i wanted to have some kind of foundation or bedrock, and naomi as paula was the bedrock, but i wanted think the time between the chapters is change the character as these young men are shaped so much by the environment, that i wanted him to be a different person, the same character but a different person in each chapter. my hope was, if he found actors who had the same feeling in their eyes that you could see the soul of the character across all three parts. and so far, i think that's what people are experiencing. >> rose: andre, what was the challenge for you? >> wow, one of the big challenges for me is i play kevin who is a sort of childhood friend of sharon and goes on to become the object of his affection. i challenge sicame in at the end of the film, seemingly out of nowhere and we don't understand why he's come back and they're on screen together for a very long time, working through a problem. we don't quite know what the motivation of the character is. so that was a big challenge, identifying what that was. >> rose: we talk about masculinity and identity. are they one and the

i wanted to have some kind of foundation or bedrock and naomi as paula was that bedrock. i wanted -- the time between the chapters changing the character as the young man is shaped so much by the environment, i wanted him to be a different person, the same character but a different person in each chapter. my hope was that we could find actors have the same feeling in their eyes and you could see the soul of the character across all three parts. so far, i think that is what people are experiencing. charlie: andre, what was the challenge for you? >> wow. one of the big challenges for me -- i play kevin who is a childhood friend of chiron and goes on to become the object of his affection. charlie: right. >> the challenge was i came in at the end of the film and seemingly out of nowhere and you do not understand why he has come back and they are on screen together for a very long time, working through a problem and we do not know what the motivation of the character is. so that was a big challenge, identifying what that was. but once we found it i think it is -- charlie: this