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Anna Kendrick & Blake Lively Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the internet's most searched questions about themselves. Is Anna Kendrick scrappy? Is Blake Lively on LinkedIn? Does Anna Kendrick actually sing? A SIMPLE FAVOR, in theaters September 14, 2018.

Released on 09/10/2018

Transcript

Hi, I'm Anna Kendrick.

And I'm Blake Lively.

And this is the

WIRED WIRED

Autocomplete Autocomplete

Interview. Interview.

(upbeat music)

It's her first time on camera,

It really is. so I don't know

This is so scary. if she's going to be

good at this.

Okay, ready?

Is Anna Kendrick scrappy? Scrappy?

Yeah, I'm scrappy af.

I'll tear your face off.

Is Anna Kendrick ... Great.

Squirrel Girl.

Okay. What does that mean?

One person asked me if I would ever be a superhero,

and my brother had sent me the Squirrel Girl comics

and I said, Oh, yeah. I'd like to be Squirrel Girl,

because I assumed that would be one of those answers

that just goes away Yeah.

instead of saying something that becomes clickbait.

Yeah. Boy, was I wrong.

I didn't know that was actually a thing.

Yeah.

Then, it was like, Anna Kendrick for Squirrel Girl,

and I was like, Oh, I didn't know.

I appreciate the effort, but I didn't need you guys

to start a whole campaign.

Is Anna Kendrick Canadian?

Oh, what a compliment. Oh my Gosh, that's so nice.

That really is nice.

Oh my God, I've tricked people into thinking

I have a good personality.

No, I'm not Canadian. Yet, you're the superior.

I'm from Maine, but you would be surprised

how many people think that Maine is a part of Canada.

Read a book.

(laughs)

Is Anna Kendrick in the band In the band? (laughs)

Echosmith?

No, but there's a girl in the band Echosmith

who does look a lot like me, Really?

which is why I know what the band Echosmith is.

Wow. Shout out to you, Echosmith.

Is Anna Kendrick related to Kendrick Lamar?

Hold on. There's no way

I'm so confused. that anybody thinks that.

There's no way. This is the ...

I don't know.

I feel like I'm on dangerous territory answering this.

No, we are not related, but also, what?

Yeah. (laughs)

It's his first name. Yeah.

I can't ... I ... that's a shocker.

So, what's the answer, then?

No.

I wish, I wish. Yeah, wouldn't that be cool?

How does Blake Lively workout?

How do you workout?

Oh my gosh, this is so interesting.

I'm so glad people are interested in my career.

I work out with Don Saladino, trainer to the stars.

How does Blake Lively dance?

How do you ... Why would somebody

Google that? Super well.

I don't know, that's such a weird thing.

Do they think there's gonna be a video?

Because, if they thought there was a video,

surely they would Google Blake Lively dancing

video. Yeah, I know.

How does she dance?

That's a very specific They wanna read

question. about how you dance.

Tell us, in words, how you dance.

Well, maybe it's because I've said, or my husband's said

I use a lot of elbows in life.

So, maybe they think it's just like a very elbow-y dance,

and, if they thought that, they would be correct.

Oh, how did Blake Lively delete her Instagram?

So, on Instagram, they have ...

It's not really deleting your Instagram,

because you just hide your posts

and then you can get them back if you want,

but only popstars do it, and you know I'm in ...

You're in the illuminati.

I'm campaigning to become a popstar.

Oh, okay. Yeah.

So, I thought it would bring me one step closer.

Okay, how's that working?

Not very well.

Good.

How did Blake Lively get her name?

My grandmother's brother was named Blake,

Oh. but he was murdered.

So, thanks for asking, Google.

She's so dark.

Does Anna Kendrick actually sing?

Let's just do it right now, real quick, come on.

Should I show them, boss?

Actually, Blake Lively sings

all my songs. Hold on. I actually have ...

It's actually ... A flute.

What if I had the notes thing?

What do you call those things?

A pitch pipe, but that was cute.

A little flute. A pitch pipe.

(mimics flute sounds)

No, but I always wanted to be Willy Wonka.

Okay, go ahead.

Do you actually sing?

Yeah.

Yeah, I know.

I just felt like I had

So beautifully. to ask it again.

She really does.

Does Anna Kendrick use autotune?

How dare you?

How very dare you? Yeah.

That is rude. Offensive.

No I don't.

Have I had to do more than one take?

Yes.

Have I used autotune?

Get (bleep).

Does Anna Kendrick have siblings?

I do, I have an older brother named Mike,

who is responsible for all the

cynical, awful parts of my personality,

because he beat me up almost daily.

And, he's responsible for the Squirrel Girl rumor.

That's true.

Hard to say 10 times fast. So, screw that guy.

Squirrel Girl. Squirrel Girl rumor.

Squirrel Girl, Squirrel Girl,

Squirrel Girl, Squirrel Girl,

Squirrel Girl Squirrel Girl.

Okay. (clears throat)

is Blake Lively on LinkedIn? (laughs)

Not for lack of trying.

I'd like to see her resume. Everyone I've ever met ever.

It's offensive I agree.

how many LinkedIn email invites I get.

People that I haven't heard from in so long,

Yeah. it's like,

somehow they have a route to my email.

Exactly. I don't appreciate it.

And an invite makes it seem lovely.

It's not an invite. Yeah, no.

LinkedIn is just ... Yes. I know.

It's a parasite. It's herpes.

Yeah. (laughs)

Is Blake Lively's ...

hair naturally curly?

That's a nice question.

It is not, it's wavy.

It's naturally wavy.

Is Blake Lively ... oh, this is a long one ...

Wow.

on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?

Are you? Well, actually

I recently got a star on the Walk of Fame ...

Ooh In Almeria, Spain.

Tiny little town.

Aww. There was a ceremony.

Aww.

It was in the cafeteria of the ceremony on a lunch break.

It says the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

It was Did they call it

Almeria Hollywood. The Hollywood Walk of Fame?

Okay. There's no actual walk,

but they did shoot Indiana Jones The Last Crusade there,

Hey. And Lords of Arabia.

Hey. So, like,

I'm sort of thinking of myself in that ...

Yeah, like pee-ro tool, Harrison Ford way.

Yeah, for sure. Yeah.

What Anna Kendrick ...

What Anna Kendrick.

What Anna Kendrick character are you?

What?

Oh, is that like a quiz?

Aw, that's cool.

I'm Stephanie from A Simple Favor.

In theaters September 14th.

What is Anna Kendrick's number?

(laughs)

Nice try, boys and girls.

(winks) I see you.

What is Anna Kendrick's ...

Vietnam?

(laughter)

Is that like, what is my personal Vietnam?

I haven't had one.

That's so harrowing.

What does Anna Kendrick

play in? Oh.

I hate that.

I hate when people phrase it, Play in?

What move did you play in?

Yeah, yeah. I know you, what movie

did you play in? Yeah.

So, I'm not gonna (bleep) answer that.

What is Blake Lively's zodiac sign?

Virgo.

What is that quality? Leo cusp.

Super attention to detail and very fastidious.

I can tell that about you.

But, the Leo thing is sort of the ...

Yes. thing that ...

Samesies. is a little bit more, yeah.

What is Blake Lively doing now?

Really?

That's a really weird thing to Google.

That's so creepy. Google knows that?

But, I feel like Siri would be like, Oh, by the way,

here's what she's doing right now,

because she listens to

everything you say. That bitch is tanning.

Yeah. (laughs)

What is a Blake Lively ring?

Well, she's got a couple today.

Clearly not a NuvaRing.

(gasps) Ooh.

She's got children.

Starring: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively

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