SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details aboutY2K.
There was like this mutual respect, and we could kind of understand each other during it.
There wasnt need for a lot of words, but its just kind of a feeling.
Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler and Julian Dennison in ‘Y2K’ (2024).Nicole Rivelli/A24/Courtesy Everett Collection
I wish I got to experience that.
I wish I didnt live in the age of everything being so accessible, said Martell.
DEADLINE:Tell me about mining all that Y2K nostalgia.
Kyle Mooney inY2K(2024). (A24/Courtesy Everett Collection)
Was there anything from your youth that you just had to include in the movie?
KYLE MOONEY:I wrote it with my friend Evan, he grew up in Eugene, Oregon.
Im from San Diego, California.
So we sort of had separate lives but the same general references.
So, the writing process was really fun, just being like, Do you remember this?
Oh, yeah, that was a good show or I like this song.
And I love taking screen grabs of what people were wearing.
Theres one thing that we worked in that I dont think will be meaningful to anybody.
And so we got that in the movie, and thats all I could ask for.
DEADLINE:Jaeden and Julian, I cant believe you guys werent even alive at that time.
Was there anything from that era that you wish you could have experienced after making this movie?
JULIAN DENNISON:Yeah, my older brother was really into battle rap and really into underground rap.
And being from New Zealand, we kind of also got everything like 10 years later.
So, it was kind of like I did grow up and kind of experience that through him.
JAEDEN MARTELL:I think it would be the lack of convenience and the lack of technology.
I wish I got to experience that.
I wish I didnt live in the age of everything being so accessible.
But yeah, technology, lack of it.
DEADLINE:I feel you there.
The movie feels like such a fun stoner comedy horror for good chunk of it.
But then thats what made Dannys death scene so heartbreaking.
What was it like filming that for you guys?
I think they knew what their job was, and they did it.
And I think I was really blessed and fortunate to work with people like Jaeden.
There was like this mutual respect ,and we could kind of understand each other during it.
There wasnt need for a lot of words, but its just kind of a feeling.
And then all of a sudden, you switch and its like, how do you do that?
With other great actors and actresses.
DEADLINE:Kyle, what was it like directing your own death scene, especially a beheading like that?
That was so wild.
MOONEY:I mean, there were so many people on set, helping out.
So, I had people looking out for me for sure.
I love that sort of thing.
How did I do?
Did I get it?
DENNISON:Its impressive though, I remember shooting that scene in the DVD store.
There was a lot of things going on.
MOONEY:I love to mess around.
And having your head on set was a lot of fun for everyone.
DEADLINE:Did you get to keep the prop head?
Yeah, he has it.
Maybe someday, I can borrow it.
DEADLINE:What was it like shooting with Fred Durst and getting him to make a cameo?
MOONEY:I mean, rad.
He was so awesome.
We pitched him as an idea at the very beginning when we started talking about this movie …
But I think we just felt like he was always the person we wanted.
DEADLINE:In that last scene, was there any significance to the 2005 time jump?
Because you mentioned some of the technology of that time like Myspace and whatever else they were using.
But was there anything specific about that year?
MOONEY:That might be a question that I would have to consult my co-writer on.
But yeah, I dont know.
I guess, I dont know why we didnt choose four years later if thats what your question is.
MOONEY:Oh yeah, Tom survived.
