the list goes on and on. janelle monae is amazing in this movie. how did you decide who should be in this? it s kind of like writing an invite list to a dinner party because in addition to trying to get amazing actors in all these parts you re also going to be spending a lot of time together, and a big part of what makes these movies tick is everyone kind of gelling apds an ensemble and having a good time. these are all movie stars. we were both friends with ricky jay, the illusionist, and he would have called it a deck of aces. yeah. jack s deck. but everybody coming together and taking true joy in working together as an ensemble. i think that s what you feel off of the screen, everybody supporting everybody else and kind of gelling. i think the kid in all of us that wanted to go to summer theater camp, this was like that. it was parents picking you up at the end. it was a really good group.