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The quarantine movie is eagerly awaited, and everyone is excited to watch it because of how the book was adapted. Let's start with what kind of excitement you are experiencing.
I think we are dying with excitement. Because we, like the audience, do not know anything; we have not watched anything yet. We have had great energy from the very beginning. I don't know how it turned out because the dynamics were very good, but in terms of our feelings, I feel very good, and I'm very excited. I'm very excited. It's so sweet; I felt it right now. I felt it right now, and I'm very excited. I mean, I've always been excited, but today I feel even more excited. I mean, something happens as you get closer. And we don't know. We haven't watched it. We will also watch it with the audience.
Is this a special choice, or did it just happen that way? I don't know because our teacher's Totem is my first movie. You will watch the movie too; let's see what happens with your facial expressions. They definitely didn't show us anything; they didn't even show us while shooting. I mean, we only saw it in the dubbing. It's a bit raw, but I think our facial expressions will be very good in the premiere. We'll leave with very smiling faces.
I think something can scare us when something's good, like the Evil Eye, etc. We'll talk too. You don't want to say that; that one-month period went very well. Some time has passed now; those days are approaching. You know, today we are here; we will watch it together in a few days. It's a good thing, but you also want to say that you want to leave it to life with such frequency. So as we got closer, it was very exciting.
Had you read the book before or after the movie offer came? We all started working together. I hadn't read the book, and I didn't know about the existence of quarantine. I didn't know Beyza and Koç either. When the job came, I realized that it was an adaptation of a book, but it had such a big world. I didn't know either. Frankly, we read the first book, and since we didn't have much time, we went straight to the set. We had to talk to Beyza and Ahmet constantly because our responsibility is very big.
Yes, yes, we read the books during the process. Sorry, it's a shame, but please don't say that either. I hadn't read it, but then, of course, we tried to read it as fast as we could. I had the opportunity to read Hanani during the time we were shooting the first book, and during this time, I was also the teacher who bothered Beyza and Ahmet a lot. How can we do it? How can we go? How can we say it?
Don't get upset at all; don't get upset at all; don't get upset at all. Face something new. Then our energy changes a lot; we are already very excited. Even the last day was the same; even the last day was like that. Yes, it was very good during the preparation process. Well, we read the books, and we were constantly asking each other. Did you read? How much did you read? Let's read.
Now, we were really lucky about Ahmet Hoca because Ahmet Hoca loses sleep at night, thinks about his work all the time before going to bed, and wakes up in the morning and comes to the set from an extremely dynamic and energetic place. Look, I am a Burak Burak character for this scene. Their names are H ev. By the way, if Ahmet Hoca was an actor, he would definitely want to play Burak. He would love to play Burak.
We were very lucky, so he said yes from afar. Your process is very sweet. Because this movie is very interesting; the book has many fans, and everyone was wondering who would play these characters. How? You were chosen for the role. How did you get chosen? How did this process go? Burak Bey, was I the first one chosen? What happened? At least among the young people, you know, İlker abi, etc. I don't know about that, of course.
Beyza and I have a story like this. I had filmed another young person 23 years ago. The fans there said that my character there was very similar to Zeynep. Yes, I said that Hazal was very similar to Zeynep, and they started making edits to me like that. I was always on social media. I see something called quarantine. Here is Zeynep Akay Beyza. Who is this? In which Kit period? Of course, I learned it at that time.
You didn't know that either, did you? I didn't know that until I saw those edits. I was like that. Beyza. I learned about Beyza's existence and the existence of the book when I was in Cappadocia last year. Because I came too close; that's why you're laughing. Cappadocia. I saw on social media in March that there would be a quarantine movie. In May, our phone rang, and we went to the production company. That's how we agreed.
Actually, it was really in my heart when the news of the movie came out in March; I said yes. So, we have a movie that they want to shoot this summer. Also, the fans and readers really wanted me to draw this so much that I had to do it. I mean, I owe them such a thing. Did someone else draw it for you? Yes, but it's good that it's good. Which is how it happened.
I played a very valuable character. I had the opportunity to work with very valuable people. I made very good friends. Thank you. I don't know who's next either. I know that. I know the latest news is about you. We are very close. There will be a day or so at the same time. Exactly, there was a day or so together. GK We a day; there is a great possibility we could have gone on the same day. Ayık, we went on the same day. Exactly, yes.
Most likely so. I read the script like everyone else; I went to the production company, and after I left there, I always say that I was already excited internally. I went like this to my manager. When we talked like this, I said, "Yes, this will be a really different job, and I really liked the character; I should be here." Yes, it went like this.
How did you feel when you first saw each other? I, Tahi, couldn't do much. I was still waiting. I'm still in our 2nd and 3rd movie. Are the producers sure? We'll see. Jokes aside, we started incredibly. And I'm saying this from a very sincere place. I was very afraid of something. We are doing youth work; we are all professional people. We can play something average in some way, but none of us care about this, and it definitely shouldn't have happened.
We are close, and we got along very well from the first day; we got along very well. I mean, we are talking about history, Fenerbahçe, right away, another D D Adan, Meltem, Deek, Demiran. It started off so well; it was so beautiful. I saw her head necklace; I cut it off immediately; I gave it to her as my home necklace. Something happened to it; why is it nice? Hz. Something can happen at a time like this.
Everyone can be very eager for something. Everyone has a different way of doing their job. I mean, in the past, Birol would come a little more. What's up? Let's give it a little more. I don't know; maybe you think so too, but everyone can have their own way. You know, the two of us. He may not be able to do anything good by being too social; that's why we need to respect everything.
You know, if everyone comes from the same place at once, and then if this were not real, there would be a problem. I mean, something that is not real would cause trouble after a while. Exactly; it can be played to a certain extent, but it causes accidents. Exactly. Well, now all of a sudden, everybody, let's do it like this. Let's do it like this. Let's talk like this. Let's work like this. Something, something, and it never exploded.
It never exploded inside. I wasn't scared. You know, it's just life as information. You know, you get scared. But it wasn't something I was afraid of personally, and it didn't explode at all. Everyone is still like that day. It was the same way on the last day, just like with Ahmet Hoca. If it comes the same way on the last day, it's the same way on the last day.
You say there are six days left, and you start to feel something. When it's over, it's over; it's over. It's not like there's only one day left; it's over. We talked a lot; we chatted a lot. We had playlists, for example, Zeynep's playlist, Mert's playlist, Zeynep Onur's playlist. Demirhan and I, for example, would wear headphones on our partner stages, one on me, one on him. We would listen to those songs, and when we found something about each other, we would immediately send them to each other.
As a human being, I think that's what happened. We were very lucky. None of us were fake people from the first day. So, normally there is something like this when you start off very well with someone in our generation and our age group. There will always be a problem. Being very good scares people. That's why being very good scares them.
Actually, I mean, hear me out, and I know this. Those who start off very well later drift apart on the sets. They inevitably burn me too. What have I experienced afterward? It's incredible. What do you think of the scriptwriter? Anyway, if they are close in age, there will be jealousy and envy. I was the only girl. By the way, if it weren't for that, it would be like that.
Being the only girl has its difficulties in the main cast. How was the comfort zone? Didn't they protect you, or did they wrap you in their arms? Or did they wrap you in a princess? Our princess set princess. So it was like this. I was very sick when we started the set. I had a disease. No, it's not like a cold. Let's say I was suffering from a very serious illness, like an infection. No, it wasn't because my immunity was low. I had caught a germ. I had caught an infection.
I was getting through that process, and for two weeks, I was really upset. No, not cranky, but very upset. It was difficult; I couldn't walk. I mean, I couldn't stand; I couldn't walk; I couldn't eat. Of course, a physical illness was struggling, and sometimes on the set, there were moments like this. For example, in the conference hall, I will never forget. I stop, and tears are flowing from my eyes because of the pain.
The kids really do go and talk to the teacher and take me to the trailer. They put me to bed in the trailer and bring me my tea and coffee right away. You get better. Look, he talks to the herbalist and stuff like that. My friend has such a problem; what can we do? We can't solve it with the doctor. But what can we do? It really surrounded me from three arms at once, not only during the illness period.
We had a very strange understanding. When they first told me, "Don't say anything about Mem, don't say anything about Dil Korkut." They said it is ready; they said it is a job that takes two hours to prepare; it is going well. I mean, I said, what time is it? Sub said from here to there; B said from here to there. Even your manager said it; even your first manager might have said it. No, your manager said it; he says, "Yes, we are looking for another manager right away."
A lot of things can happen; by the way, he says something. It's a nice thing; it says it takes two hours to prepare, but I guess someone says it takes half an hour to prepare. Then many set failures occur. It stops there; it is corrected there; the clock is prepared. The sound flows very fast. I really can't prepare it in two hours. This is an exaggeration.
No, I have a hard time concentrating. I give myself a space, and when I am, I need to enter the stage. My home is alone. Hands on the waist. Now something is coming. That thing is getting ready. It's loading right now, and then. I mean, normally you might not be understanding about this. Everyone takes their own; we are all strangely understanding. You know, everyone is indexed to each other.
Oh, I didn't say. By the way, yes, well, now it's been two hours getting ready. Then I'm getting ready by the hour. By the way, as is 46 minutes or so. Now it's exactly on the set for us. He is coming; can you tell me how much I look in the mirror? He never looks; he really never looks. Because it is long, one hour and 46 minutes, bro, everything is okay; there is no need for him to look anymore; it is already tremendous.
All joking aside, I will take nothing. What are you talking about? I will not be able to find a job; talk about the truth. Art is really very... The preparation process is not very long either, especially the wind is a little bit more, and Demirhan and I are sitting with the three men who have looked in the mirror the most in my life. Can you please ask why? There is a very beautiful lady, so you have to look at it; it's all because of these reasons.
Yes, I won't be able to use it now; there is no answer; forgive me; let's close this topic now. AB, where did we come from again? This topic was about the last movie; we were talking about our agreement. I can't talk anymore; this movie series is dangerous when it continues. This situation started to present itself in this case.
Okay, normally, time passed, and you shot a movie outside of work. Did you break up, or did this friendship continue? You shot in the summer until now. No, dear. I mean, we are in constant communication anyway; only our work. So we can't be together all the time, but we are always together anyway. We have a group. We also have excitement, regardless of the friendship that is in the book.
Because now, all joking aside, it is the most anticipated movie of 2025. I think this job makes us a little nervous because it is like that. Frankly, the responsibility is also very high. That is, the expectation is there. So, the first question you asked is, Bezal Koç. Yes, 110 million reads, and the audience that read these when they were little really grew up in a world of imagination.
If you came out with something without so many reads and there were no people who would watch it with imagination, they would have to watch it from scratch. There may be a slight vague excitement. But now we will try to give something to them that they grew up with their childhood dreams. I mean, by being extremely loyal to this and the book. Yes, it makes you feel something even if I did my best.
I mean, maybe it was very good; I don't know until I see it exactly. That excitement is more; it was different. I mean, also about the muscles. As the actors started to become clearer and I wrote, people sometimes had disappointments like that, but his eyes were not that color, etc. There is a responsibility for this, right? The harmony between the person who plays the character and the character created, and the expectations of those who read the book in relation to this.
Isn't it high at the same time? In our time, not many youth works were shot or were shot, or maybe that's why I wanted to be in this business so much. That's how it happened; I don't know. I've said this somewhere before, but I'm Meltem. I called and congratulated him for signing a contract with the film, but at that time, I had no such thing as an agreement. We had known each other before.
Later, I also had a chance, and after we met, I thought about it too. Of course, who wouldn't want such a beautiful youth? After meeting with our director and the producers, it was a great Hollywood-style youth movie that appeals to all audiences and is loyal to the book. I think that all young people, apart from the book audience, will enjoy watching it.
After shooting the script, I can't comment objectively anymore, but I hope everyone loves it as much as we do. I mean, we are so attached to this series even though we haven't watched it yet. Let me say we are attached to it even though we just shot the first movie. But when I first read it, I said something like this: "Oh, I said, you know, in Turkey, yes, there are youth things that are done; there is a comedy; there is a reality."
But now I'm reading it; there can be a person; so many events may come, but I think it's very difficult. So many events coming, multi-layered, multi-layered, and oh man, I said, they are daring. This is being done right now. I mean, it's both a youth thing in this country; it's a comedy, but it's not a comedy; it's a serious business. Police voice tension; everything is a job we feel; everything is a job we do.
Why don't we do it? Why isn't it done in this country? Oh, I mean, being in this and having such an audience is many things. I think it's a very big question. Yes, it's a lot. Also, it's a cool job. It happened; I mean, we were dubbing it and so on. From what we saw, it looks really cool like this. It's like a global job.
I mean, if you didn't play, you'd be upset, wouldn't you? Yes, I really would be upset. So, when you were creating characters, for example, when you were playing Onur, what did you want to highlight? What kind of a connection did you establish with the character? A person who looks like you? Do you know, or it is very difficult. When I think about what Onur went through, when I look at the events, the first thing I noticed is that there is a murder, and we hide the victim of this murder.
I mean, he has to hide it. You solve that tension with D young people. Now there are four young people who do this. We have to do this from such a place. Because, well, beloved characters are characters that people grow up with. Making people love them is a bit like that. A red line came to me. It seemed like it needed to be processed very finely, so I focused more on that at first.
Also, I approach from here a bit. How much could it be different from myself? I am very social, you know? I can enter a channel and immediately relax; I see. They are having a lot of fun. I mean, my character Ana, who has experienced so many events, is in a tight place, and as a character, she also has tension. Yes. Now the character of Burak is entertaining against the bad situations he experiences in life.
Develop a defense mechanism. Everyone's defense mechanisms are very well written. I look at the characters. They are very cute and have fun. If I go there, we will record in a moment. It won't work. That's trying to concentrate, but you know, we all have a one-month period together. Try to establish sincerity. Did you get help? Demiran. Of course, I did. I usually always do it because I feel like an actor, my coach.
Yes, yes, that will always be the case. What kind of person? Or does it change? It changed depending on the situation, but there have been one or two people in my life. Are they the players we know so far, or the players you know, the great old players? I mean, even if you are 50 years old and very good, I mean, I don't see what you do. I mean, someone has to see it and comment, and that's it.
He threw fire because it was a red place. If I play from somewhere, it can be made beautiful and loved, but then it can cause other things. I mean, there is something that sparks a little fire in what we do. There is making people love something; then there is the mass going there. I paid a lot of attention to that; showing it is also very critical.
So we do the first thing. We thought about it now. His friend Nas Zeynep suddenly falls between his close friends, and he establishes a bond with them, but it's like a bombshell. Yes, in the beginning, these three friends have been close friends for 15 years, and this was our first concern. How will we be close friends for 15 years and then act together? We went to the coach.
We tried to bring the energy of the three of us and the style of playing and acting together at once. And I believe it was very good. Why were you looking at us like that? I was going to say something about that. We went to the acting coach, and we didn't do any normal work there. In fact, it lasted for three hours. We were locked up for four hours, and Meltem couldn't join in; she had a job and was sick; she couldn't join in anyway.
Actually, we had a 15-year friendship. In order to strengthen that friendship, we went a little outside the script and created moments for ourselves as improvisation. That is, we filled in all of those moments as Burak, Onur, Mert. Our acting coach asked us questions. He said, "What are you doing?" We, Onur, Burak, and Mert, asked, "What did you do last summer?"
We created little moments like this from the age of six, and after we got out of there, we both had a much better grasp of our own characters and each other's characters. I think we benefited a lot. So, she had met Meltem before. Did you know each other? I didn't know anyone. I didn't know anyone either. I didn't know anyone; I knew Onur since I was little. I mean, that beautiful place is already the son of our house.
Yes, yes, the son of our house. I know from there. Meltem, hear me too. I had seen him and said, "I hope we can play one day." You made such a wish; great! I had never been there before. A person is a moment until today. I said it on the first day. That's how it happened. When we first met Demirhan in front of the production company, Demirhan got off the motorcycle at that time.
I got off the car. We saw each other and hugged, saying, "Oh, what's up?" and we've never met. You came to meet; is that a raise? Yes, we came to meet. Let's make an agreement for a while. It was a day; Demirhan came to meet us. What's the news, etc.? We suddenly went inside arm in arm. Then we were sitting downstairs; there you go.
We are passing through the scenes and looking at the scenes. Demirhan suddenly said something like this to me. He said, "I," he said, "you," he said, "Hear me," he said, "Time." He saw me on TV, and "Yes," he didn't say "Manifesto." It was a real obstacle; let it not happen, but now it's good that he made such a wish, and it came true. I mean, he is an incredibly comfortable partner to work with. For me, all three of my partners were like that.
They were all incredibly comfortable people with whom I worked incredibly comfortably. I am so ashamed. I will cry about such beautiful things. And meeting this, when we talked in Cappadocia, he got along very well with Emre there. I guess it was about being willing to get along. Isn't that something? I mean, look, of course, of course.
I think that when you become a good person, that job becomes more beautiful. Thank God, our partners, because there can usually be an EGO conflict because of the work you do. You are more famous than me in terms of fame; I am more famous than you. But you, I guess you are at the beginning of your career. I wonder what the situation would have been like if you had progressed a little more because it is like a profession that runs on ego.
You are so right. I apologize a lot. I apologize; no. I am talking about fame. I think those internal EGO conflicts do not come into play at the point where you look at how well I do my job, what can I give to people, and what is in it for myself. For example, Emre is a man who entered the sector 56 years and 10 years ago, but we are very close to him.
We were two close friends; likewise, Demirhan and Tahla and Onur are the same now. Onur was the first among us to enter the industry. Of course, Onur is a child actor. But we did not have such conflicts. A child actor is a child actor; you know what they call a child actor. But those who have been doing this since childhood have never had such conflicts. You know, before you.
I am later; you are more popular; I am less popular; we are all doing our job. Yak made a joke; I mean, how long has Bun been in the profession, in the industry? We are acting together with someone; who has he played with? I am very new; when you look at it, I have been doing this job for one and a half to two years. So, if I have been doing this job for 20 years, what kind of things do I think about?
Well done; that's why I would also like to thank you because I don't know. I don't know life today. I can tell you about it; I can also predict what will happen a year from now, you know? I don't know if it's years later. And B. You know how you grow up when you're a kid, and then you realize that you have problems in your life. And I mean, well done to him for working with such big names and beautiful names for years.
You know, being able to come and make a joke about his ego and feed it. I think it's great. This is not something that has much to do with age or, I don't know, the time you spend in the industry. Yes, we could have been living in something you said, but everyone here has a problem with acting. I understood this when we first met, and you come together there anyway.
But we also have more than that. Beyond that, our characters, our perspective on life, our perspective on work, our perspective on each other were very similar. That's why there could be no ego between us, and we were all really finding something. He was finding something and saying, "Onur, you should do this." He could do it too. Actually, you could fit his character too.
He was saying you should do the same thing for Meltem. I was saying Meltem. Meltem was saying me. That's why if there was an ego thing between us, we wouldn't even be able to say these things. So that we can be good to each other. Yes, definitely. Oh, definitely.
Well, starting at a young age and comments like this, feeling like we grew up with you, etc. What kind of a response does that evoke in you? I have no idea. I mean, as if this is my normal. Because I've been acting since I was 9 years old. This is my life. This is my profession. And when I hear it today, I hear it in a different way.
I am not satisfied with this; I mean, yes, I can answer this question; please answer; I would also like to answer. Because we had experienced something like this on the first day. We went out to eat together; while walking there, he was troubled, and his troubles were like this. He will play something like this; there is something he is always used to. I had a problem with this here now.
If you do a job like this for 20 years, you feel like you can do it. You will feel like you will still feel like you will not worry. I think that state of worrying is always there for all of us. If that state of worrying ends, the effort will go away. Then maybe the egos will go up, but if the state of worrying is the biggest, our excitement is still common because there is very little time left for the cinema on January 10th, and we haven't watched it yet.
We will die of excitement here. Actually, Onur, I especially want to finish this Arka Sokaklar part and then I will go back to the characters. I see that the series is continuing. Are you watching it? Do you come across it? I wonder about that. Of course, I follow it, and I see that I still meet with the people there. People who have touched such important places in my life, and they are still in my life anyway.
You are in touch, right? Of course, of course, we are in touch with all of them. Who do you get along with the best? My relationship with Yüsra is very good. Because we were already playing sisters there, Furkan and Özgür and Naz. I can't separate any of them when I ask like this. With the Bizim Aile part. I get along much better because I spent years together with them.
Oz and Ozgur are both incredible men in life. That will not always change. Most probably, the man I laughed the most with in my life is Ozgur Ozan. Let me say my regards to Ozgur from here. Maybe they will come; won't they have a party? It's not clear. Depending on the set situation. They can come.
The series continues its journey by breaking its own record in a very interesting way. Have you ever been sad or hit because you left? Because you experienced such a bitter feeling. It's a very long process; you know, it's a very long process. At one point, I wanted to leave; that's why I wanted to leave. I left in 15 years; I lived the best moments of my life there.
When I left, of course, it's a place you go to every week, against the people you see every day. I mean, you won't be able to see it again. I mean, if you did, even Art will no longer be able to be there in that character. I felt such sadness, but it was completely my own decision. Because I have troubles and dreams about acting, and I wanted to do something new.
Frankly, I wanted to throw myself into that unknown sea, so I think this decision was very good for me. But the day I left, I remember, and it was very difficult. It was very difficult to leave there, like the end of something is like the beginning of another life. It was very difficult, but such wonderful projects. Yes, exactly; I left to meet new people and be involved in new stories.
What kind of details did you focus on when creating the character in the film? There was Burak, whom you wanted to highlight, the preparation period. Burak, I was also curious about Tim. Burak is very entertaining, very outgoing, very flirtatious. He even flirted with the table there once. So since he is a very entertaining character, the only thing I could think of was this: I need to have fun.
This is a second one. We weren't supposed to go too far out of the story. Because this is a responsibility to the readers. The readers still knew the character much better than me. Maybe it's like that. How were the comments about your selection? I came across nice comments on social media and in your circle. Frankly, I mean, the work was shared directly.
I even came across things like this. You met too; you were announced; I was announced, etc. There is no footage yet; nothing; we haven't even been on set yet. When people came to us on the street like this, I thought they were coming because of my past work. Brother, quarantine is coming out. When will it come out? I'm so glad. We were shocked. We were addressing such an audience.
It's a big responsibility to do it; I had a hard time with it at first, but then we solved it with Beyza and Ahmet Hoca, my actor friends. I mean, I think about this job. Okay, Mert, what kind of preparation process was there for Mert? Mert's character traits, Taha's character traits; it's also pretty close. Yes, I am calm in my daily life; I act more planned.
I wouldn't say controlling, but rational. That's why, for example, when Beyza told me about the character and when my teacher Ahmet told me about it, I felt very close to myself when I read the book, and this helped me a lot on my journey while looking for the character. Then, of course, I hope it can bring out the bravery in me.
I mean, it turned out great; I felt very comfortable, and I feel like I took some of Mert's character traits for myself. The character transformed you; they are looking at you. What did you get? Of course, while giving life to the characters, they also look at the actors. A person who believes that it definitely gives a spark is definitely a brand new world, brand new.
And incredible. Me, for example, one of the best aspects of this profession is that you can turn into a different person every time and experience many emotions and events that we cannot experience in real life. So it is also a great profession. In fact, each character in the game teaches something. B It's a very special situation.
I mean, apart from being a job that is in front of the public and has a high visual aspect, it also appeals to the soul of the person. And when I interview actors, especially those who have developed themselves, I am incredibly enlightened because you are constantly moving to another dimension. I guess it's the best way to understand another person. You can understand by talking; there is a way, but the thing is, we leave ourselves completely into that situation, or we try to be that situation.
We leave ourselves into that situation. Whether you will experience that situation or not depends on your fate, but here, you will experience that situation. That's why understanding that character is the best way to add something to you. So what about Zeynep? Before you portray the character, portray another character in Cappadocia. It was incredibly cold. I came too.
Then I caught a really bad cold. I wonder if I'm sick. You say, "Did you go through that period?" There is an incredible cold there. Actually, my immunity has dropped a lot in Cappadocia. I don't catch a cold, but my immune system is very high. How many times have you been in the lake? Yes, we went in and out of the lake. We worked in the cold in those snows.
When the immunity dropped, I also had a very interesting cold there. For example, I am from Sivas, and I am incredibly resistant to cold, but the cold there is something else. I couldn't shake it off for months. It penetrated into my cells and capillaries. It was incredible, wasn't it? You experienced something like that too; you understand. Apart from catching a cold, my immune system collapsed, and while I was there, in March and January of the first season.
We went out with set B. I got sick in March, and it never got better in August. I just started to come to my senses in the month, and I just started to pull myself together. My friends helped me a lot. Thank you. Why are you looking at me like that? When you find such a beautiful woman, you can't help but look. Oh, beautiful. What can I say?
How did the character transform you while you were playing the character of Zeynep in Gentlemen? What did you add? It turned out like this. Actually, for the first time in my life, I shot two works at the same time. I finished Cappadocia and went to the set in Istanbul two weeks later. At first, it scared me a lot, but then I experienced something like this.
The name of my character there was Sultan. Sultan's state combined with Zeynep's state and created a completely different character. It turned into something, and Zeynep, I always say, we talked about it with my manager just two days ago. Zeynep became such a character that she was completely different from Meltem; she was different from me in terms of her stance, her speech, and her style.
Playing Zeynep has always been very interesting to me since the first day. It was enjoyable; it always made me very excited. I read the book during the preparation process for the character. I talked a lot to Beyza and Ahmet Hoca. We talked a lot among ourselves. We talked about that scenario from our bedside book; we wrote, drew, tried, shared; we prepared very well; we prepared very, very happily.
Are there any spoilers coming? Were there any moments that you had difficulty overcoming? Was every scene like that for me? It was really every scene. Because the incident is Onur's father; I can't explain it, right? I can't explain. God, how can I explain it? We argued a lot in the trailer for days on the set. I mean, your character is more important than others.
I mean, we shouldn't separate things like easy or difficult. Everyone has different tendencies, but Burak's character is different because he shows his experiences in life. My pride is different; Mert's is different; my Zeynep is different; Burak's is different. When I think about it, you said I need to have fun. You know, it's fun, okay? Yes, you know, you need to have fun in something that's tight, but you know, making something tight feels like that.
You know, I am also a person who judges myself. You know, am I getting away from them? Am I in my own head? But the character, yes, I was both brave and scared like that. I lived this every second. And the scenes that I had a hard time with, yes, you know, there must be more. This is, but every scene was something for me.
I always felt like I was in a place like this, judging myself for something, and then I got the courage to leave and live like this. So yes, you were also in a lot of trouble as much as Onur. Yes, I was. On the last day, our team was closing down and walking away. What happened, son? We say, "I'm thinking about something," or something.
We start talking about the scene, but I say, "Oh, I don't want to talk to you about anything." We say, "Oh, God." What happened? No, it's very important. We'll move on. What happened, son? Don't I seem to be friends with you? Or something. He said, "No, but you." There you are doing it now; he says I; there I say my clothes, my son.
I mean, we have a different relationship now; there is a different dynamic in your character. He knows that he is a very good actor, and he plays. I mean, I see this with my own eyes. Of course, Demirhan is dealing with himself, exactly. Because it is, but I think a person who works with himself will be successful; we are all like that.
But you know, I really liked it; it was like this. I mean, you should be a little embarrassed there. We filled everything under it so much that this is one of the biggest things I learned on this set. When I first started acting, my acting coach always told me how important it was to read subtext, and it turns out that this is something that comes with experience.
It really comes with time. When we were alone with that script, Burak asked why we kept making this joke. This man is not making a joke because, excuse me, he is not a stupid man, so to speak. He is not making that joke because he is stupid. Or why is Mert so serious here? Why is he so tense here? Or why is Onur standing at that moment? Or why is Zeynep there?
Was there no other person in that school she came to? And he chose three of them. We tried to underline everything so much, and why did you choose them? Well, Zeynep, do you remember the first answer I gave to this? Yes, your foresight was connected, and I accepted it. We are discussing this. Of course, we are discussing the subtexts.
I mean, before he even shot it and before we did something to our teacher. We are sitting scene by scene by scene. The last scene we met, and my friends, the teacher said, Meltem said, "Why?" Even Zeynep asked something like why. I think my foresight is connected, and the answer came. Other than looking at each other, there was no other answer.
We couldn't give people insight; wouldn't they connect all of a sudden? For example, I would never do something like that. That's right, right? There comes a time when you do something that you would never do in a moment. It's the last thing for years. You do it. I experienced something like that; for example, a very simple example. Even you, Cappadocia.
I think we talked when you came to "They gave us a car." Since we were driving old cars there, they gave us a 50's model car. Emre and I were in the car. After giving the car, the man said, "Brother, the brakes of the car don't work. You can stop the car with the handbrake. Look, this is what being tied to clairvoyance is like." We heard this. We are going fast in that car.
Of course, we continue. Okay, we recorded it, and then we stopped the car and got out. After a minute or 20 seconds, the car went off the cliff in front of us. This is exactly the case of being connected to Basiret. There are such things, and Zeynep is really connected to Basir. Are we as bad as falling off a cliff?
How did you establish such a balance? You can analyze character by character and think about things, but I'm throwing it away again. I will tell the scenario; I can't tell you anything about the situation Zeynep is going through. Yes, you can't imagine what Zeynep is going through. We sit and talk for an hour. She can do this, be like that, feel that.
But there are some situations that Zeynep can't experience without getting attention from her mother and father. You are a grown-up girl. She has attended three high schools. She has changed schools three times. She does not have any permanent friends. The environment is constantly changing. Friends are always changing. The people around you are changing.
You do not belong to your mother, your father, your home, or a school. You are a 17-year-old girl, and at the end of the day, there are three people in your age group who love each other very much. You see, once you admire this friendship, you want to be in it; you want to be rooted; the feeling of belonging. I think what Zeynep experiences is exactly the feeling of belonging.
Yes, I, they belong together. I can belong here too; I can be like them. I think I reflected it very well. B All of my actor friends are acting very well. They are really good. I love this movie; it will take a long time. You are all good, my son. Should I say something that is not there? You are good actors. You act well and reflect yourself well.
How were you in your life, in your school life? Did you have any friendships like that that still continue? Or were you more antisocial? I can talk for a long time, but there was something I said to us at the beginning. It seemed very strange to me. This scenario reminded me of that. After years, they skip everything, get angry at each other, etc. They are very good.
Friends skip everything. Even the short ones say it; they are like this, but they have learned to be one. In any case, I came to Istanbul when I was 18. I have been living here alone for seven years. Now I have a job here. Life, school, etc. When I got involved in something, I became a little more lonely, but I was left alone.
It reminded me of something. I was like that. There was no logic. As a person grows up, logic comes into play more and becomes more useful, and he wants to continue living from a healthier and safer place. But the child Gani is not like that. There is not much logic. Sometimes in those days, the things your father and mother say are just things that happen over the years.
Then you understand, etc. But for you at that moment, no friend, you will do ten, etc. In this book, I felt very good about the first subject in the scenario. If there was a fight right now, for example, between someone and a very close friend of mine, really, I mean, my aim would be to protect him because of the reason why he is a curt.
But I am trying to be more logical; he is safer and healthier; I am healthier too. But when I was little, if something like this had happened, I would usually jump. I used to jump a lot; I mean, it reminded me of him a lot. I was that kind of a kid, a little bit every now and then. I would skip something. It felt good to feel it here too.
I mean, they skip everything like this. They can do anything together without question. Believe me, they can do anything. It's okay; at that age, they beat each other up, and I don't think we suffered anything like that. By the way, they fight and stuff, but they don't break up. I mean, have you experienced this in your own life?
Of course, I experienced it in high school. It was like that in high school. H Mem. How was your life? My school life was very, very naughty. I am a trouble magnet like Zeynep. I am really a third-year high school student. I need to pull myself together and have a job like this. What I want is hard. I passed the phase of "I need to focus on something" when I was in high school, but I have a friend who reminds me of this group of friends, and I still see them.
They were not my high school friends; they were my primary school friends in the second grade. Of course, we have met since grade school and are still my closest friends. Really, with all its illogicality, what are you doing? I am behind you; we are still like that. Sometimes we don't see each other for a year. But on my birthday, for example, at 12 at night, the first phone call I get is from them.
So yes, those are Büşra and Özcan. I still see my close friends from high school with this group of friends. I was lucky in high school in terms of my friendships in high school, so it was not difficult to establish that intimacy with this group of friends. I studied high school separately from my family and lived alone.
Oh, you started very early. Yes, it was a bit like that in the west. Like, they want to let the child go there first, say, "Go on your own," etc. So, was this situation obligatory for you? I am from Kırklareli; I grew up there. I went to a district of Kırklareli, and my score was good too. There was no better high school there at that time.
I am from an Anatolian high school, which is the best. Anatolian high school; that's why I moved out in high school sophomore year and started living alone. My roommates were my friends from high school; of course, it was great. University in high school. Yes, I started living in high school, but of course, when you live it with that teenage mind, you experience completely different things.
When I look from here and think about it, would I look at things that way back then? Would I react that way? Because you experience a lot of attractions. And of course, my parents constantly call and ask, but also you are from Thrace. How can you talk so much, sir? How can you keep it up so much? It will spoil it so much.
Wait, in our place, they say things like, I was walking around like Panta. I was in Pant. I mean, I was Pant. AIM, you were saying one more thing. Please tell me that too. Flies. What was that? Look, flies have gotten into you again. When something happens, you get stressed out. When flies come and they buzz, buzz, buzz.
We have a nice word called "getting flies" in our place. Yes, I use it a lot on the set. You know, when something happens, you get stressed out. When I'm feeling down or something is bothering me, like, "Oh my friends, I got flies; let's go," they got used to it too, but they also use it. I mean, plain or as much as possible.
Of course, I try not to use it. I don't use it when I'm playing in Istanbul anyway, but of course, after the intimacy is established, when I'm in a friendly environment, I'm excited. If I'm in a friendly environment, my accent will slip. I'm from a heavy Thracian too. Because I came to Istanbul when I was 18, and we know these things.
So far, he's talking sweetly; I can't tell you. Onur, how was your school life? I was a very calm child. I mean, you don't look like this at all. Do you know? Really? Yes, by the way, people say that. I still think I'm a calm person. Alright, type. And you know, the environment changes the habitat.
I have no idea. Is that how it reflects? You're not calm, aren't you? My son, calm down, calm down. Now it's like K. When I feel strong, yes, my energy increases a lot, and when I'm with people I love and feel good about, my energy is very good. But other than that, during school, I would sit in the back row, and I would have a friend with me, like that.
We would only communicate like that, but during high school, I still have a group of friends like D. They are the most important people in my life, and we did many things. I mean, we used to skip school and go to the matches. We didn't even meet. A friend of ours from the stands came by bus, and I was coming to the match. We used to have so much fun in high school.
But if you ask me if I had a very social circle or a very wide circle, I didn't have such a circle yet. It's still closed. I have four or so very close friends. As I said, they are my high school friends. By the way, I want to talk about spring. We are looking at your ongoing tempo and your new project right now. Is there a surprise?
We can't say that; we are not saying that; we are talking. Are you at the signing stage? We are looking. Yes, yes, we are looking. Yours just finished. I was in the dirty basket. It has also made its finale. It is not there right now. I am not doing anything. Spring is very... It's going well and going very well this season, but last year was incredible.
I already reported on it last night; it was the most watched, most record-breaking, highest numbered series in our country, ABC, and it's a game changer and very healing. Because it was really a very intense process. It still is. It continues like this. Meltem came to shoot the movie after giving it a few weeks. I finished the first season; I met with her, read the book, got to know people.
I also got into the movie; then I got into another season. My family lives in Ankara. Now when you look at the subjects in the series, there are family relationships, mother relationships, father relationships, the situations that life brings, the struggles against these, the struggle for life, the struggle in a business sense. In this sense, it affects me very differently; you know, it touches on those.
But emotionally, here is where we touch on the genius; every character teaches you something. It adds something. It makes me a little sad that I can't experience the things that it adds in my private life right now. Because I don't really have that kind of time. For example, I'm going to get upset about my family. Now something happened.
I mean, I can't go to Ankara. Nothing happens because of lack of time. It's a process where I notice a lot of things and feel a lot of things. It was a very valuable place for me, a place that I can't put into my own life anymore. Because that place you call healing is very critical; everyone was always careful about it on the set. It was a very valuable job in that sense.
So the name of the work is Bahar. Bahar, there is a narrative, but Timur also has a narrative in the universe. There is a narrative in which everyone finds something from themselves, and you see this in a real sense while walking like this. Getting something in return for this does not come from a place like an actor but from a place of feeling. You know, this feels very interesting.
I mean, it is not enough to say it is beautiful. That's why he could not define it very much. It was an unexpected success; I mean, it was a woman's story. I didn't know that it would turn into such a big mass movement and that it would really unite us all in such a feeling. Suddenly we became 15 ratings, 14 ratings, etc.
Why do you think this happened? Why did this happen? I didn't believe it before, and I still don't believe it much, but now I can say it as this sentence: The thing that life that you can't control brings together, and that is very good for everyone is luck. Now when you look at the work, when you look at the subject he told, when you look at the situations in the country, now nobody can talk about this.
The situation in the country is like this right now. There are these problems; these are these. Come on, let's do something about these problems. No, nothing like this is being done. There is such a situation in the country right now. There was a hunger for comedy. For example, I think the TV series industry filled a gap here.
Women's problems mean women's problems. These are very subtle words, you know. We've come to a point where we're nervous even while Bun is talking, and you're trying to process something like this. How nervous this situation makes you. Because now you can usually be drawn to B, to C. You are afraid of telling, and with an actress who can do this very well, you know, Demet egar, Hıı, something else.
And I am very lucky; let me say that. You know, I am in a very big chance here. The reason for this success is that we entered at the right time for people's emotional needs in terms of comedy and laughter. And our director, I think there are many things here. When we talked in our social life, we realized with all the actors there that everyone was in a place where they were questioning something in their life before this job, and the teacher really saw this.
I don't know anymore; this was a set where everyone gave themselves incredibly. In a sense, I can say that your knowledge about medicine has probably expanded, but my father was also a doctor. When I was a child, I wanted to study medicine; I used to read medical books, etc. So I am a bit more knowledgeable. Actually, I don't have much of a development, but in terms of staying in those situations in practice, I need to be a little more.
It took them to a place that I understood. That's all. It's interesting from the outside. There were comments like this. While the Doctors were being filmed, a woman insisted that Doctor Levent should operate on me, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. I think he gave an interview at the university, even at the medical faculty. I saw that Beir Aks. Yes, yes, he gave an interview at the medical faculty.
You know, the profession of an actor. You know, things like that seem strange; they have funny effects. The most I've come across is not in the medical sense, but it's like mothers. I don't know; having a boy is a difficult thing, okay, from myself. I know you know too, but we set up something like this with my son and stuff like that. Something is coming.
I mean, Sorgul is making me waste my own male childhood. What are we making these mothers go through? Let me say that rude things happen; I won't say too much about them now. I understand how he ended the subject. You talk nicely; let's get back to the movie and finish with your expectations. If you want, let's finish with the effect of the movie or what the movie promises to the audience.
I can say this, as I felt when I first read it, in our country, finally, such a thing is being done, and the courage to do it has been there for a long time in the cinema industry. I think there is such a hunger. When we were kids, we watched movies and television. Even if it wasn't Turkish, we still remember watching foreign movies that gave the same colors and feelings.
Why is it a local thing in this country? There is no such thing. I can say that our audience who will watch this will at least be affected by what they tell 10 years later. I hope that the feelings we told here, the partnership I experienced, I hope it has passed. Trusting the work is a very important thing anyway. M It's the same for me.
I have great confidence in the work, no matter what the result is. Of course, we want it to be like this. I mean, 2 million, 3 million box offices. But of course, Amen, let it be like that; God willing, let it be like that. But the determining thing is never the number; this is never the determining number in the rating. We are really very high quality.
We shot a work that we will leave with pride and with a smile on our faces when we watch it. First of all, we established a very good friendship; we learned a lot; we taught each other a lot. After all, we all shined brightly. Oh, look, they played in the same project. Things like this happen. For example, our Hear Me too.
I really want it to be a job where people say, "Look, look, it's from there." I really want it; I really want it. I'll see you on January 10th for this job. Great. Don't think about anything about it. I don't want this. As I said, we took a huge responsibility from the very beginning. As a result of this responsibility we took, I think you and I feel very good.
I think we did a very good job. I just haven't watched anything emotionally; I'm not saying anything about the acting; I just feel very good emotionally. My only wish is that our viewers who will go to the cinema will say, "Yes, such things can be done," and especially that our readers will create a world that is close to the world they dream of.
Let's finish with you. When we were kids, we had these kinds of high school things, youth things, youth series, and so on. I see where my older actor brothers are now; I watched them do these jobs when I was little. Being able to make our actor brothers feel this in the future from a professional perspective makes me very happy. Regardless of everything, we have been doing a great job together; we have done it with great love.
And I believe it will progress exponentially. What happened to the fans of this movie? Let's do a little bit for you. I think I was talking well. You speak very well. That's why I'm very happy. I'm very excited. There are a few days left. It's in theaters on January 10. Let's see; I'm waiting, God willing. Yes. Super excited.
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