Chris Pine, Hugh Grant & Michelle Rodriguez Answer the Web’s Most Searched Questions

The “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” cast take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the internet’s most searched questions about themselves. How many Star Treks is Chris Pine in? What book is Hugh Grant reading at the end of Notting Hill? What kind of car does Michelle Rodriguez drive? How long does it take to play Dungeons & Dragons? Chris, Hugh and Michelle answer all these questions and much more! Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is out in theaters on March 31, 2023 Director: Katherine Wzorek Director of Photography: Malcolm Cook Editor: Louville Moore Talent: Hugh Grant, Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez Talent Booker: Lauren Mendoza Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Melissa Cho Production Manager: Peter Brunette Audio: Will Miller Cam Op/Gaffer: Omar Elgohary Production Assistant: John Brodsky Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Assistant Editors: Ben Harowitz, Diego Rentsch

Video Transcript

– I’m Hugh Grant.

– I’m Michelle Rodriguez.

– I’m Chris Pine.

– And this is the Wired Complete, [letters clacking] incomplete – I got this, I got this.

And this is the Wired Complete.

[all laughing] [jaunty music] Why don’t you have him say it, he’s the best.

– No, no, no, no, no.

This is the Wired Autocomplete Interview.

[jaunty music] – What made Chris Pine famous?

– Star Trek, the first one.

And the first week that it came out when there were paparazzi outside of my tiny apartment that I was living at on Silver Lake Boulevard.

That was a very eye-opening experience.

Next one.

[Michelle and crew laughing] – How is Chris Pine alive in Wonder Woman in 1984?

– Oh [bleeped].

Um, um, ’cause, um – – We may have some simpler ones, do you want me to – [Michelle and crew laughing] – Yeah I know – – No, no, no hold on, hold on, hold on I know this!

I know this, I know this, I know – There there’s like a stone of um – There’s a stone of some sort.

Story continues

There’s a stone of some sort and it was wished upon.

And then, and then I came back.

– That really clears that up.

[Michelle and crew laughing] – [Michelle] Who is Chris Pine’s legendary grandmother?

– This is an easy one.

Anne Gwynne was my mom’s mom.

Came out to Los Angeles in the 30’s and worked at Republic Pictures and Universal.

She was a scream queen and then she ended up being she was at Bullocks at the hair department.

She was the secretary for years.

– [Hugh And Chris] What are Chris Pine’s fans called?

– [Hugh] Yeah.

– They’re called Pine Nuts.

[Hugh laughing] [all laughing] – That’s a thing?

– How many Chris Pine Star Treks?

– [Chris] Is that in English?

– What does that mean?

[Michelle and Chris laughing] – How many Chris Pine Star Treks?

– How many Chris Pine Star Treks.

I’ve made three Star Treks.

I’ve been involved in three Star Treks, hopefully many more.

– Woo hoo!

– [Chris] What is Hugh Grant’s favorite film, Hugh Grant?

– Ever?

– Yes.

– Sound of Music.

It’s a difficult situation.

I’m married to a Swedish woman who comes from the north of Sweden, where men are really men.

They’re so manly they hardly speak and they chop wood.

What they don’t do is watch The Sound of Music in the afternoons [Michelle laughing] and sing along with the Mother Superior when she sings “Climb Every Mountain.”

And they certainly don’t cry when the father, Christopher Plummer is touched by his children singing and then joins in.

But I do cry.

[Michelle and Chris laughing] But it’s impeccable.

The film is impeccable.

There’s not a single moment I don’t love.

And I sometimes go to those, uh- you know you can have a whole party where you, you screen the film and everyone dresses up as characters.

– [Chris] Mm-hmm.

– I think it was Elton John’s 60th was like that.

I went as the Baroness.

[crew laughing] – Wow.

Next question?

– Okay, great.

[Chris] What is Hugh Grant’s last line in “Love, Actually?”

– Uh, unwatchable.

Dunno.

Dunno.

Oh, yes, I do know.

I think I improvised it.

So she jumps into my arms at the airport and I say, “god, you weigh a ton.”

[faint laughter from crew] – [Chris] What did Hugh Grant study at Oxford?

– [exhales forcefully] Well, English literature.

Fat lot of good that did me.

[crew laughs] But I didn’t do much of that towards the end.

I became a socialite, really.

I went to parties and was pretentious.

– Nothing much has changed.

– Yeah, exactly.

[Michelle laughs] – Okay, what book is Hugh Grant reading in Notting Hill?

– In that nauseating moment on the bench at the end I’m reading “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin” by Louis de Bernires.

[Michelle purrs] Which was gonna be his next film.

So it’s a little in-joke from Roger Michell.

God rest his soul.

And ah, passed away – [Chris] What movie was Hugh Grant and Meryl Streep in?

– We made a film called Florence Foster Jenkins in which she plays the worst singer in the world.

It was a true story.

I play her sort of, husband/manager/ possibly the man who sort of used her a bit.

You’re not quite sure whether I’m good or bad.

That’s the genius of my performance.

You just don’t know – – You’re not quite sure, everyone else is though.

[Chris laughing] – I enjoyed it and I think Meryl learned a lot from watching me.

[all laughing] – Ah, yeah.

[board whooshing] – [Hugh] Well, Michelle, what kind of car do you drive?

– Tesla.

[Chris chuckles] – [Hugh] When does Michelle Rodriguez appear in “Lost”?

– I have no idea.

I’m a horrible calendar person.

But uh, I did in the second season I think?

I was a little disappointed they went the bible route.

I was expecting them to go maybe a little more Sci-Fi, black hole, you know, Rosen Bridge, you know, vibes.

But they kind of went bible with it, so.

But it’s okay, it was still fun.

– How many Resident Evil movies is Michelle — – Two.

– Rodriguez in?

– Two, two.

[laughs] I only did two because I died in the first one.

And they only brought me back to life once and then killed me again.

– Oh.

– It was a clone thing, you know.

I’m always being brought back to life in movies.

I don’t know why this happens.

They always kill me.

They’re like, “She doesn’t have a boyfriend, we don’t know what the purpose of this strong female, you know, is -” – Because they really want you back.

Fans really want you back.

– Afterwards.

– Yeah, it’s a good sign.

– It is a good sign.

– You know what I mean?

– But you know why kill me in the first place?

They’re so mean.

– Misogynists.

– I guess.

– Hugh, do you have any more questions?

– Show us your dead face.

[crew laughing] It’s really difficult, dead.

Yeah, [crew laughs] I’d go with open eyes.

– [Chris] Oh.

– [Hugh] Yeah, better.

[crew laughs] That’s terrifying.

Now come back to life.

[snaps] She’s gone.

[crew chuckling] Very difficult.

Okay, here we go, here we go.

– [Chris] How long to play Dungeons and Dragons?

I don’t know if there’s like a time limit on it.

You can play for as long as you want.

And I think some campaigns go on for quite a long time.

Can you play Dungeons and Dragons?

– Is that the next one?

– It’s the next one.

– Oh right, so sorry – [crew voicing directions] – Yep.

– What’s the next one?

Duh duh duh dun Yourself.

– By yourself.

[Michelle laughs] You absolutely can’t, I don’t think you can play Dungeons and Dragons by yourself.

Well, I think the whole thing about it’s that you play with other people and it’s a jam.

It’s a good time.

– Let’s play.

We gotta, we’ve got to play.

– [Chris] Yeah, we should.

We’re coming to the end of knowing each other and we’ve never played.

[Michelle laughs] – Why are we coming to the end of knowing each other?

– Well, the film’s coming out and – – Yeah, but there could be more films.

[Michelle laughs] – So – – [Chris] Can you die in Dungeons and Dragons?

I think you can.

– Yeah.

– Yeah, you can.

– Yeah, you can, you can die.

– You can die in Dungeons and Dragons And then you create another character.

– Yeah, I’ve died before.

Ah, right on.

How Dungeons and Dragons works.

– There’s dice involved.

You have to choose a character.

– Are we talking about in the game?

– Yeah, the game.

The game.

The game.

[Michelle laughing] – No idea.

– Uh, and you go on campaigns and um… – Do you dress up?

– You can.

– You can, sure.

– Yeah.

Could I be the Baroness?

– Yes.

[crew laughing] – Okay.

[Michelle laughing] – [Chris] What is the plot of the new Dungeons and Dragons movie?

We can’t say the whole new plot but essentially a gang of thieves and a motley crew of Ruffians managed to unleash this secret evil power.

[Michelle laughing] – I don’t remember that bit at all.

– [Chris] Yeah.

– Do we?

– Yeah.

– I mean… – Which evil power?

[Michelle laughing] – He’s in denial.

– Maybe.

[Michelle laughing] Well, we’re not really allowed to give away the plot anyway.

I…uh…

Anyway… [Chris and Michelle laughing] we’re delightful.

– [Michelle] Yeah.

Yeah.

– [Chris] Okay.

– [Michelle] How’s Dungeons and Dragons fun?

[Chris laughing] – I’ll tell you what, I… [Chris and Michelle laughing] It IS fun.

I, well, I haven’t seen it yet.

I see it tonight, but um… [Chris and Michelle laughing] I, I hate all script.

I thought it was a very funny script.

I thought it was like Monty Python but with moving bits and, um, and you know, if you like monsters and dragons and what’s the, [Chris laughing] there’s a very good fish that eats babies or something.

[Michelle laughing] What’s that bit?

[Chris laughing] I may have put that wrong, I can’t remember.

I’m not in that scene.

[Michelle and crew laughing] – [Michelle] Does Chris Pine do BMW commercials?

– [Chris] Oh my god.

[crew laughing] – That’s a good question.

Do you do BMW commercials?

– Yes, I do do BMW commercials.

For 12 years!

The voiceover.

– Oh wow.

– What would you say?

– What do I say?

I say a lot of things.

You, I say a lot of things, about the cars.

– Okay.

– [Michelle] Does Chris Pine have a flip phone?

– Uh, I do not anymore, unfortunately, have a flip phone.

I gave it up, which is very hard!

I really liked my flip phone, but I find that I think 2022 makes it very difficult to be analog-ed.

The main issue is that I was trying to do group texts with my friends and, and on my flip phone , if you had a group text going on, you would send…

If a text came in, it wouldn’t be in the group text.

It would be from every single person [Michelle and Hugh laughing] on the group text.

And it’d be the same text.

Long story short, it was just too difficult.

– Yeah.

– But I do miss it.

– [Michelle] Is Chris Pine Shy?

– I would say 50/50, Introvert, Extrovert.

– [Michelle] Is Chris Pine really singing “Into the Woods”?

– That is actually Chris Pine’s voice.

– What does that mean?

– Chris Pine likes to sing.

– Well, what does it mean “Into the Woods”?

– Into the Woods is a… – Oh, the, the Sondheim musical.

– Yeah.

– Ah!

– [Michelle] Are Chris Pine’s eyes really that blue?

– Chris Pine’s eyes are blue.

Chris Pine’s eyes are uh, are blue.

[crew laughing] – [Chris] Who does Hugh Grant play in “Paddington”?

– I play uh… – Aw, you’re in “Paddington”!

– Yeah, “Paddington 2.”

The better of the two.

Many people’s opinion.

I’m the the baddie.

And he’s a, he’s a actor A great London thespian called Phoenix Buchanan.

[Michelle laughing] Who uh, turns out to be rather evil.

Anyway, children love it.

And I, well I say that, I took my children to the very first screening ever of it and at the end of it, they just said, “Why are you in it so much?”

[Michelle laughing] So, that was odd.

Then I took my ancient father.

Old, military man to… bit confused… to the premiere at Leicester Square.

And halfway through he turned to me and he said, “Is that a real bear?”

[Chris and crew laughing] I said, “Well, no dad.

’cause he’s, he’s talking and it’s…” Anyway, he thought it was marvelous.

Actually.

It’s a very well reviewed film.

It’s the second best reviewed film ever on Rotten Tomatoes.

– [Chris] Does Hugh Grand actually sing in “Music and… – [Michelle] Oh, sorry, didn’t see that.

– [Chris] …Lyrics”?

– Yeah.

So, well I do but I’m auto-tuned beyond belief.

Actually that’s not true.

I’m auto-tuned a bit, but um, not as much as some.

Drew Barrymore was in that film with me, and I don’t think she’d mind me saying, her singing is just horrendous.

I mean, I… [all laughing] I’ve heard dogs… – Oh snap!

– …bark better than she sings.

[Michelle laughing] But having said that, once they tuned her up she sounded way better than me.

Because she’s got heart and voice and rock and roll.

Whereas I sounded like Julie Andrews and I meant to be kind of rock and roll as well.

– [Chris] Does Hugh Grant know sign language?

– I did learn sign language for “Four Weddings and a Funeral.”

‘Cause I have these touching scenes with my brother who’s deaf in that film.

– [Chris] Can Hugh Grant tap dance?

– Well, yes.

I, I tap dance a little bit at the end of “Paddington 2”.

– [Chris] Can Hugh Grant play Te- Oh yeah, I know.

Can Hugh Grant play tennis?

– Yeah, I do play, but I’m a very, very angry player.

I mean, really horrible.

There’s, I was thinking the other day why does no one ask me to play?

And it’s because I’m so unpleasant.

I imitate the other player if I think they’re not really playing proper tennis and just nudging it around.

I nudge it around as well.

Or they’re playing moon balls.

[Chris laughing] I moon ball it.

A Frenchman walked off the court the other day.

He said, [using french accent] “You know if you don’t want to play, we don’t have to play, uh?”

[laughing] – No, he didn’t.

– Yeah, he did.

I, no, I’m not nice.

[throwing board] – Michelle, who did you play in “Avatar”?

– Trudy Chacon, helicopter pilot.

[Michelle laughing] – [Hugh] Who do you play in Fast and Furious?

– I play Leticia Ortez.

A kid from from uh, Los Angeles who grew up in the race, race car scene.

And she used to live on the other side of the tracks and now works with the government on and off.

When they’re not mad at her or her team.

She gets to do really cool stuff around the world.

– Are you a boxer?

– I um, played a boxer.

Diana Guzman in my first feature film called “Girl Fight”.

It was an independent film.

It was the thesis of the director, Karyn Kusama It basically took her six years to get it off the ground ’cause all the producers that she tried to make the movie with basically wanted the guy to win at the end.

Even though the thing was loosely based on Lucia Rijker winning a Golden Gloves fight against a guy.

She made this movie and it was fun.

– So in male boxing, you’re not allowed to hit below the belt.

In female boxing, often wondered this, are you allowed to hit a girl in the boobs?

– Yeah.

They wear these cups so it protects the tits.

– So you can hit them?

– You can.

You can totally punch ’em as hard as you want.

– It still seems wrong.

– Right in the tits.

Yeah.

Just knock ’em right there, you know?

Just keep pounding it out as much as you want.

[Michelle and crew laughing] – That’s awful.

– I know, right?

[crew laughing] – [Hugh] Do you do your own stunts?

– Only when they let me.

You know, I’m not as lucky as Tom Cruise or Jackie Chan.

The insurance throughout the years has become a lot more responsible and as it’s become more responsible they’ve allowed me to do a lot less.

So I don’t drive cars anymore, I just pull them in, you know.

I don’t do extraordinary fight sequences.

I just land or do the drop.

Resident Evil had some wild stuff.

Boy, the, the gun rules in Germany before they were part of the EU, let me tell you, it was fun!

[Michelle laughing] I mean, you got to shoot mp fives you know, like no joke, at the range.

I almost took people’s head off in “Swat.”

Sam Jackson, I remember him ducking behind me because of the guns.

I’ve really loved everything I’ve done, and I trained really hard for it.

With all the guns and all the fighting choreography.

So, yeah.

– [Hugh] Do you ride a motorbike?

– I did.

I used to drive a Ducati, but I just sold it.

Took me a while to learn to use it, ’cause my brother lost his arm on a bike while I was getting my license.

And so it took me like a year to get the courage to ride a bike again.

Once I did, you know, I did some riding in, uh, Scotland.

I did some riding in, New Zealand and it was fun.

I did a couple hundred miles in both places and I think, you know, that’s enough for me.

Yay!

– Uh, hopefully that we were a good time, right?

– I hope so.

– Right Hugh?

– What, watching this?

[Michelle and Chris laughing] We could apologize.

[Chris and Michelle laughing] We’re sorry.

– I love his honesty.

– Yeah.

But you’ll like the film.

[all laughing] [jaunty music]