How to have a disastrously awkward interview with Cara Delevingne, in 7 easy steps

Being a movie star isn't all flashy premieres and high-profile interviews, as model-turned-actress Cara Delevingne is learning. The Brit, who stars opposite Nat Wolff in the big screen adaptation of John Green's YA novel Paper Towns, sat through what was surely one of the most cringe-inducing interviews ever this week with morning show Good Day Sacramento.

While it's fair to say that Delevingne gave back as much sass as she was given, the anchors' questions to the actress were downright embarrassing. In fact, the whole thing seemed designed to irritate anyone who has endured an exhausting press tour. It got us thinking: There's definitely a formula at work here.

How to have a disastrously awkward interview with Cara Delevingne, in 7 easy steps:

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1. Call her "Carla" on first introduction.

2. Ask her if she read the book the movie was based on. "No, I never read the book or the script," Delevingne deadpanned. At least she's acting like a teenager — she does play one in the movie, after all!

3. Ask her the most unoriginal question you can think of. "What do you like about [your character] Margo? Do you have anything in common with her?" one of the anchors asked. Delevigne has surely been asked this question hundreds of times, so she was having none of it. "I actually hate her," she said, before pivoting to actually answer the question seriously.

4. Call her out for not being super excited about your interview. One of the male anchors noted that Delevingne seemed more excited in previous interviews she had done for Paper Towns. "You seemed a lot more excited about it [in those interviews] than you do right now. Are you just exhausted?" he asked. Delevingne assured him she is still pumped for the movie.

5. Call her attitude out again. "You do seem a bit irritated. Perhaps it's just us," the anchors continued. "I think it's just you," Delevingne replied. A beautiful double entendre.

6. Condescendingly cut the interview off. "We'll let you go then, take a little nap, maybe get a Red Bull, how about that?" Kids these days. Always tired.

7. Talk about her immediately after the interview. Proving that the anchor desk has much in common with a high-school cafeteria table, Good Day Sacramento anchors wasted no time in trashing Delevingne's attitude on the air immediately after her interview ended. "She was in a mood, jeez!" one of the anchors actually exclaimed. Can't say we blame her!

Watch the full interview below. Samantha Rollins