In the three decades since they made the action classic “Speed,” director Jan de Bont and actors Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock have never gotten together in public to talk about it — until now. To celebrate the film’s 30th anniversary, de Bont, Reeves, and Bullock participated in a live discussion at the American Cinematheque’s Beyond Fest in front of a sold-out crowd at Hollywood’s historic Egyptian Theatre. The conversation covered “Speed” from casting through post-production, with de Bont, Reeves, and Bullock providing plenty of memorable anecdotes about the filmmaking process and how the movie’s success changed their lives.

During the Q&a, which is now available in its entirety as an episode of IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast, de Bont reflected on the film’s famous set pieces, including the stunt where the bus, in which most of the action takes place, jumps across a missing section of L.