it seems that hammers are not all equal
at least destruction was delivered that
see yeah it wasn't on the page a the
weirdest onset one day and the second
unit director who's shooting that action
sequence was insisted on what if we you
know put a hammer in the scene and have
it over here and we weren't gonna roll
their eyes and that's every ridiculous
and then we did it a few times and they
might ask laughs when we thought no
let's put it in the movie and and I sort
of nodded it to the Marvel fans what
weapons you like better those fancy
shiny super guns or the hammer I mean
the hammer be nice this is probably more
impressive and otherwise and but it was
Narcisa for something different you know
that the use these gadgets and these
weapons and particularly the car with
all these weapons come from you know the
petrol tank and the exhaust pipe from
the side view mirrors or sort of you
know rocket launchers and so on there
was it was cool and then the new Eliza
would come in pretty handy to look more
fun yeah
more varieties to be worth nearly in all
the movies you play now they are all the
big blockbusters right the money makers
yes they just stuff is that deliberate
and you're positive it's just sort of
what's coming my way you know and just
prior to this I did bad times at the El
Royale which was a you know small of
drama and thriller and that was
fantastic is coming a stage play there's
so much dialogue and interwove and
nuance kind of characters and
manipulating characters and good and bad
and questions and bigger conversations
and then I love that you know and that
fed one part of my soul and then I pick
up scripts like this and I go I six like
a helluva time looks like a fun ride and
why not you know it's also harder and
harder to get an audience to a cinema
and I think um
films like this is sort of what there is
a thirst
hunger for at this point and whether you
know it'll change again a different
direction and I'll try and change
financially you're right it makes more
sense because it it is it's safer yeah
more security but is it as fulfilling as
doing the acting as you say theater
acting drama acting it's it's it
different it's different yeah it's like
going to work every day and laughing and
having fun and improvising do all sorts
of crazy action and flying around the
world and we shouldn't you know from
London to Morocco and Italy and Paris is
like it's fantastic you know that was
big appeal to me and then doing
something smaller and you know to be
acting fugitive you know just
performance no special effects or
anything as I said is speaks to a
different part of the artistic part of
me you know and I I don't know that
there's one I prefer of the other it's
the combination that I prefer I just did
one of them all the time I'd probably
get pretty bored but you know going back
and forth I think is what it keeps me
invested in the great way and I learned
more from doing the tube and there were
many people who have come from
independent world and onto a sort of
film like this and I've said wow I had
no idea you know I have a greater
appreciation for these films now because
he's still got to put in this the same
amount of work and you've still got to
work you know just as hard to make these
stories and moments truthful and so on
and so I think the assumption is that
one is easier than the other or more
artistic or whatever but for me I still
put the same commitment into all that so
yeah
and you and I had a fight recently did I
win no I won easily since I'm right
that's true we're gonna need a bigger
boat
hey guys check it out I was born to be a
Ghostbuster all right in many of the
characters you play although they act
there are action heroes they're doing
tough things but you always color them
with humor yeah
is that on the script or you bring it in
yourself a bit of both I think III I
initially I don't think there was quite
as much sort of humor when I first read
it and I did want to sort of ramp that
up you know I think I just think it's
more enjoyable I just think it's also
humors really accessible and especially
in a larger scale blockbuster kind of
setting and I learned that from Robert
Downey jr. you know what watching him
you know the first Ironman
it just helps ground you know no matter
how big and you know otherworldly it's
all becoming it instantly kind of
connects you with an audience you know I
think it's disarming and and I don't
know I like sort of taking a few boxes
within the genre rather than sort of
sticking to one you know one version
catching up for my daily meditation time
for lunch I thank you hungry it's 9:30
it's Tuesday's taco day but do you feel
that it is more attractive to the
audience because I mean the the themes
of these stories are all the same yeah
everything is hinges on your performance
and making it more yes that do you feel
that I think so yeah I think I think I
became really aware of when people
responded to Thor in different ways and
different versions of that character the
comedic side of him as that evolved was
it was definitely a bigger win and it
all started kind of just for my own
enjoyment you know if I'm sort of in a
box and it becomes a bit predictable and
feel safe and I know this is how the
hero acts it just is kind of boring and
then I think if it's boring for me it's
probably boring for an audience so I do
think people enjoy you know the
enjoy it a little bit more and yeah
Chris thank you so much buddy thank you