Interview by Tara Aquino (@t_akino)

I’m really excited to see The Voices, but I haven’t read much about it. Is there anything more you can talk about?
The way I pitch it to people is this: it’s American Psycho meets Dr. Doolittle. It’s an inventive movie. I’ve been a fan of Marjane Satrapi, the director, for years. Persepolis was a masterpiece. I was so honored that she would do this movie with me. It’s genre bending, so there are going to be a lot of things that are going to be hard to classify. Ryan Reynolds is great in it, and so is Anna Kendrick and Gemma Arterton.

Can you talk about their roles in the movie?
Well, spoiler alert, the trick of the movie is that you’re actually peering into the mind of a serial killer. So there’s logic to what this guy is doing—it’s very far removed from the logic of a normal human being, but there is still a logic. You’re still seeing it in real time, and you’re seeing it through, like, a Wes Anderson lens. It feels fun and happy, but there are moments in the movie when you’re no longer seeing things from his point of view but from everyone else’s point of view and you’re like, “Oh my god, that’s so dark and fucked up, what the fuck are you doing?” That’s the trick, and Ryan Reynolds is the serial killer.

It’s a lot of fun and it’s a script I love. Marjane brought such subtlety and humor to the whole thing.

Are Anna Kendrick and Gemma Arterton a couple of those people outside who watch it from another perspective?
Yeah, Anna and Gemma are—I hate using the word love interest, but if I had to classify it, they would be love interests in the movie.

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