April 22, 2009 01:00PM EDT

Evan and Henry and Woody: Whatever Works!

Evan Rachel Wood and Henry Cavill (currently best known in America for his role on Showtime's The Tudors), two points of the love triangle that fires up Woody Allen's sharp and funny Whatever Works, were making the rounds today before tonight's 2009 Tribeca Film Festival Gala Premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre. Tribeca peeked in on one of their interviews—where the actors were reunited after shooting ended last May—and got the scoop on what goes into making a Woody Allen film back in New York City.

They're a cute pair; during some technical difficulties, Wood goofed off, glamorously flicking her hair around as the fan whirred, joking in a fake-superstar voice, saying, "Oh, the film's about—" and Cavill finishes, "beautiful people."

How are you preparing for the premiere?

Henry Cavill: I'm trying to find something to wear, and I'll take a shower.

Evan Rachel Wood (wearing a sky-high pair of Christian Louboutin heels): Guys have it so easy!

Can you talk a little bit about your characters?

ERW: I play Melodie and she's very Southern and incredibly naïve and for lack of a better word, she's dumb! She has that Southern mentality where she wants to take care of people, and she meets this Ebenezer Scrooge-like old man, played by Larry David. Their relationship is more like a Harold and Maude. It's very sweet, and it can't not be funny, taking two opposites and putting them together.

HC: Randy is a young English actor and he's a romantic.

How did you prepare for your roles?

HC: I like to climb [Mount] Kilimanjaro [joking in a dry British manner]. I generally just explore the character as much as I can and bring some aspects of myself to it.

EWR: I had never done a real comedy before or played someone so far away from myself. Melodie's accent is a combination of many Southern accents, all vamped up together.

What's it like working with Woody Allen?

ERW: It's a total honor and privilege. Being with Woody Allen in New York is a real treat.

HC: He gave very precise and accurate direction. He wanted what you brought to the character. He likes a certain pace, and you have a large amount of dialogue, up to four pages in one take.

ERW: He gives you a lot of freedom.

HC: And if he doesn't say anything, it's good!
 

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Whatever Works screens tonight, April 22, at 7:30 pm. It opens in limited release on June 19.