"A character actor who plays the founder Leon Leonwood Bean."
The cast and crew of the indie fashion biopic House of L.L. Bean introduce themselves, positioning their film as the quiet, humble alternative to the flashy House of Gucci.
"I'm Jeff Jeffries and I played Tony Bean."
"My name is Walter Gunn, and I played Leon Leonwood Bean, the creator of L.L. Bean."
Jeff Jeffreys explains his choice of a 16-year-old manager at CAA, framing it as a crypto-inspired industry disruption, while the team discusses a UPM niece who leaked scenes to her vlog.
"I want a disruptor and I want a 16-year-old manager."
"She was famously fired for leaking scenes to YouTube for her own personal vlog."
Walter Gunn laments losing a role in House of Gucci to Jared Leto for being 'too old on the inside,' despite Leto being older than him and Gunn wearing prosthetics to look younger.
"Jared Leto is 49 years old. He's actually a year older than me."
"But I look like an old burnt bucket of spaghetti."
The creative team behind the rival fashion biopic 'House of L.L. Bean' introduces their characters, including the real founder Leon Leonwood Bean and his fictional son Tony Bean.
"My name is Walter, Walter Gun, and I played Leon, Leon Wood Bean, the creator of L.L. Bean."
"The character Tony Bean was invented for the movie. We take artistic liberties."
Director Sabrina Catching reveals that her niece is the secret engine behind the film, having slept with screenwriter Aaron Sorkin to get his number and serving as a manager at CAA.
"I know him from my niece. My niece slept with him."
"Niece kind of got this movie made is what I'm noticing."
Costume designer Effy Jacobs explains the historical tension regarding zippers, which Leon Leonwood Bean famously called the 'Devil's jacket' in Harper's Bazaar.
"Leon Leonwood Bean famously hated the zip-up. He called it the Devil's jacket."
"There will never be a zipper on my jackets as long as I live."
The cast discusses the creative editing required to avoid trademark infringement, including overlapping dialogue and changing the brand name to LL 13 Een in the final cut.
"We couldn't even say the name LL Bean in this movie."
"One of them say 13 Bean and one of them say LL Bean."
Jeff explains his aggressive acting method, which involves ripping clothes apart and buying out the local Michaels' supply of stretch canvas to replace destroyed costumes.
"I want to, you know, tear down a wall in there. Become human, become primal."
"I had to go to Michaels at times and they would... I would buy out their cloth fabric."
Jeff performs his Grammy-winning spoken word track 'Drive', a bizarre a cappella list of morning routines that confused drivers when it played on Kiss FM.
"One, wake up. Two, coffee. Three, drive!"
"It bumped me when I heard it on the radio."
The panel reviews a clip from the film where Leon and Tony visit their new Boston store, which Leon describes as feeling like a 'church' in the name of 'House of L.L. 13een'.
"It feels like a church in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the House of L.L. 13een."