Cobie Smulders And Guy Pearce On ‘Results,’ Playing Fitness Trainers [VIDEO EXCLUSIVE]

Cobie Smulders and Guy Pearce star in Andrew Bujalski‘s new off-beat comedy Results, in which they play a pair of personal trainers with a personal history.

Cobie Smulders, Guy Pearce Video Exclusive

“We know they work together and as we get into the film we realize that something has happened, there’s been some hookup, and they’re dealing with sort of the fall out of that, trying to be together as co-workers – boss and employee really,” Smulders told uInterview in an exclusive sit-down.

Pearce added, “You get a sense that there was some sort of history, but you don’t kind of know what it is, so I think that makes for an interesting story.”

Eventually, their characters in Results, Kat and Trevor, meet Danny (Kevin Corrigan) – a wealthy, middle-aged man who wants to put his money to use to buy a better physique and the ability to take a punch. Trevor passes the task off to Kat, who soon finds herself the object of Danny’s affections.

“He comes in and just gets kind of, a little bit muddled for a while. And then I think people are going to have to see them film, see how it ends. See who ends up with who,” teased Smulders.

A running theme throughout Results has to do with the idea of money buying love or happiness. “Personally, money can’t buy me no love,” said Smulders, who started singing Beatles classic “Can’t Buy Me Love.” The actress went on to note that her character Kat, too, is more desirous of stability in her life than money. Pearce isn’t convinced that Trevor is motivated by money either.

“I think for him it’s more of about just expanding the trajectory that he thinks he’s on. That very sort of rigid and structured trajectory that he’s on,” Pearce told uInterview. “I think Trevor’s a little skewed in his vision of the world but I don’t think it’s about money as such.”

Preparation for playing the fitness buffs in Results wasn’t too difficult for Smulders or Pearce, who’ve both spent time at the gym with trainers. But, both actors acknowledged that their characters represent an almost hyperbolic example of the kind of people in the profession.

“You work in the film industry, so there’s a lot of highly strung control freaks that you’ve met,” Pearce said, noting that there were a lot of people he could draw on.

Smulders added, “I think that when you’re doing characters that seem like they’re a little bit exaggerated you have to find something that’s based in some sort of reality…. You just have to find it if you’re not that type of person like me. I’m like, “Why is she this upset?” And you have to kind of figure all that out.”

Results hits theaters in limited release May 29.