It's fun. It makes you feel the all the feelings and I think after this kind of crazy two years
we've had it really is the sort of film that you can go and have a good time seeing
I was a little nervous to work with him because I just hoped
that I’d be able to bring it you know and not let him down
For the first time got really hurt working on Matthew Vaughn
film and I certainly learned a thing or two about his way about action sequences
Yeah, I want to play her. She's fun, she gets you know Djimon had to work really, really hard
with all the fighting and I just get to come in at the end and say something funny that's all I have to do
Welcome to Pinkvilla, Djimon and Gemma.
Hi
So, I’m going to start with how excited are you about this film's release considering it's you
know been delayed quite a few times and then the pandemic happened so finally fans will get
to watch it in theatres how do you feel about that?
Yeah, we're excited I mean listen we've been holding this film for almost two years now,
way overdue and no, we're excited for it to do its business and yeah
Yeah, me too. I’m excited because there's obviously a fan base that already exists for the
people that loved the King’s Man films but I’m excited to
show it because it's going to surprise people I think and it's not what they expect
How was it?
Working with Ralph Fiennes for both of y'all? What was the experience like?
Well with Ralph Fiennes obviously the experience was quite I would say almost educational
you know, in a master class with a great actor. Each line has so riveting and yeah you find
yourself to be almost like a spectator but yet you know obviously you have to be careful
because you're in a scene with him but other than that yeah, it's been such a it was an amazing ride
Yeah I mean same I grew up, watching Ralph Fiennes, I mean he's really is one of our greatest
actors in it coming out of the UK and I’d seen him a lot on stage and I kind of knew him a
little bit before we started shooting so I was a little nervous to work with him
because I just hoped that I’d be able to bring it you know and not let him down but he was
great to work with and he's so, just as Djimon said it's like a master class you're watching
someone work, that is just so precise and so nuanced and I mean the detail that he brought to
this role was really exceptional and because it's not just an action role. There's a lot that he
has to do in this, there's his father-son story and he's a man that's suffering loss of his wife and
he carries this heavy burden all the time so you really feel that with his character as well as
you know he does all these crazy cool action sequences but you know the character was so
clear and he worked so hard on that and so it was a privilege really to work opposite him
Djimon I would like to ask you about the action sequences and especially the one with
Rhys Ifans how's that shooting like? It looked like it was a dance floor
It was such a headache. It was such a headache shooting that but at the in the
end we were very excited having to you know overcome some of those challenges in
making that particular scene was like. Yeah, I for the first time got really hurt working on
Matthew Vaughn’s film and I certainly learned a thing or two about his way about action film
sequences and so yeah, the next time I’ll be well prepared and a little more careful
approaching some of his you know the work in his film but it was a great sequence, it was a
great you know action sequence to film, full of
challenges but it was quite rewarding to watching the finished product.
You almost had to have like a chemistry with Rhys for that
because both of you had like it was a back and forth that went like wow it looked like a dance
Yes, yes it really looked like a dance and the dance that was sort of orchestrated by Rhys sort
of like a character attribute I would say you know. He's not really like that in real life but you
know so it was quite fun with to combat a character like that
Gemma, I’d like to ask you about Polly as well. Polly is such a badass character in some
ways like her you know she's got like these quirky lines and
you know was it that like you fell in love with her character?
I loved it I mean I remember when I read the script, I had no idea what to expect and I just
saw you know she has some key moments in the film where I just thought, yeah, I want to
play her. She's fun she gets you know Djimon had to work really, really hard with all the
fighting and I just get to come in at the end and say something that's all I have to do but I
really loved it and I love playing her and I think you know there's hopefully we'll do you
know more films and I’ll be able to play her more because I just adored playing her. She’s
one of the favourites, my favourite characters I’ve played so yeah
That's great
You know eventually I’d just like to lastly ask because it's a
prequel film how different is it to come on board for
something that you know already has a fan base?
I think
Well of course we were excited I mean having the fan base already there for you know all
you got to do is to make sure that you keep you know sustaining, continuing that you know
that look and the storyline obviously given the fact that it has a little bit depiction of the
history of Europe you know during the first world war that in itself I think it was quite a
challenge for Matthew and the writers to you know
It was sort of been challenging because I certainly know nothing about the era that time
Yeah, it's I guess the period aspect of it and the historical aspect is what sets it apart from the
original two films so it's quite different and I’m excited to you know show it to the people
that love King’s Man and you know hopefully they'll be surprised and but pleasantly
surprised. And then for those that haven't seen the King’s Man films you kind of don't have to
have seen them because this is a prequel and origin story so it's sort of you know win-win, I think.
All right thank you so much for talking to us.
Thank you.