and it's a beautiful little movie directed by gia coppola.coppola. also, you're -- you're a a dancer. you -- >> well so, what happened was this. so, the bevertainer who we met, when i found out about bevertainers, she said, "would you like me to dance for you?" and i was like, "oh, my god. no, no, no, no." because i had seen "anora," and i -- [ light laughter ] -- knew what that meant. and she was like," no, no, i have to." and so, she basically got up on the podium and danced for me. i certainly left her a nice tip. and then as we were talking away, true story, as we were walking away, gia coppola said to me, "well, you know, annette's going to dance." and i looked at him and i said, "no, i am not -- no. no, no, no. i'm here three days. i am not dancing." >> jimmy: yeah, i'm doing my thing -- >> i'm doing my thing. and then, as we were walking into the rehearsal hall for the only rehearsal we had, "total eclipse of the heart" was playing on the sound system in the casino. and i jokingly said to giaia, ell, you know, if annette was going to b

. >> seth: yeah, this is the director, gia coppola. >> yes, direc -- gia. within a few minutes, i guess? >> seth: your agent turned it down? >> yeah. my old agent. >> seth: okay. yeah, that's good. [ laughter ] i hope it was a teachable moment. >> it wasn't -- no. he wasn't really a theatrical agent. anyway, , so final she reached out to brandon, who produced my documentary. and she probably figured he could reach me since i'm his mother. >> seth: yeah. [ light laughter ] >> and, um -- yeah, and then he sent it to me and i was in my garden making pickles and jam. >> seth: great. >> wring a cookbook, thinking, you know, "from 'baywatch' to broadway." that kind of has a nice ring to it. i played roxie in "chicago" on broadway. and i thought, "i can live with that." >> seth: right. [ light laughter ] >> i can live with that. and then this script, when i read it, i just couldn't believe how fun it could be. i mean, it was such a great character for me. and i could hear her voice in my head. and i thought, "okay, so broadway was just the warmup." >> seth: yeah.