I wanted to say that the role was dragging.
--Did the director talk with Haruka Ayase (who played the role of husband and wife with Daigo in this film)?
Mr. Ayase and I were talking several times before the show started or something like that. ......, so that I wouldn't hear (laughs). Anyway, I was the only one they didn't let in (laughs).
-In an interview with Ms. Ayase in another media, she said that Daigo was OK with almost anything.
That's right. I think Ayase-san probably had a more difficult role than I did. I was fine with the role as it was. I didn't say, "Let's shoot it again," or "Let's shoot it a little differently. I feel so bad for Ms. Ayase (laughs).
--Did you feel like you were writing a letter of intent?
I don't know to what extent. So I was not asked to create this kind of father figure or this kind of husband figure. But Yamauchi of Kamaitachi saw a preview of the film and said, "If it were Daigo-san, he would move like this, say these lines, and be like this, just like Daigo-san. So there was no need for me to make it so complicated. I think the director left it as it was.
--When you saw the video yourself, did you see Kensuke as a character?
It was the first time for me to see myself like that, and at first I watched the movie thinking, "What if I'm interrupting something? It's like there's a guy like me in the film. It's the future, and he's still wearing geta, or snow shoes, like a manly man (laughs).
--Did you find it easy to switch from your usual variety of work?
In a variety show, if I annoyed someone, the annoyance would be funny, but in that sense, a movie is completely different, so I tried not to get in the way. I was shooting this movie and variety at the same time, and I really wanted to say something like, "It's hard to switch now because I'm doing a movie," or "I'm dragging out the role" (laughs). But the fact that I was able to get into it so easily means that I probably didn't change anything. If I had to talk with an actor in the future about how to put myself into the role, I might laugh at him (laughs).
