- In an interview with Vanity Fair published Friday, Anna Kendrick rewatched scenes from her films.
- Kendrick shared she was shocked by the popularity of her "Cups" rendition in "Pitch Perfect."
Anna Kendrick discussed how the iconic "Pitch Perfect" cup song scene came to be in a segment for Vanity Fair's "Scene Selection," published Friday. During the interview, Kendrick looked back at scenes from her filmography, including "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World," "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," and "Pitch Perfect."
In the video, Kendrick watches the "Cups" scene from "Pitch Perfect" which took the internet by storm after the film was released in 2012. Kendrick starred as Beca in the first installment of the musical trilogy. "I had no idea that this moment would become what it became," she told Vanity Fair.
Kendrick explained that she used the "Cups" song to audition and was shocked when the filmmakers wanted to use the performance in the film. "When Universal was like, 'We should make a whole music video for that,' I was like 'What? Who would want that?' Egg on my face," she said.
"It's a weird nails on chalkboard thing for me to watch this," Kendrick laughed in the video.
In December, Kendrick spoke to Cosmopolitan to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of "Pitch Perfect." Kendrick told the outlet she first saw a video of "Cups (When I'm Gone)" by Lulu and the Lampshades on Reddit. She studied the cup choreography for fun before using it to audition.
"So when the 'Pitch Perfect' folks needed me to sing something to make sure I didn't sound like a dying cat, I thought, 'There's this weird thing that I can do, so why not? Because that'll be a good use of those several hours that I wasted,'" Kendrick told Cosmopolitan.
The "Cups" music video has garnered over 644 million views since it was published in April 2013 and peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart according to Billboard. Kendrick explained that to this day, parents will give her "the stink-eye" because their kid won't stop doing "Cups."
"And all I can ever say is, I'm so sorry. I'm really sorry," the actress told Cosmopolitan.