. Uh, like Victorious. There's the show Victorious.

48:31 Chloe Coleman: Mm-hmm. I probably had a crush on, like, one of the guys in that show. There's, like, the, there's, like, the cool, like, band guy. I don't know. I was, like, 10. I probably was like, "Oh, he's so cute." So I would say someone, someone on one of those channels. Definitely Victorious. Well- I forget the character's name

48:45 Marc Preston: well, this is a side question I never really ask, but, you know, being a, being a dad of, uh, uh, early 20-somethings, they probably watch some of the same stuff you did. Mm-hmm. But what was your favorite, like, show when you were a little, little kid that you watched?

48:57 Chloe Coleman: I watched so many shows. I was a, I've always loved animated, animated stuff.

49:02 Chloe Coleman: I was a big fan of this show, it was on Disney, one of Disney's, like, side channels, called Star vs. the Forces of Evil. Such a weird, like, show. I think it had, like, four seasons. But I loved that show. And, um, I watched it with my sister, and it was good. A good time

49:18 Marc Preston: to be young. I think we were, I think we had a lot of, uh-

49:20 Marc Preston: Dora the Explorer was on, and, uh, Lilo & Stitch. I thought Stitch was kind of a badass, you know, so it was, uh-

49:27 Chloe Coleman: Yeah ...

49:27 Marc Preston: but, uh, but I just saw the Blue's Clues is out of production now, so I'm like, "Aw, shucks," you know? I'm probably taking it harder than my kids are, but it, uh, brings back all these fond memories of the kids piling into bed and taking control of the remote- Yeah

49:38 Marc Preston: you know? Um-

49:38 Chloe Coleman: Exactly. Yeah, that's, that's how it was for us, too.

49:42 Marc Preston: Now, next question. If you're gonna be forced to live on an exotic island, somewhere you really wanna be, you, you know, it's, it's wonderful. You wanna be there, it's comfy, but there's no streaming. So if you wanna listen to music- No streaming ... for the entire year you're there, you can bring one CD.

49:55 Marc Preston: And if you wanna watch a movie, something over and over again, you can bring one DVD. What would the CD and what would the DVD be for you? And, and I will accept a box set.

50:04 Chloe Coleman: Well, okay, a box set. Oh, that's a, that's a good point. Ugh. If I was saying off the top of my head, my favorite movie is The Sound of Music, and I have seen it 100 times.

50:12 Chloe Coleman: Oh, yeah, yeah. And I would, I would watch it 100 more times. So- What's your favorite part, what's your favorite part

50:19 Marc Preston: of, uh, The Sound of Music? What was it that grabbed you?

50:22 Chloe Coleman: I w- well, I was really young and I liked, I loved Julie Andrews and the music and the singing. And to me it felt very real. Like, it felt like...

50:30 Chloe Coleman: And she, she plays such a great, she does such a great job of playing, uh, Maria, 'cause she's, it's like an example of a woman who's like challenges every single norm. And so as a kid- Yeah ... I was like, "Oh my God, this, this is so interesting." I loved all the kids together and the singing. I wanted to be like fricking running across Austria with them.

50:48 Chloe Coleman: Like that was, that's probably what drew it, drew it to me the most, so.

50:52 Marc Preston: There's a scene where they're escaping or they're running through a cemetery, and I, when I was in Austria in, I think it's Sals- Salzburg, I think. I had a chance to go through Salzburg. Yeah, Salzburg. I, I was thinking it was all cool. I was like, "Oh, this is where they filmed it."

51:03 Marc Preston: Mm-hmm. 'Cause, you know, it was just a movie that was always on. Yeah. I think they showed it, like, Thanksgiving. It w- always came on TV, I think. But, uh, so the- That

51:10 Chloe Coleman: may, that sounds right ...

51:11 Marc Preston: so The Sound of Music, and, uh, what would your CD be? What would the music be?

51:14 Chloe Coleman: My CD. That's really hard, 'cause I listen to a lot of different music all the time.

51:20 Chloe Coleman: If it was an album, can I look at my favorite albums?

51:23 Marc Preston: Y- no, absolutely.

51:24 Chloe Coleman: I would pick the album Charm by this artist Clairo, I think. I, I, I- Oh, who is it? ... this is such a hard question. Um, Clairo. Her name's Clairo, and she wrote, um, she has an album called Charm. I love a lot of songs from that album, but I like a lot of her music, and, um, I'd definitely pick that one.

51:41 Chloe Coleman: But it's, that's a hard question. If I c- I wish I could, like, pick one from every album. But, um, that would, I would have a- But you have- It would be a good chill tone for the island ...

51:49 Marc Preston: very cool. Yeah. So, um- Yeah ... cool. 'Cause I think one of the great insights, when I was a kid, when your parents were young, it was sharing a mixtape.

51:55 Marc Preston: Yeah. And I think your Spotify playlist is kind of that. You know? Who, so who else is on your- Mm-hmm ... uh, who else is on your Spotify playlist?

52:02 Chloe Coleman: Off the top of my head, so it's fall. I w- I was listening to the, The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, I'm pretty sure that's what it's called, the other day, that soundtrack, 'cause it's like fall and cozy.

52:13 Chloe Coleman: And other artists that I like I have a playlist that I just made for my senior year. Um, and it's only upbeat songs because if I, I can't be sad. I don't wanna be sad right now. So I'll, I'll, every morning when I drive to school I'll, I'll only listen to upbeat, like, fun music like, um, oh, what's that, what's that artist that wrote, um, Disclosure?

52:37 Chloe Coleman: Like just upbeat, like, fun music- Okay ... so that I'm not thinking, like, s- sad. I like to be happy this, the, I'm trying to be present and happy for my senior year. Yeah.

52:47 Marc Preston: I, it's, it's a transition. Just en- just enjoy it. Enjoy riding that, that wave. I think, you know, that's- I'm trying to remember my senior year.

52:55 Marc Preston: You know, it was very anti-climatic- Yeah ... the last day. I took my exam and it was like, it was the last exam. It was like no- everybody's already gone, and it was, like, the last class. Right. I'm like, "Are there supposed to be, like- Uh ... people getting excited?" That's the way I see it in the movies. Everybody's, like, throwing their- Yeah

53:07 Marc Preston: emptying their lockers. And I was like, no. It was, you know, totally different. But so it's Clairo, right? That's who the- Mm-hmm ... senior break?

53:13 Chloe Coleman: Mm-hmm.

53:13 Marc Preston: I gotta-

53:14 Chloe Coleman: Yeah ...

53:14 Marc Preston: I gotta l- C- L-A-I-R-O. Clairo?

53:17 Chloe Coleman: C-L-A-I-R-O.

53:19 Marc Preston: See, I've got, I've got notes here. I'm actually gonna check out some of his stuff. Yeah. I, I love, love learning, you know, new stuff that is, it's outside the realm of anything I normally get a chance to consume, you know?

53:29 Marc Preston: Yeah. So that's cool. Mm-hmm. Now the next question, if you were to say from the time you wake up to the time you go to bed- Mm-hmm ... it's been a perfect day for you, what were the ingredients, the component parts of that day that made it a perfect day for you?

53:40 Chloe Coleman: I probably got to drive somewhere and listen to music, for sure I probably got to have a coffee.

53:48 Chloe Coleman: That would probably made it better. And I probably laughed really, really hard with my friends or I laughed hard, and I probably watched a, a episode of something or a movie, and I lit a candle and went to bed. That's probably helped.

54:00 Marc Preston: You know what? It's always impressive to talk to somebody that knows themselves pretty well.

54:04 Marc Preston: You know? Like, what kind of coffee

54:05 Chloe Coleman: do you like? I try.

54:06 Marc Preston: What's, what's

54:07 Chloe Coleman: the coffee you- I like, um, I, I like iced coffee. I do make it at my house sometimes. Like a v- like a vanilla or right now, like I'm very, very, like, you know, any fall stuff like chai or like pumpkin flavored. I love fall, so.

54:19 Marc Preston: Uh, I just got something...

54:20 Marc Preston: Actually I do. I, I have a, this coffee I drink. It's, uh, they, it's roasted coconut and they grind that into the coffee. It's, so it's just coconut coffee. Ooh, that sounds

54:27 Chloe Coleman: delicious.

54:27 Marc Preston: Oh, it's, it's pretty fantastic. That's so good. But we get it down here in Texas and I think it's a Texas company. Now-

54:32 Chloe Coleman: Ooh, cool

54:32 Marc Preston: next question. If you weren't doing this, if somebody said, "Hey, uh, Chloe, acting, being creative on set, doing your thing, that's just not available to you anymore." Mm-hmm. What other career do you think would bring you joy?

54:45 Chloe Coleman: Probably, I honestly, I honestly think being a teacher, which is a really... I, I used to, I u- I literally re- un- up until recently, we had, um, like a college seminar where, um, they had admissions team and came and talked to us about the admission process.

55:02 Chloe Coleman: And they were talking about how they read like, you know, 80 essays a day or more. And I was like, "Why?" And in my head I was like, "Why would anyone want to do that?" Out of like ignorance I was thinking that. And then I was like... And then they were talking about how like the, the main reason they love it is 'cause they get to see like the next like wave of like life and like their aspirations and their thoughts and like what matters to them.

55:26 Chloe Coleman: And I think being a teacher would be such an honor to like, to like educate like the next like generation. Like that's so special. And I do love kids, and I love working with kids. And I would probably be doing some form of teaching. I'd probably be teaching some like, I don't know, theater or something. Um, but-

55:45 Marc Preston: But that's wonderful.

55:46 Marc Preston: Being a teacher is, uh, is a noble profession. Very much so. Uh, and the last question I got for you, if you could jump into that DeLorean, you know, like Back To The Future, and you could travel back in time, let's say to when you're 10 or eight or something, when you were- Mm ... I don't want to say impressionable, but there's a moment of your life you could have used a bit of advice.

56:04 Marc Preston: What piece of advice that would you share with younger Chloe, uh, that would make that part of your life- Ooh ... a little easier, maybe a little bit better trajectory or a little different trajectory. What would that be for you?

56:15 Chloe Coleman: Um, don't spend like any of your time trying to be, uh, something you aren't, probably.

56:24 Chloe Coleman: I think I, you know, like there's a, there's like a natural instinct to wanna like fit in and I think it's easy to feel insecure about your interests or like I, I, I don't know. Like, I, sometimes I don't, like, listen to myself really and I'm like, "Why don't I feel like au- like myself?" And it's like, 'cause I'm not doing, like, what I wanna be doing.

56:43 Chloe Coleman: So I always try to be, like, honest with myself. Like, I'm not-- I have to be, like, unafraid to be embarrassed. Um, and just, like, be loud and allow yourself to just be who you are and don't, don't try and change anything to feel, to feel like it's more acceptable or digestible for other people. That's what I would say.

57:01 Balancing high school with life on set

57:01 Marc Preston: That's wonderful. I like that. This kind of as a, as a side question, something I kind of wanted to touch on earlier, but have you found any challenges or any internal challenges when you are out doing things which bring you some notoriety or some attention, and then you're walking into school? And I, and I appreciate that, that you're in good old-fashioned all-American school, you know.

57:22 Marc Preston: But- ... have there been challenges that you could see that, that you've had to overcome, uh, because you have the career or the jobs that you're doing, and you're trying to have a foot in that as well as growing up, you know, in LA- Mm ... and, and going to high school. Anything at all?

57:39 Chloe Coleman: Yeah. I think the biggest thing would be splitting the time and, like, missing out on, on-- 'cause you can't, you know, you can't control dates necessarily.

57:47 Chloe Coleman: Like, I remember I wanted to go to summer camp for the first time and I booked a job and I couldn't. And I did get-- I was able to go after that, like, my parents made sure I c- I went two years after that. It was the best experience ever and I loved it. Mm-hmm. Um, but splitting the time, like, I think that's probably one of the hardest things, is being, like, knowing that I won't be home for something or, um- I think that's like, that's kind of one of the, like, things you gotta give up sometimes, or missing out on school.

58:14 Chloe Coleman: Like, my junior year I wasn't, I, I wasn't there a lot, a whole ton. I missed, like, the end of, like, the year completely. Um, but I still, I still, like, got a, got a lot out of it, and it all, it all really balances out in the end. Um, and... But I've, I, uh, uh, honestly, I've, I've gone through all the, like, struggles of making friends and all the, all that normal stuff, so I can't really complain.

58:38 Chloe Coleman: Um, and I guess you are- Well, plus you are going to school in

58:39 Marc Preston: LA- ... a movie star, mostly ... and it's kind of like it's assumed, I guess-

58:41 Chloe Coleman: Oh, around here ... from high

58:42 Marc Preston: school that ev- that there's so much of the industry always floating around, it's, it is... You know, so it's not as much of a surprise to people, it's like, "Oh, yeah, the, she's in a movie," or seems like everybody's- No, no one really

58:51 Chloe Coleman: cares, honestly, which is great.

58:53 Marc Preston: So- But that's, but that's great, though, you know, that you've got that, uh- Yeah. It is

58:56 Chloe Coleman: great ...

58:57 Taylor Sheridan’s “F.A.S.T.” and no longer being a pumpkin

58:57 Marc Preston: and, uh, what, but what do you have coming up that's, uh, that, uh, beyond Mouse, what do you have coming up in the near future?

59:03 Chloe Coleman: I worked on a film called Fast, a Taylor Sheridan film, that I believe is coming out soon. I'm not sure exactly when.

59:09 Chloe Coleman: And then I just, uh, did a, a project called 2034- Now, did he, did he write it or did he direct

59:12 Marc Preston: it also?

59:14 Chloe Coleman: He, he wrote it. The director, um, worked on another show with him. Um, and he, he, it was a separate director. Um, but that'll be coming out, I'm not exactly sure when, but that's in the works, as well as a movie I did called 2034 over the summer.

59:27 Marc Preston: Taylor Sheridan I think is kind of a modern, uh, kind of American poet when you look at, at, at the stuff he does. He's such a, uh, he, I've k- he's my creative crush. So- Yeah ... Taylor Sheridan. Um-

59:38 Chloe Coleman: No, I enjoyed, uh- But this is- ... I enjoyed the... Sorry. I, I enjoyed the role I played in that film. Um, what was definitely one of the more complex teenagers I've played, and I had a, I had a lot of fun with that.

59:49 Chloe Coleman: I got to really, like, sink my teeth in, so.

59:51 Marc Preston: And, uh, one last thing. A- anything that you want to do, that you would love, that you haven't had come down the pike, uh, just yet, that you would, like, "I really wanna do this kind of thing," or work with this person, or something like that?

1:00:02 Chloe Coleman: Uh, I don't... I mean, I've mentioned, I've mentioned the actor from Willow's Bay.

1:00:06 Chloe Coleman: I don't know. I, I just am open to all the new opportunities that come with being older and those kind of different roles. Um, and I'm very curious to see, you know, what I'll be able to do, and I'll be able to work longer now that I'm 18. So I'm very interested to see what comes along. I, I don't know. I'm very, I'm very open.

1:00:24 Chloe Coleman: Oh, that's right. That's

1:00:25 Marc Preston: right. You c- when you're 18, they

1:00:27 Chloe Coleman: can- Yeah ... they

1:00:27 Marc Preston: can have you 12 hours if they want.

1:00:29 Chloe Coleman: Yeah, I won't, I won't be a pumpkin anymore. Yeah. Mm-hmm.

1:00:32 Marc Preston: A pumpkin.

1:00:33 Chloe Coleman: When you max out your, your time in a day, they, they call it pumpkining, like, like Cinderella's, uh, carriage turns into-

1:00:38 Marc Preston: Oh, really? Okay.

1:00:39 Marc Preston: I didn't know that was a ph- Yeah, they do ... okay.

1:00:41 Chloe Coleman: Mm-hmm.

1:00:41 Marc Preston: Chloe, you just taught me something. Yeah, I won't get to do

1:00:43 Chloe Coleman: that anymore.

1:00:43 Marc Preston: I just learned something. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Very good. I, it's been more than a pleasure. I've really enjoyed, uh, chit-chatting with you.

1:00:50 Chloe Coleman: Thank you.

1:00:50 Marc Preston: Well, your parents have every reason in the world to be very, very proud of you.

1:00:53 Marc Preston: Uh, and your work- Oh, thank you ... is, again, you know, hopefully we'll have a chance to, uh, catch up down the line.

1:00:59 Chloe Coleman: Um, I, that would be great. Thank you.

1:01:03 Marc Preston: Well, there you go. Chloe Colman, such a charming young lady and very talented. I mean, if you look at the work she's done being a young kid, being a teenager, she has a body of work already, uh, that is quite respectable.

1:01:15 Marc Preston: Uh, the new film, it is called Mouse. It is out November 6th, a limited release, but, uh, going wide as they say on November 13th. And of course, uh, we're, we're gonna be hearing a lot more about Chloe as the years go by. Just, uh, very talented. She's a cool kid. Uh, really enjoyed sitting down with her. Hey, do me a favor.

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