Charli xcx Reveals What It Was Like Filming Kylie Jenner Scene in ‘The Moment’

Charli xcx is getting candid about what it was like filming Kylie Jenner’s buzzy cameo in the musician’s new movie.

Jenner, 28, appears in The Moment, a satire inspired by the hype that surrounded Charli’s hit album Brat, as herself for a short scene, earning some rave reviews for her screen presence and comedic timing. (One viral Vulture article was titled, “Kylie Jenner Is Legitimately Fantastic in The Moment.”)

Charli, 33, shared what it was like to work with the reality star at a special screening and Q&A of the A24 film at Alamo Drafthouse’s Brooklyn location on Tuesday, Feb. 3.

Asked about the scenes she most enjoyed shooting by The Moment director Aidan Zamiri, the “360” singer said “obviously, most things” before turning her attention to Jenner’s stand-out cameo.

“I really enjoyed shooting the Kylie scene, obviously,” Charli told the Scottish filmmaker, adding that the moment was “separated” from the rest of the shoot — which kicked off with a scene starring Rachel Sennott. (Sennott, like Charli and Jenner, plays a fictionalized version of herself in the film.)

“The first scene we shot for the film was with Rachel and the last day was with Kylie,” Charli said at the Q&A. “So we sort of bookended with two legends, which was pretty cool … two people playing themselves.”

Charli then revealed what the experience of filming with Jenner was like, offering high praise for the reality star.

“I think with the Kylie scene, it was so fun,” she said, “because it really was so easy and effortless and she really, like, played with it, did her thing.”

Vulture’s Jason P. Frank described Jenner’s scene in The Moment as “expertly-executed,” and said she stood her own in the star-studded cast of Sennott, Kate Berlant, Rosanna Arquette, Alexander Skarsgård and more. “She is never too knowing, playing this version of herself without a hint of irony, even as she delivers clearly ridiculous lines,” Frank wrote of Jenner.

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The A24 film also marks the first major leading role for star Charli, a feat she reflected on at the Q&A.

Asked about how she prepared for the role, she said, “Well, I mean, I play — I hope — a slightly different version of my real self in this film. I don’t think I’m quite that much of a nightmare the whole time, but I wouldn’t really be the best person to ask about that.”

“The thing about the Charli in the film is all of the scenarios that my character in the film goes through could have happened if I made slightly different decisions in my own life and in my own career,” she said. “Obviously I assume that most of you here know that this is not what happened when it came to Brat and going on tour and things like that.”

Charli said her years of experience in the industry — and specifically times in which people and labels attempted “to mold me and change who I am” — gave her “places to pull from” for The Moment.

“Whether you’re an artist or not, I think we all have gone through a phase or a moment in our life where we’ve been through, like, a really dramatic shift or change or transition where you change from being one person with one experience experiencing the world and your interactions and the way that people see you in one way to another,” she continued, adding that “that’s kind of what happened with the record Brat.”

Charli continued, “It opened me up to, like, so much more of a wider audience than ever before, some of whom deeply understood me and some of whom sort of understood this kind of version of me that they thought to be true. And I think that can really drive somebody quite mad, because often you feel very misunderstood, and you can question yourself and second-guess yourself. And, like I said, I don’t think you have to be an artist to go through that. 

“And also,” she joked of her onscreen character, “I have definitely, like, screamed and smoked a million cigs in the back of a car before.”

The Moment is in select theaters now, then everywhere on Feb. 6.