How to get a Vulcan salute from Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds

This actually happened. (video link)

AUSTIN, Texas—I said I could work an interview with the writers into my piece. Then, the e-mail came: "Nathan, Your TV interviews will begin at 2:45pm. Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal are paired together."

Huh? When Life was announced as the closing film for South by Southwest, I knew I'd be taking the review reins from Senior Space Terror Editor Lee Hutchinson. I didn't know I'd be agreeing to do this. A-list celebrity interviews don't happen often (if at all, sorry Matt Damon) around Ars, and they definitely don't happen in person. They don't happen on camera, either.