00:00 - Who needs you?
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00:04 Gal, I really want to ask you about the golden armor, which
00:10 is something that we've never seen on screen before.
00:12 It looks fantastic in the movie.
00:14 I'm curious if you remember the first time
00:16 that you got to see the design of the golden armor, what
00:19 it was going to look like.
00:21 It was amazing.
00:22 First of all, when I first saw the sketch of what
00:26 we're going to design, it blew my mind.
00:29 It was so beautiful.
00:30 And you know, it's like women and clothes.
00:33 And it's like, golden armor is not something
00:36 a woman would ever try on.
00:38 And I was like, great, I have the best opportunity
00:40 to try this crazy costume.
00:44 It took a lot of work in terms of getting the look right
00:49 and making sure it's still practical so we can move in it.
00:54 It wasn't the most comfortable--
00:55 you know, it wasn't like wearing a pajama.
00:58 There was a lot of things going on.
01:03 But it was so worth it.
01:05 And I'm so happy we did it.
01:07 And Lindy Hemming just did the best, best work
01:12 with all the costumes.
01:13 Conservative, but not entirely unfun.
01:19 I can save today, but you can save the world.
01:25 Steve.
01:26 Diana.
01:26 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:30 I won't reveal how Steve is brought back here.
01:33 I know that that's something we're keeping for the audience.
01:35 But I think it's safe to say that at least it allows you
01:37 to approach him completely differently.
01:39 It's a fresh interpretation.
01:40 It's not what you did in the first film.
01:42 And I'm wondering if you felt that way, too,
01:44 that it allowed you to do different things with him.
01:46 And you didn't-- you didn't have to really worry about messing
01:48 up what you'd done previously.
01:50 Yeah, I really like the Steve--
01:53 the version of Steve in the first film
01:54 was-- I love that jaded hero archetype is really fun to play.
02:00 I mean, that is such a classic cinema guy.
02:04 If you see something wrong happening in the world,
02:06 you can either do nothing or you can do something.
02:08 And I already tried nothing.
02:09 The interesting thing about this version
02:11 is that this is not a classic cinema guy.
02:13 This is-- or at least in a hero mold.
02:17 So how do you do that?
02:20 I have no idea.
02:21 It certainly wasn't, you know, my--
02:26 all my, you know, gruff guyness was like, no, I
02:29 want to play the, you know, tough guy.
02:33 But it's a lot of fun.
02:33 You know, the hard part about playing the kind of fish
02:36 out of water puppy Labrador who's excited about everything
02:40 is you have to really make--
02:43 try-- you have to play pretend and making sense of, OK,
02:46 what-- what is a toaster oven?
02:48 And like, what is a pop-tart?
02:51 And what is an elevator?
02:53 What is an escalator?
02:54 What's a fucking subway?
02:56 Like, it's all-- you have to completely change your brain
03:01 and be like, how do you digest this?
03:02 So there was a lot of fun in doing that.
03:05 It's all art.
03:07 [MUSIC PLAYING]
03:10 It's-- that's just a trash can.
03:12 It's just a trash can.
03:13 Yeah, yeah.
03:15 Life is good, but it can be better.
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03:19 All you need is to want it.
03:21 Pedro, when they called you with an idea
03:23 to feature you in a Wonder Woman sequel,
03:25 did you initially think you were getting a chance to dust
03:27 off Detective Ed Indelicato?
03:31 No.
03:32 It's such a good question because I
03:33 think that because of the impact of the first movie,
03:37 and then, of course, the idea of getting
03:40 to work with Patty Jenkins, I--
03:44 it never-- it never occurred to me.
03:46 And I'm glad that it didn't because I think I probably
03:49 would have been paranoid if they knew that I had already,
03:53 you know, had a go in a Wonder Woman project.
03:57 Maybe they didn't know at the time.
03:59 And well, so yeah, I guess I loved making that pilot.
04:05 And I was really sad.
04:07 Oh, yeah, I was super sad that it didn't
04:09 get picked up the series.
04:10 But here we are.
04:12 Here you are, exactly.
04:13 Well, you get to play Maxwell Lord now,
04:15 who I find to be a truly fascinating and compelling
04:19 comic book villain, you know, along the lines of Alex
04:22 Luthor.
04:22 And I just-- I wish we had a chance
04:24 to spend more time with him because there's so much
04:26 of the character to develop.
04:27 And so because you do have experience
04:29 with longer form episodic television,
04:32 what's an aspect of Max that you just wish you had more
04:35 time to explore and portray?
04:38 It's funny that you ask that because I think that it
04:40 was the opposite for me.
04:41 I think that there's an opportunity to really,
04:43 like, dive into a really, really incredible arc of a storyline.
04:50 And the only way to accomplish it, you know,
04:52 under Patty's vision was to do it with kind
04:55 of uncompromising honesty.
04:57 So I got my fill, actually, more than I have other characters.
05:01 That's excellent because that means
05:02 it was a rewarding experience.
05:04 It felt-- it felt-- it felt rewarding.
05:07 Nothing good is born from lies.
05:12 And greatness is not what you think.
05:14 There's a moment in this movie where
05:16 Steve is standing on top of a truck in the desert.
05:18 And he turns and punches a soldier.
05:20 And the Foley mixers use a sound that I only know
05:23 as the Indiana Jones punch.
05:26 And then I brought it up to Patty.
05:27 And she mentioned that you guys use
05:29 Indy as a reference point for Steve often.
05:31 And I was hoping that you could elaborate
05:33 on what that means in terms of how you approach the character.
05:36 Yeah, I mean, I'm not going to lie.
05:37 I've said it basically about every hero I've ever played
05:41 is that Harrison Ford's reluctant hero
05:44 is like my touchstone for pretty much, you know,
05:47 all of these types of guys.
05:49 You have to show a certain amount of vigor.
05:52 The humanness of it and the fact that he always
05:55 feels like he doesn't want to be there, but he has to be there.
05:59 The fact that he'll try his hardest,
06:01 but getting hit hurts, punching hurts, you know.
06:07 And that particular sequence always reminded Patty--
06:10 or reminded me, and I know I talked to Patty about it.
06:12 And I think she modeled it after that famous sequence
06:16 in Raiders.
06:18 So to shoot in the desert with tanks and stuff
06:20 and pretend that I'm Indiana Jones is essentially my dream.
06:27 And yeah, I had a whole bit--
06:31 I think they cut it out, but I had a whole bit planned for--
06:34 I don't know if they used it-- a whole bit planned
06:36 for the fighting the guy on the top of the thing.
06:40 And it was like a whack-a-mole.
06:41 And I'm hitting one guy, and his head pops out,
06:43 and then he disappears.
06:44 And I go look in, and then he pulls me in.
06:47 I forget if it remained in the film, but--
06:49 The pulling in the hole bit ends, but not the whack-a-mole.
06:53 Yeah, so that was--
06:55 I love-- you know, that was--
06:57 it's always trying to find the comedy.
06:58 And like, you know, Trevor thinks
07:02 that he's one-upped someone.
07:04 And oh, no, he's going to get his ass kicked somehow.
07:08 Well, that's neat.
07:08 Because of the groundbreaking streaming deal,
07:12 a lot of people are going to get to see this movie at home.
07:14 On Christmas Day, they'll get to press play on it.
07:16 But something like "The Mandalorian"
07:17 has allowed us to get used to seeing stuff at home
07:20 and better our systems and really
07:23 learn how to focus on something without distractions.
07:26 Is that what you've been able to do?
07:27 Do you have a system at home that you allow yourself
07:30 to, like, really focus on something?
07:31 And do you ever, like, press play on your "Mandalorian"
07:33 episodes as they drop?
07:35 I am very, very, very, very precious about my TV viewing
07:39 and my movie experiences, to the point of being obnoxious.
07:45 You'll get kind of kicked out of a room
07:46 if you're messing with my--
07:48 with my-- with my-- with my movie experience.
07:51 It's not a toy.
07:52 So I-- I-- I honor that often.
07:56 I'll turn off my phone.
07:58 Stop touching things.
07:59 Why is Patty the-- the right choice to make a "Star Wars"
08:04 film?
08:05 Because she's the best.
08:08 That's why.
08:09 That simple?
08:10 Yeah.
08:12 I think it's something-- if you think of anything
08:13 that she's made, I mean, you know, Patty can do anything.
08:17 I think, you know, this is-- this is--
08:19 I think it's a gorgeous compliment to-- to--
08:22 to one another.
08:24 This is a weird compliment, but you are my favorite Spider-Man.
08:27 I think that you nailed the humor of the character in a way
08:31 I've never seen before.
08:32 And he's my-- Spider-Man's my favorite character.
08:34 And the way that you-- in a short amount of time,
08:36 the way you got him to me was-- was majestic.
08:38 I appreciate it very much.
08:39 I had a lot of fun working on that.
08:41 Those guys are great.
08:42 And I think what they made was spectacular.
08:45 I seem to die--
08:46 I have to get in something where I at least don't die.
08:49 I think that's my actor challenge for 2021.
08:53 No, but you're so good, we find ways to bring you back each--
08:55 Yeah, right?
08:56 It's just going to become ever more ingenious how you
08:59 bring me back from the dead.
09:01 Do "Groundhog Day."
09:02 Yeah, there you go.
09:03 Sure.
09:04 Oh, God, you can't fuck with that.
09:05 You can't fuck with that.
09:07 (upbeat music)
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