Moviefone: How much of "Knight of Cups" was improv versus scripted?

Freida Pinto: The entire film was improv. There was no script and, even when there was a script, we were asked to play with it or change the lines -- it just really depended on where we were in that present moment. It's a very free-flowing, Terry Malick style of filmmaking.

To be honest, we did not know what it was going to be while we were filming. There was no expectation, as such. But there was a curiosity, for sure, to figure out at some point what the film was going to be. We knew the basic premise of the film, and we knew that it was an L.A. odyssey. But I feel like, just how these characters affected the quest that Rick is on -- and what that quest was -- that is something that we only found out as we watched the final cut. I think the only person who knew where it was going is Christian Bale, if at all. None of us had any interaction with the other women in the film.

So did you get a chance to meet any of the other actresses during filming or promoting the movie?

Yes, here's what we did when we were filming. Terry put Teresa and I together at times and we would interact with each other not knowing... I knew that she was a stripper, but I had no idea in what way she was connected with Christian's character -- whether she was an old girlfriend or a new girlfriend. So, on set, we would just observe each other and there did not need to be any dialogue. In the final cut, none of the women are in any scenes together. But we discovered on set that we had so much in common in terms of experience.

So does Malick ever say "good job" while he's filming, or does he just let things happen?

That was so funny. I had no idea he was in the scene. I was walking around and all of a sudden -- there's Antonio. I'm not sure whether he's playing his character or himself. Since the film is about Hollywood, it's very, very plausible that he's playing himself. I bump into him and it's so funny, because the smile I had was for real, because I was like, "What the hell are you doing here?"

It was actually a very interesting set-up. We called it a "dog party" because there were a lot of dogs there and people on all fours. It was kind of a crazy one. A little trippy. My character is new to Los Angeles and she's a transient character, she's always moving through these worlds and kind of in search for her own self. So when I was at that party, my job there was not to judge what I saw, but to observe and I enjoyed playing that a lot.

What's the film you're working on now?

It's a script written by Chris Bessounian and Tianna Langham called "Guns and Saris." I do not want to give you more information, because it's a work in progress. But it's taken a while, because it's an indie film. But it's a story that's unconventional that Hollywood has not seen before. And so it's a risk in many ways. But we're here to take risks and tell stories of strong and independent and courageous women. Hopefully with the Film Fund, and all these other conversations that are going on in Hollywood right now, stories like this will come out more and more.

"Knight of Cups" is in theaters now.

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