(L to R) Rashida Jones and Daveed Diggs star in ‘Within the Blink of an Eye’.
Premiering on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ February twenty seventh is the science fiction drama ‘Within the Blink of an Eye’, which was directed by Andrew Stanton (‘WALL-E’) and stars Kate McKinnon (‘Barbie’), Rashida Jones (‘The Social Community’), Daveed Diggs (‘The Little Mermaid’).
“All we share, and all we expertise, echoes throughout time.”
Launch Date: Feb 27, 2026
Run Time: 1 hr 34 min
Moviefone not too long ago had the pleasure of talking with Rashida Jones and Daveed Diggs about their work on ‘Within the Blink of an Eye’, Diggs first response to the script, Jones’ strategy to her character, and what makes this movie stand out.
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(L to R) Rashida Jones and Daveed Diggs in ‘Within the Blink of an Eye’. Picture by Searchlight Photos/Kimberley French, Courtesy of Searchlight Photos. © 2025 Searchlight Photos. All Rights Reserved.
Moviefone: To start with, Daveed, are you able to discuss your first response to the screenplay and why you wished to play this character?
Daveed Diggs: I liked the scripts. I liked how unimaginable it felt to make. I liked the individuals engaged on it. I liked Greg’s decisiveness about who he was in love with. It’s simply, “That is my particular person. I do know that is my particular person. I am so assured in that, and I am simply going to take a seat in that and be trustworthy about that and consider that it will work out.” There’s a lot religion in him that I discovered aspirational.
Rashida Jones in ‘Within the Blink of an Eye’. Picture by Searchlight Photos/Kimberley French, Courtesy of Searchlight Photos. © 2025 Searchlight Photos. All Rights Reserved.
MF: Rashida, are you able to discuss your strategy to taking part in Claire and depicting her quiet moments?
Rashida Jones: I relate to the concept all these small moments make up an enormous life, and that is simply the reality. No person can actually see the scope of their life until they’re wanting again, which is why this film’s stunning, since you’re spending time with individuals as they dwell their lives. So, consequential wanting again, however on the time, you are simply making choices for your loved ones and your self that you just suppose are proper and that you just hope are proper, and you are making choices out of affection, hopefully. So, it was good. It was good to play these as actual and current with out fascinated by the scope of the film and the scope of life.
(L to R) Rashida Jones and Daveed Diggs in ‘Within the Blink of an Eye’. Picture by Searchlight Photos/Kimberley French, Courtesy of Searchlight Photos. © 2025 Searchlight Photos. All Rights Reserved.
MF: Lastly, Daveed, what makes this movie totally different than different films and uniquely stand out?
DD: I believe the span of time it is making an attempt to take us via is exclusive. 40,000 years previously to about that far sooner or later is an enormous scope. I believe to have a movie that is primarily a romance, nevertheless it’s structured as a grand sweeping epic. It is the ‘Ben-Hur’ of romances. It is a distinctive factor. It was very thrilling for me to be part of.
Editorial Notice: Krisily Fernstrom performed this interview and contributed to this text.
‘Within the Blink of an Eye’ premieres on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ on February twenty seventh.
What’s the plot of ‘Within the Blink of an Eye’?
Depicts three interconnected tales exploring the historical past of the world.
Who’s within the forged of ‘Within the Blink of an Eye’?
- Kate McKinnon as Coakley
- Rashida Jones as Claire
- Daveed Diggs as Greg
- Tanaya Beatty as Neanderthal Mom
- Jorge Vargas as Neanderthal Father
- Skywalker Hughes as Neanderthal Daughter
- Tatyana Rose Baptiste as Neanderthal Daughter
(L to R) Cinematographer Ole Bratt Birkeland and Director Andrew Stanton on the set of ‘Within the Blink of an Eye’. Picture by Searchlight Photos/Kimberley French, Courtesy of Searchlight Photos. © 2025 Searchlight Photos. All Rights Reserved.
