Now, he's the hot French pilot flying

George Clooney and Julia Roberts to Bali in the new movie

Ticket to Paradise.

It opens in theaters October 21st.

Please welcome Lucas Bravo.

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How are you?

May I say, Lucas Bravo is a great name, especially for a helicopter pilot, but really in general.

It is, isn't it?

It's a very strong name.

Like, you can't go wrong when your name is Lucas Bravo.

It is quite successful in the States, but it was terrible growing up as a kid.

Was it really?

You know, they call your name upside down.

When you're a kid, they're like, Bravo Lucas, when you're in school.

So basically, people would just stand up and clap, which doesn't feel very good.

What part of France are you from?

I'm from the south of France, Nice.

Nice, yes.

You can say nice if you want.

Very beautiful.

But I live in Paris.

You live in Paris.

Have you lived here in LA ever?

I lived in LA, yes, for a few years.

I moved in when I was 18, and best years of my life.

Is that true?

Yeah.

I was in law school, and I wasn't really happy.

And a friend just told me, do you want to come to LA for, like, two weeks on vacation?

And I just never left.

Is that true?

So you didn't come here to be an actor.

You came here to take a break from school.

I was, yeah, kind of a break, yeah.

I was curious.

I just wanted to learn the language.

I mean, I was top of my class in English.

And when I arrived in LA, I just realized

I didn't speak a word of English.

And I had nothing, you know?

I would ask a friend $1 every day to go to Taco Bell and have a cheesy double beef burrito for $0.99.

Is that true?

I was broke and the happiest I've ever been.

You were a panhandler, is what you were.

Was this one friend, or would you collect a dollar from a few friends?

No, I was smart enough not to put all the pressure on one person.

I see.

I would, you know, juggle with different friends.

Wow.

And what is it like to come from France, home of some of the finest cuisine in all the world, and end up eating a cheesy gordita at Taco Bell?

I just, you know, it was just a moment to pass.

I wouldn't think about it.

It was just purely functional.

It was just purely to keep you alive at the time.

You could have killed me, but you did the opposite.

And now you're in this movie, how many years later we fast forward to, with Mr. Georges Clunet and Julia Roberts.

Yeah, Robert.

Yes, and that is, that's very exciting, right?

I mean, that's got to be a big deal.

It's OK, it's, you know.

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I know you have a kissing scene with Julia in this film.

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That is, are you nervous about that?

Well, the thing is, we arrived in Australia.

It's set in Bali, but we shot it in Australia in the middle of the pandemic.

So you're lying to the people.

Yes, this is what we do for a living.

And so basically arriving there, we had, you know, we were escorted by, we had a military escort.

They closed down the street to get us to the hotel.

We had someone really guarding the hallway.

And we had two weeks of quarantine with a 12 hours jet lag.

They took it very seriously in Australia, right?

Yeah.

And it kind of worked, you know?

Two weeks of quarantine, you were really in your room for two weeks.

Yes.

Was George Clooney in his room for two weeks?

No. Yes, he was.

He was.

He was too, yeah, all of us.

And, you know, at some point where they just came to me after two weeks, I didn't have any idea of time or any notion of what my name is.

And it felt like when they knocked at the door, it felt like I was Gollum.

And I was, you know, in a corner with, like, crumbles on my face.

Very precious, yeah.

And they handed me the call sheet, which said your first scene is a kissing scene with Julia.

So I just went, let me just freshen up for a second.

You freshened up.

Yeah.

Now, is French kissing called French kissing over in France?

Or is it just called slipping the tongue?

Or how does that go?

French fries, French kissing, French duck, everything French isn't.

None of that is actually French.

No.

OK, all right.

We have the scene that you, well, the kissing scene.

Let's take a look from the movie Ticket to Paradise.

David, what are you doing here?

I'm flying to Bali.

What are you doing here?

I'm flying you to Bali.

I couldn't let her go alone, so I treated Fleiss with a friend.

Got a captain, three long hauls to Uruguay next month, but there are things you do for love, right?

That's so sweet.

I know.

So sweet.

How weird, right?

How many times did you shoot that scene?

As long as it took to, you know, get the character right.

Uh-huh, yeah.

Julia was asking for more, and she's a professional.

You know, she wants to get that.

George Clooney is a notorious prankster.

I'm sure you know that about him.

Did he, I mean, you guys were, you spent a lot of time together there.

Did he get you?

You know, the first thing was, if I shoot with George,

I need to prank the pranksters, the pranksters.

Really?

I wanted to be the first one.

Such a bad idea.

Such a bad idea.

Yeah, I know, I know.

It could have backfired.

Who am I to, you know?

Not even that.

Like, not even that.

That's not why it's a bad idea.

But go ahead.

Yes.

So Kaelin Deaver was fresh out of shooting

Dope Sick with Michael Keaton, who was the first Batman with Tim Burton.

Right.

And George was also a Batman at some point, so he would come to set every.

At some point.

I loved the little.

And so he would come to set and ask, Kaelin, who's your favorite Batman?

And I thought that was brilliant.

So at some point, I was determined to, I thought, what if he comes to set one day and instead of his wardrobe, he finds a cheap, old school, 70s Adam West costume instead of his, like, daily costume?

And then the director, Earl Parker, told me maybe you should wear the costume while shooting a scene with George.

And then you did put on the costume, and I see George is laughing pretty hard.

But what I'm wondering is, so this is your prank on George?

Because it seems like this might be George's prank on you.

Because you're the one dressed like Batman in this.

I know.

There was a moment where I was standing behind this door, and I was like, what am I doing?

Yeah, that's the idea.

I mean, like, I don't know, maybe in Australia, like, the same way the toilet goes the other way, the pranks go the other way, too.

And you just had it all backwards or something.

Well, it's great to meet you.

And congratulations on all your success.

Thank you.

Will you stop by Taco Bell on the way out?

Absolutely.

Just for old time's sake?

Yeah, just feel that feel.

Do you need a dollar?

I can give it to you if you want.

Would you?

Lucas Bravo, everybody.

It's Nick of the Paradise opens in the movie theaters on October 4th.

Opens in the movie theaters on October 21st.

We'll be back with Midland and John Hardy.