With directorKaryn Kusama’sDestroyernow playing in limited release, I recently sat down withSebastian Stanto talk about making the film. During the wide-ranging interview, Stan talked about filming the bank sequence and trying to make it authentic, why having a limited shooting schedule can be a good thing, his look in the film (including getting a tattoo of his mom), what the past few years have been like working on projects likeI, Tonya,The BronzeandDestroyer, and more. In addition, he talked about some making some improv-heavy projects including one that he calls a rom-com gone wrong and a project with directorDrake Doremus.
If youhaven’t seen the trailersforDestroyer, the neo-noir crime thriller is led by an incredibleNicole Kidmanperformance (one of the best of the year), which sees her playing a LAPD detective who is haunted by her undercover past. When the leader of an old gang she was after resurfaces, we follow Kidman as she tries to figure out where he is and that’s mixed with flashbacks that slowly reveal how her undercover operation years ago went so wrong. Scripted byThe InvitationwritersPhil HayandMatt Manfredi, the film also starsToby Kebbell,Bradley Whitford,Tatiana Maslany,Jade Pettyjohn, andScoot McNairy.
Check out what Sebastian Stan had to say in the plauer above and below is exactly what we talked about followed by the official synopsis. You can also read Adam Chitwood’sDestroyerreview here.
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Here’s the official synopsis forDestroyer:
Destroyer follows the moral and existential odyssey of LAPD detective Erin Bell who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later, she must work her way back through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past.
