How do the actors pee while wearing a giant silver unitard?
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So, what’s the key to playing a robot?
And then we talked to [executive producer Ridley Scott] a lot about cadence.
Abubakar Salim and Amanda Collin play robots on HBO Max’s sci-fi drama ‘Raised By Wolves’.Coco Van Oppens/HBO MAX
We just tried out a bunch of stuff.
You start with nothing, and then you’re like, “How do we walk?
Do you walk normally?”
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So we worked a lot on posture and little things here and there.
And then for season 2, it all went to hell.
ABUBAKAR SALIM:Essentially what Amanda said.
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It felt like there wasn’t really much of a key.
There is something quite almost ethereal about it all.
I was like, “Oh, okay, cool.
Robots don’t walk that way.”
We were finding our own answers even to our own questions that we were discovering.
There isn’t even necessarily a key.
It’s more about exploration.
Let’s get into the more important question: Who wears the android unitard better?
SALIM:Oh, man.
She just dominates that thing.
COLLIN:I’ve been waiting to wear it for 35 years.
My stick body has been longing for that latex.
SALIM:The first time I had to wear it, I didn’t even have the role.
But I was showed an image of Amanda in the costume just doing all these weird stretches and stuff.
And I was like, “I can’t do this.
I’m going to rip this thing.”
Yeah, definitely Amanda, 100%.
SALIM:It was a lot, man.
And I love food.
When you’re in South Africa as well, it’s food galore.
And the suits made you sweat so much, so you kind felt like you were constantly working out.
COLLN:You’ve never been so happy when you get the stomach flu.
You’re like, “Yes, score!
Do you have it as well?
Do you want me to give it to you?”
But it sounds like you guys were pretty toasty.
SALIM:It was everything, man.
Honestly, it’s one of those suits where when it’s cold, it’s freezing.
When it’s hot, you’re cooking.
There’s no right temperature, except when you’re inside.
I used to love studio days.
Those were the best.
What are the bathroom breaks like?
I see you guys wearing a giant silver unitard.
That can’t be easy.
SALIM:They definitely required quite a few hands to make it make it happen.
You know what I mean?
It’s like, they have a zip at the back.
Why don’t they have a zip in the front?
SALIM:I always get it right.
COLLIN:Yep, because you and I sync periods.
What are your favorite craft services items to snack on?
SALIM:Yeah, definitely.
COLLIN:Because we can’t eat.
Abu and I don’t go to craft.
That’s the thing.
We haven’t experienced craft for two seasons because we’re too scared.
Name something we would find in the other person’s trailer.
We’d definitely find some green juice liquid there.
Actually, your trailer was much nicer than my trailer, Amanda.
COLLIN:Yeah, I make it nice because I live there.
Yours is so empty and like a bachelor trailer with a remote or a joystick and dirty underwear.
COLLIN:“Mystery Man, Why Are You Always So Happy?”
That’s the song.
I’m going to write it.
SALIM:“If Only I Could Let This Go.”
But in a good way.
COLLIN:As in you want to kill me?
SALIM:No, as in…
If only I could let it go… like, just breathe.
God, I’m not helping at all.
Which of your characters is the better parent, Mother or Father?
COLLIN:I think Father.
Mother needs to chill a little bit.
Me 100%, man!
Have you seen Mother?
Have you seen season 1?
COLLIN:Yeah, it’s a lot.
COLLIN:hey, hey,pleasemention a character from a non-Ridley Scott movie.
SALIM:Yeah, can you imagine?Scream.That’s a great one.
[Laughs] No, I’d love to be inGladiator.
That would be dope.
I’d give Russell Crowe a go.
COLLIN:Yeah, I’d give him a go as well.
[Laughs] But I’d have to sayBlade Runner.
If you had to be raised by a group of animals, what animal would you choose?
COLLIN:What instinctively comes to mind is meerkats.
Only because I identify mostly with them.
And there’s definitely some meerkat in Mother when she looks out for the children.
COLLIN:It would also be way too exhausting for you to be raised by horses.
Think about how much you’d have to run.
“Guys, guys, wait!”
Finally, what is your favorite thing about filming in Cape Town?
SALIM:Honestly, it was hanging out with Amanda for like eight months at a time.
I generally adore working with Amanda.
COLLIN:That’s so sweet.
I can’t say the same.
For me, it’s the sea.
I’m used to it.
