Talking Heads: Danny Pudi, Louis Leterrier, Nat Wolff, and RiFF RAFF

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Danny Pudi: I have the gift of melanin, so I usually just get dark. But it can happen. The last time I was in Palm Desert I got a little burnt on my chest and back.

Louis Leterrier: We were filming Clash of the Titans on a volcano 7,000 feet above sea level. I didn’t realize I was burning until six layers of skin fell off my nose.

Nat Wolff: Last Christmas, I was in Mexico with my family. My brother and my mom got really tan but my dad and I got red.

RiFF RAFF: I don’t, because my skin is naturally golden-brown. Either it can get more golden, like a honey-glazed color, or it can get butterscotch-boss.

Danny Pudi: Growing up as a mixed-race kid, you’re always hoping that there’s something weirder than you out there, so that people will be nicer to you. And so, yes, I do.

Louis Leterrier: Of course! I saw an image of a solar flare that was 200,000 times the size of Earth. We’re lucky to be alive. We need aliens to give us technology—the universe is a death trap!

Nat Wolff: I’m pretty sure my math teacher is an alien. He’s a great guy, but when you meet him, he screams extraterrestrial.

RiFF RAFF: There’s got to be something out there. We don’t understand the galaxy or dimensions. What’s past Pluto? It’s not like you hit a wall after that.

Danny Pudi: I broke my collarbone playing football during my sophomore year of high school. It was proof that I did not need to be on the football field, the confirmation that I’m a fragile person.

Louis Leterrier: I was shooting The Incredible Hulk at a military base and got so angry that I kicked a wall. Unfortunately, the wall was 10 feet of concrete and it shattered my foot. I guess you could say I Hulked out.

Nat Wolff: I’ve broken seven fingers playing basketball. I had to give up the sport because I play piano. I had to choose one.

RiFF RAFF: I fractured my hand punching a wall at basketball practice, but nothing more.

Danny Pudi: Dan Harmon, the creator of Community. He’s been a part of the biggest change in my life, career-wise. His twisted, beautiful, and honest view of humanity is fascinating. I’ve never met anyone like him.

Louis Leterrier: It changes depending on where I’m shooting. I love living in L.A. but the people there always talk about the same things. When you shoot on location, you meet people with different stories and lives.

Nat Wolff: Jane Fonda. You could bring up any of your favorite musicians and actors from her heyday, and she would have some story about how they hit on her at a party or slept in her basement for a month.

RiFF RAFF: Betty White. She’s always happy. She’s 150 years old and she just keeps on going.