Karl Urban & Olivia Thirlby

0:27crochet weave. Why don't we start? Covered in stickers. Yeah. So what is this binder? What are you talking about? Let's start with that. Um, Carl had a big like source binder that he had filled with any kind of relevant clippings and quotes from the dread comics that would help him inform every single decision that he made it every step of the way. He didn't make an uninformed decision about his character. He was always referring to this source material. Was it easy to act with a mask on the entire time? No, I mean it was certainly a challenge. You know, the eyes are, you know, one of the most valuable tools that an actor had. So, you know, to take on a role where it wasn't going to have the opportunity to use them was somewhat daunting. But, you know, I sort of felt that

1:14it was going to be a huge challenge. You know, I had to explore everything else that was available to me. The voice became very important. As did the physicality. Is it easier or harder when you don't have a backstory to work on? Like, you just jump full force into this movie as soon as it starts. There's no who was dread, where did he come from? I like that. I like that. You don't often see that in terms of a hero or an Madrid's case, an anti-hero. But there are like, you know, in say in Nolan's Dark Night movie, you know, you don't know anything about the Joker. He comes in fully formed. And I kind of like that. You know, that just throws an audience right in there in the deep hand. Are there any choices in actor that you do to make the character more like Paul? Because there isn't that? I think that's a mistake. I think that if you can try and,

2:01you know, go for an end result, then, you know, it's a dangerous road to go down. I think what you should do is just concentrate on servicing the script and the characters. And the core of this film really is the relationship between Anderson and Dred. And the evolution of that relationship and obviously the journey of Anderson for being rookie to make something quite... Spoiler, spoiler. What I like too is that it's not a love story. It's a Hollywood film, but there's like, it's a friendship story. There's not the love story that you'd expect a lot of these films to go into. It's a partnership story. Absolutely. And I think that that's... It was important because Dred is not a romantic character. And we had to stay

2:47true to that in the comics, just like he didn't take his mask off. He can't have a romance. It's just not who he is or what he does. But even more important than a romance, I think, is the partnership that forms between these two people. It's a working partnership and it even maybe grows into a bit of a friendship. Oh, definitely. I think to me, that's one of the most appealing and interesting things about what Alex has written. You know, there's a real respect that develops from Dred towards Anderson and it's not there at the beginning of the film. And that's just so interesting to watch. And I think that's what makes this film hyper-accessible film your most proud of. Dred. It's the right answer, yeah? Dred.

3:39And in one word, Dred. In one word. In one word. Bad ass. Nice. Is that two words? No. Life and aid it. We'll make it one word. No, no, it's one word, I think. Is it? Yeah, the way I said it it is. Thanks so much. Thanks so much. I really appreciate it. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. She's so much. The sentence is death.