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Volume 633
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Wednesday, April 28th, 2021
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Page 2 of 3
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Flag, over the course of this film, has a reckoning with his family.
Q: You're no stranger to action or science fiction, but how were those elements different in this film than the first, or other stuff that you've done?
Kinnaman: The scale on this is just on another level. Because it's so heavily R-rated, you're completely free to do whatever and say whatever you want. It just gives you complete free rein to explore this.
It really is like a war movie at its center, with so much ridiculous silliness in the middle of all that. And then John Cena has a silver toilet seat on his head throughout the whole film, so you're
balancing a lot of different elements here.
Q: Who in the cast do you feel brought out the best in you as a performer when you were working with them?
Kinnaman: I definitely had some heavy stuff with John. That was really fun, and I loved his perverted mind at work. Everyone in this movie is fantastic. David Dastmalchian (Polka-Dot Man) is a remarkable
actor and he taps into my Swedish sense of humor, where it's all a little suicidal. It's just the comedy of some really depressed, depraved person. Idris Elba is a phenomenal actor. Me and Margot Robbie
always have fun. And also, Steve Agee, who played the physical aspect of King Shark.
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It's a very rich cast. Everyone brought something, and it was very high level. Me, Idris, and Margot would talk, because I think we're actors who come more from a dramatic corner of our profession, and we
were paired with a lot of actors who maybe come more from the comedic side. It was a beautiful marriage.
I've never been asked to say things that ridiculous before, and I realized how difficult it can be. They make it look so easy. It's really a very advanced art form... even more so being the straight man.
It takes a lot of work just dialing that timing in, and it's really helpful to be around these great comedic actors, but then also to have a director who has such a finely attuned sense of it.
Q: Who was the funniest person on set?
Kinnaman: I think it was clearly John. He kicked it up to another level. He's a f**king comedic genius. He's really funny and just the nicest guy.
Q: James has said that the action in this movie is going to rely a lot on practical effects. Did you have any particularly challenging moments? How much gore were you covered in during the shooting?
Kinnaman: There was quite a bit of gore, but then we also had these little, sort of Saving Private Ryan beach sequences, where it's a full-on war, with shit blowing up left and right and we're running
through it. I
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