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“Everyone is so quiet.
Theres no vibe of, Were at an audition.
Hey, whats up?
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Hi, how are you?
Nice to meet you,'” recalled Cummings of the atmosphere.
“Its just so awkward.
Cesar Catalina (Adam Driver) and Julia Cicero (Nathalie Emmanuel) in Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’.American Zoetrope/Megalopolis/Mihai Malaimare
I go in, Im like, So, where do you want to start first?
And hes, like, Oh no, no, were not going to do the scene.
I was like, OK, Its three days of my life.'
The comedian said she “disassociated” during the process.
“I started glazing over, and then he was, like, That was great.
I dont know where I went.
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Cummings said she was on the verge of tears and “embarrassed” by the ordeal.
But, uh, she didn’t leave empty-handed.
“He gives me a signed copy of his new book.
“And then gave me a bottle of Francis Ford Coppola wine.
It was just so humiliating .
and so confounding in that moment.
Entertainment Weeklyhas reached out to Coppola’s reps for comment on the anecdote.
That looseness extended to rehearsals, with the cast engaging in similar theater-style games.
