One way they coped with the pressure?
It became a competition between the boys.
How much stuff could you shove down the front of your spandex pants?
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jokes Irvine, 28, who portrays Young Sam (played by Brosnan in the present day timeline).
Dominic Cooper really started being outrageous.
He rolled up t-shirts and things.
It was very funny.
In advance ofMamma Mia!
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Were you fans of the first film?
I thought it was really fun.
Then the audition process, I think I speak on behalf of all of us, was terrifying.
Me and Hugh often were going in together and being put into a music recording studio.
Behind the glass would be 15 or 20 big important producers.
Then youre having to sing ABBA.
When it came to actually doing it, it was Benny Andersson there from ABBA on the piano.
What was it like playing a younger version of a character thats already been portrayed by another actor.
You each got your own featured musical number.
What was filming those like?
We spent half the time trying not to fall in, which was a massive laugh.
Like playing a baguette and all sorts of things.
Its devastating for an actor to find out youve got to duet with Lily James because shes so extraordinary.
Shes the definition of a triple threat.SKINNER:The first thing I filmed was a scene with Lily.
Shes just completely brilliant.
Shes so spontaneous and alive and present.
She tries different things.
Shes really exciting to work with.
We had so much fun because wed just remember old drama school exercises before doing scenes.
Wed like pretend to be different animals between takes and stuff.
We had a lot of fun.
Shes very, very talented and just fantastic to be on set with.
Josh, did you have to learn how to sail?DYLAN:That was the idea.
I got sent out to Croatia a couple of days before everyone else.
I met the guy whose boat was going to be in the film.
Supposedly I had to learn how to sail, which was really fun.
I just steer it and the motors going.
It helped being on the boat and getting used to it …
I wanted it to look like I was really familiar with it.
So I could jump around on it, and it didnt look like I was just an actor.
I wanted to get down and dirty.
We really did hang out all the time on the island.
Theres been a lot of pub time.
