Joan Cusack has been doing the media rounds after years away from the spotlight to promote the premiere of Toy Story 5 in theaters. Most recently, the legendary actress appeared on The View and shared her pride over the fact that this installment in the Pixar franchise is very centric to her character, Jessie.
During Thursday’s (June 18) episode, Cusack talked about meeting Taylor Swift, who wrote a song for the film after seeing it, on the red carpet of the premiere, revealing, “Oh my god, I was just like, ‘How did you write that song? It was so perfect!’ and she said she wrote it in four hours after she saw the movie, and I was like, ‘What?!’”
She also revealed her reaction to finally seeing the movie, after doing her part to vocalize the character, saying, “When I saw the movie for the first time, I was like, ‘Oh my god, I can’t believe they took on tech! It’s so timely.’ Like, ‘How did they do that? They’re just brilliant.’ And what I love, and what I’ve taken away from it, is there’s nothing better than laughing and giggling with your friends.”
Cusack also shared some photographs of her beloved St. Bernard dog, who is bigger than her, before being asked about her long-lived movie career — specifically, why her almost-30-year-old dramedy In & Out is her favorite thing she’s ever done.
“Well, In & Out was my favorite because I found out I was pregnant with my son, but when I was doing it, and I had to wear this wedding dress forever, big scene,” she revealed, “I had to lay on the ground. OK, [it was] 20 degrees outside. Oh my god, I could care less. I was happy.” She also shared of the scene, “The makeup artist said he’s gonna have doilies [on him because] they kept having to let the dress out.”
In & Out featured Cusack as Emily Montgomery, a woman with low self-esteem who is engaged to Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline) and is shocked at the altar when he finally realizes and reveals that he is gay. The scene Cusack was referring to was of Emily despondent after being ditched at the altar. Who knew she was secretly so happy in that moment of hilarious desperation?
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