Borderline’s Samara Weaving & Ray Nicholson Reveal Their ’90s Obsessions (Unique)

And whereas the two actors have in no way taken their fandom to the scary extremes of Nicholson’s Duerson … they nonetheless had their faves once more throughout the day.

“I was really obsessive about Christina Aguilera, S Membership 7, Justin Timberlake, all of the boy bands,” the Australian Weaving knowledgeable TooFab ahead of the film’s March 14 launch. When Nicholson quipped that she solely specified Timberlake and by no means the rest of *NSYNC, she clarified that she favored the rest of the band and “all of the Backstreet Boys” as properly.

Whereas the film’s writer-director Jimmy Warden — who may also be Weaving’s real-life husband — acknowledged he was further of an “Oasis family” throughout the ’90s, Nicholson — the son of Jack Nicholson and Rebecca Broussard — acknowledged he “grew up a Spice Women fan.”

“I merely listened to what my sister listened to, so that was large for me,” the 33-year-old actor continued, seemingly referring to sister Lorraine Nicholson, 34. “I carried out the game on Ps,” he even acknowledged of the girl group’s 1998 Spice World on-line recreation, “it was superior.”

Whereas none of those acts make it into the film, Celine Dion’s “It’s All Coming Once more to Me Now” performs a pivotal operate throughout the movie. Warden knowledgeable TooFab that one is his “go-to” Celine observe, whereas every Weaving and Nicholson cited “My Coronary coronary heart Will Go On,” from Titanic, as their personal favorite.

For Nicholson, taking over the operate of a stalker totally out of contact with actuality gave the actor one different chance to faucet into his devious facet — and equally mischievous grin — following his look in 2024’s Smile 2.

Leaning into these types of initiatives, acknowledged Nicholson, has been “really pleasurable” — significantly while you’ve obtained the freedom to “type of do one thing,” whereas having a director “that you just perception being like, ‘That’s an extreme quantity of.”

“That was the pleasurable issue about this … it was merely, you acknowledge, nonetheless lots energy I had, I could put into it and it was correct,” he added. “So that’s like in all probability essentially the most pleasurable you may have as an experience as an actor.”

Warden knowledgeable TooFab he knew Nicholson was good for the half as soon as they met for espresso to debate the film.

“He was late and he, you acknowledge, struts in with cowboy boots and saggy jeans and a Lakers jersey and sunglasses and I watched him order espresso and I watched him look throughout the scones that he didn’t order and to me, he didn’t must audition,” acknowledged Warden. “To me, it was there. We talked regarding the operate considerably bit and chosen some points that we every wished to get out of it and it was that straightforward for me.”

Warden moreover had a easy time collaborating collectively along with his partner on the film, their first time working in an actor-director functionality.

“I consider we merely had a silly goofy time. I was really blown away by … directing movies is so laborious and I’d in no way do it,” Weaving knowledgeable TooFab, “and easily the reality that he did it with grace and respect and you’d lead a employees like that in COVID as properly, I was like, ‘Oh yeah, he’s acquired it, he can try this.’”

“She’s quite simple to direct, so I suppose I noticed to lose respect in your totally different directors on account of it’s like, ‘Oh, it’s that straightforward?’” joked Warden.

“We had been every capturing and usually as soon as we’re on location collectively, it’s each of us is sleeping — usually me — and in addition you getting up at 4 am,” he added. “And it was like, utilizing to work collectively … it was very sweet … and we’re nonetheless collectively!”

Borderline hits theaters and on digital March 14, 2025.