Y'all are tired hearing Z repeat the same story over and over, imagine how tired Z must be having to tell the same story over and over again with the same enthusiasm and energy as the last.
Sista is TIRED!!
I've said it before, but it bears repeating that press is most actors most hated part of making a movie.
It's repetitive AF, it's exhausting, it's boring as hell. It's having to maintain unrealistic enthusiasm levels for 15 hours straight, multiple days in a row, while being asked the same questions over and over and over again all while sitting in a small hotel room as reporters are flittering in and out.
The reason Z keeps getting asked about her casting is because it was in the production notes that every outlet was sent to prep for their interviews. This is a studio and Chris sanctioned talking point that they wanted to be part of the official movie making narrative.
The reason every reporter has honed in on this factoid is because of the Tomdaya of it all. Outlets know Tomdaya sells. The public has a keen interest in them, and because they are notoriously private about their relationship, any peek behind the Tomdaya curtain those two allow, they latch on to like a dog with a bone.
The only reason we are tired of hearing about it is because we too are like a dog with a bone for any Tomdaya content. I'm sure we all have Tomdayaland ( shout-out) notifs. on as we are all rabid consumers of any morsel of info those two provide which we can dissect, gush over and romanticize on our blogs.
But we are not the average consumer.
Traditionally, before YouTube and social media, you would only see one set of interviews from whatever local or national media outlet that you favor.
You would not watch every interview from every reporter around the world as soon as they get released.
And for the average consumer- the passive fan, they aren't looking for every media interview from every outlet as soon as they get released.
For any other movie or show that comes out I almost never consume any of the press junket interviews. I truly do not care and unless it comes across my social feeds or makes big splash mainstream news, I would be none the wiser what most actors say during their promotion window.
At this point it's a choice we are all making to watch all of these clips when we know it's just going to be a regurgitation of the same story again and again.
The same way Matt and Tom have repetitively been asked about the "perfect" comment, the same way Tom has told the same story about being challenged on his first day on set, or described the mirror technology.
None of what they are being asked or discussing is happenstance. It's all curated by the studios and bevy of publicist.
But again, any sane person that's not part of a fandom would not be consuming these interviews the way Tomdaya Tumblr is.
So, I guess my point is, it's the cross we bear as fans.












