Chris Evans and Dakota Johnson called up Materialists costar Pedro Pascal to participate in the wholesome and viral “goodnight” prank.
Both Evans and Johnson FaceTimed the fellow Materialists girl, who did not make it to the film’s New York premiere, in a delightful video segment for A24, the studio behind the romance dramedy from Past Lives filmmaker Celine Song.
“What do you want?” Pedro quipped from the other side of the call.
Evans replied, “You.”
“We’re just calling to say goodnight,” Johnson said.
“Goodni— I’m supposed to go to bed at 6 p.m.?” Pascal said.
“Yeah,” Johnson said. “Night night.”
“Sleep tight buddy,” Evans added. “Sweet dreams.”
“Do you wish you were here?” Evans asked. “On a scale of one to 10—”
Pascal said, “With the two of you? I’d do anything to be with you two.”
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Both Evans and Johnson then fought over Pascal’s affections. “Do you love me or Chris more?” Johnson asked, to which Pascal said, “It’s so hard. It’s impossible. It’s actually impossible [to answer].”
“I know the truth,” Evans whispered.
In Materialists (in theaters Friday), Johnson plays Lucy, a successful New York City matchmaker torn between two suitors: her imperfect ex-boyfriend John (Evans) and the perfect Harry (Pascal). An unsettling incident at work forces Lucy, who has a pragmatic view on romance, to reconsider her perspective on true love and what it means to love.
“Allowing yourself to be loved is scary, and really loving another person is scary,” Johnson told Entertainment Weekly, calling the film a “story of bravery, really — and fear. A woman having the courage to open her heart is what I loved about it.”
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Johnson also praised her costars as “sensitive and open” leading men.
“It was interesting because it was two different worlds working — Pedro’s world and Chris’ world, and Celine and I moving between the two being like, that’s a different energy,” Johnson said. “They’re both so lovable and that really comes across in the film.”
Just as lovable is the viral “goodnight” trend that originated on TikTok, which sees grown men confounding their male pals with a moment of softness by calling them up to say goodnight before bed. Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese are among the stars who have participated.
“Calling to say goodnight, and sleep tight!” De Niro told Scorsese over FaceTime, to which Scorsese replied, “Thank you, my love.”
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