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The Cast of ‘The Perfect Couple’ Almost Had a Mutiny Over the Dance Scene in the Opening Credits · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: The opening credits to Nicole Kidman and Leev Schreiber's hit
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  Speaker 2: Netflix Who'd Done It series The Perfect Couple might be
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  Speaker 2: some of the most divisive of all time. The series
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  Speaker 2: is a dark murder mystery centered around a wedding at
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  Speaker 2: a dysfunctional East Coast family's ritzy Nantucket getaway, but the
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  Speaker 2: opening credits is a dance sequence featuring the cast that's
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  Speaker 2: divided the Internet, and it turns out it divided its
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  Speaker 2: stars as well. When they were told about it, the
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  Speaker 2: cast literally started a WhatsApp group text with the very
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  Speaker 2: goal of sabotaging the idea before it was even shot.
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  Speaker 2: Nicole Tail's Variety, I joined the group text because they
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  Speaker 2: didn't feel like my character Greer would dance. I felt
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  Speaker 2: like Greer would watch. I now think it's great and
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  Speaker 2: I'm so glad they got us all to do it
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  Speaker 2: because there's some joy in it. The only actor who
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  Speaker 2: bought into the dance from the start was Leev, who
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  Speaker 2: adds I wasn't into WhatsApp chat. The entire cast had
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  Speaker 2: a mutiny about this idea, except for me. I was
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  Speaker 2: already in my trailer practicing the dance move, so I
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  Speaker 2: was disappointed when it came out, and I'm not in
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  Speaker 2: it more because I thought I did really well.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.