Hi, I'm Jamie Foxx.
And I'm Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
And we're going to take you through a scene
in Project Power, shot by shot.
Tell me where my daughter is!
NOPD, drop your weapon!
Oh God, help me!
Shut up.
Put the gun down, now!
I can't do that, chief.
I am not asking!
This is when our two storylines finally come together.
I play a detective that's sort of been looking
for Jamie's character this whole time.
And has a, sort of a misperception
as to exactly what role he's playing in all this.
All right, gun down, hands up.
Boss, you running everything.
Just know I got a little hitch right here.
I don't care!
I understand you don't care, but I gotta care.
I'm just letting you know I'm complying, okay?
Man, watchin' it right now,
I was just like, "Lemme get my popcorn."
When I say, "I don't care!"
That is a direct reference to The Fugitive-
- I knew it! - Because we wanted...
we wanted my character to be inspired by Tommy Lee Jones
- in The Fugitive. - That is hilarious!
I should've been Harrison Ford.
"I didn't kill my wife."
Yeah, exactly!
Exactly, yeah.
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be used, against-ah!
Wait, wait, wait, wait!
- What now? - Robin, Robin!
Robin told me to tell you something.
She said, "Every moment comes with invisible decisions."
She told me to tell you about mine rats,
What?
And seismographs, man, it was long.
It was about decisions.
But in the end she said, "Am I lying?"
At this time,
we get a chance to sort of witness
what that pill, Power, can do.
One of the things I remember
was just how intense Rodrigo was.
I mean, a lot of the intensity you see right now
is the special effects of him getting giant,
but it was a beautiful thing to see an actor,
he was intense.
If I'm not mistaken, he got a round of applause
from the crew, which is rare on a movie set.
Man, it was amazing to watch him work.
And, I always say this, no matter how big
the scope of the characters are,
it all starts with that actor.
It starts with that dedication.
Okay, everybody's tired, we're tired
of running down this hallway a million times in a row.
That was when Jamie brought out the boom box.
And that's when you really get a sense
of who, of what and who, Jamie Foxx is as a collaborator.
He's got a backpack that is a boom box.
You played like, every little thing you could
just to get people to wake up,
and be down to run down that hallway again.
We knew it was a tough shoot,
and we knew that our directors,
you know, their first big shoot,
so we wanted to be there for them.
But you know, to play the music
that everybody can attach themselves to.
Because it's a whole crew.
You might get a Ted Nugent "Cat Scratch Fever."
Yeah, yeah, you did play that!
You know what I'm sayin'?
♪ "Cat scratch fever" ♪
And then you look at one o' the guys,
you know, and he's like,
- "He knows that?" you know, so. - Yeah.
It was cool.
Go, get her out of here!
I don't wanna spoil the illusion,
but they lay out a thing on the street
that you can jump onto, that looks like street,
but that's a little softer.
"Here's where you can jump, and there's the line."
"Don't jump past that, or else
you'll be actually landing on concrete."
And unfortunately, he did hurt his arm,
but I can tell you like this,
That was my fault, though.
Yeah but here's the thing, but he's a real G,
'cause he was right back at it, with a fracture.
You always sit back and look at the final finished product
and go like, "Man, it was all worth it."
- You okay? - Hell, no.
I remember talking with Dominique
about just, maintaining the reality of the character
in the midst of a big spectacular action sequence.
'Cause she's such a committed actress.
I always love an action sequence
that can maintain its humanity.
But it's hard, to be honest!
When you're shooting an action scene,
they're very technical, and they're very,
oftentimes, tedious.
And it's a challenge to maintain that human reality.
And we had to wrap our arms around her, too,
you know, the tediousness of doing an action scene,
sometimes, you know, she was at the forefront,
or the brunt of it, but she handled it like a champ.
Jesus.
Thanks for watching "Shot By Shot."
And go check out Project Power on Netflix.