First of all, sexy poster. This is cool.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Yes, I'm holding a gun.
I knew your son.
I was with him when he died.
This is an interesting character to take on, and yeah, a big physical transformation for
me as well, which is something I've always been interested in, but you obviously you
need time and preparation to be able to do something like that. And so, yeah just really
changing my metabolism in order to get my head around this character.
Touching on the physical aspect, modesty aside. You have taken a bit of the turn for the Gosling
in this, haven't you?
Turn for the Gosling. Is that a phrase?
Yes, in that case, I suppose I've taken a turn for the Gosling. Yes, I don't even know
what that means, but that's a very funny phrase.
Is it quite strange seeing yourself on screen because you know in scenes when you emerge
from the shower and you're all splendid and ab-rippling? Is it quite weird thinking, wow
that's me? I look great.
It's been quite funny watching the reaction to that. In the context of the film, you know
when you see it, it makes me laugh a lot. It's kind of funny sexy, if that's a thing.
That's the thing. If Gosling is a thing, then funny-sexy is a thing. Sexy-funny?
Funny. I also thought the film was a bit violent funny as well.
Yes, it is. Well good, I'm glad you thought it was funny as well because it is... It's
sort of meant to kind of throw you around a little bit. It's kind of like a roller coaster
ride of cinema, and I really love elements of Simon's of previous film You're Next, which
was similarly playful with the home invasion horror kind of thing, and this is more of
playing with the action film genre really, and it's borrowing from the horror phrasebook.
It's speaking a lot of languages at the same time, and the fun that they have in the movie
theatre with this film... I haven't seen a film like it in a long time.
One of the things he asked was for me to check on you.
Are you and your whole family here?
Without giving too much away, David is quite a loveable psychopath.
Yes. Loveable psychopaths. We're coming up with a lot of great terms today. It's great.
Yes, I suppose he is a loveable psychopath.
What I also liked a lot was he made a bit of time for romance. He wasn't too focused
on his murderous rampage.
No, you can't be all the time.
No, I like that about David because I get that.
He knows how to party.
Yeah, he actually does. If we had to put together an online dating profile for David...
Oh God.
What do you think his likes and dislikes would be? We had in the office - good sense of homicide.
Right. GSOH, yeah okay. Good.
Gosling-like? Is that... He likes Gosling. He probably likes Ryan Gosling movies.
I'd imagine.
He seems to like grenades quite a lot.
He likes weapons. He likes guns, but a lot of people do.
Can I help you?
My name is David.
Would you like to come inside?
Thank you ma'am.
A lot of buzz on Twitter this morning about you sort of setting yourself up to be the
next sort of action star. People mentioning words like Bond.
Gosling. There's just lots of words being thrown around, aren't they?
Well, I think The Guest is something like that, really, and for a boy growing up loving
action films in all shapes and sizes, Bond included. This was a great one to throw myself
into really.
You've moved across to America now. Do you still get a fair amount of Downton pestering
going on?
It's getting less, and I have to say things like a beard help in terms of sneaking by
Matthew mourners, but yeah there is a bit of that still going on.