Jack Ryan' Season 3 Interviews - John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Nina Hoss - video Dailymotion

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The stars of ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan' Season 3 including John Krasinski (Jack Ryan/Executive Producer), Wendell Pierce (James Greer), Michael Kelly (Mike November), Nina Hoss (Alena Kovac), and Betty Gabriel (Elizabeth Wright) discuss their Prime Video series in this interview with CinemaBlend's Sean O'Connell. They dive into what makes this season bigger and better than those that came before it and much more.

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00:00 I'm lucky to have, to count these two

00:01 as my lifelong friends.

00:02 And it's the thing I'll miss the most,

00:04 but it's also the thing I'm most proud of

00:06 that I have going forward.

00:07 - Jack, if you've got a plan, the time is now.

00:10 (gunshots)

00:11 Go!

00:12 (upbeat music)

00:15 - And gentlemen, how are we?

00:19 - Good, how you doing?

00:20 - Good, good to see you.

00:21 John, I wanna start here with you.

00:22 We've seen the Jack Ryan character

00:24 go through a massive evolution throughout

00:26 the first two seasons.

00:27 And I'm curious how you, as a performer,

00:29 continue to keep him grounded in the face

00:32 of what have to be constantly raised stakes?

00:35 - Yeah, wow, that's a great question.

00:38 I mean, keeping him grounded is always an easy thing

00:42 because of who I get to play with.

00:43 I mean, I think these characters and what he needs to do

00:47 to trust people and to rely on people

00:48 is what makes him a human.

00:49 You know, I think that him trusting his gut

00:51 and having someone say that it's dangerous

00:53 to trust your gut is what makes the character interesting

00:56 rather than, you know, like other heroes,

00:58 able to go off and do whatever he wants.

01:00 There's consequences to what Jack does.

01:02 So as far as raising the stakes,

01:03 I think we raised the stakes in every single way

01:05 we could for season three.

01:07 We actually had the fans in mind when we came up

01:10 with the idea for season three,

01:11 because we knew once we were pushed,

01:13 and clearly the pandemic is what delayed us,

01:15 and once we knew that there would be that much time

01:18 between the two seasons, we wanted to create something

01:20 that the fans, you know, it was worth the wait for them.

01:23 So I thought, you know, having the CIA be the one

01:27 that's chasing Jack and actually he's being hunted down

01:30 by his own agency is pretty good

01:33 for as far as raising the stakes goes.

01:35 And for me, it was probably the most fun season to shoot

01:38 because of that.

01:38 I think that, you know, getting to, you know,

01:41 when you're red noticed and on your own,

01:43 you have to do things very, very differently,

01:44 like asking him for help and hoping that your best friend

01:48 back at the agency is taking care of you,

01:50 even though it's against the law for him to do so.

01:52 So I don't know, it was definitely,

01:54 I think this is the most action-packed we've had.

01:57 And I also think it's the most beautifully,

01:59 beautifully intricate story we've had in the show as well.

02:03 - If you don't come in, you will be recalled.

02:05 - If I come in now, a whole lot of people are gonna die.

02:08 - Betty, I'm curious, what are some of the challenges

02:10 that come with joining a show midstream?

02:13 - Well, there are a lot more benefits than challenges,

02:19 but definitely I was challenged

02:22 by how much intelligence gathering this character

02:27 has to do and has to deliver.

02:30 She's got a lot of things to explain.

02:35 So that was challenging, but it was really great to,

02:39 and it is intimidating to come into a world

02:41 that's already established,

02:42 people that are already really know

02:44 who their characters are,

02:45 but they couldn't have been more generous.

02:48 John and Wendell, who I do most of my stuff with,

02:51 couldn't have been more generous and open

02:54 and connected with me, and that's such a blessing.

02:59 So it felt easy to join.

03:03 - Nina, just your association with the Tom Clancy books.

03:07 What was your history with them?

03:08 And do you look at them any differently

03:09 now that you've lived in the world for a little bit?

03:12 - I must admit, I wasn't a big Tom Clancy reader,

03:16 but I've seen before, but I've seen,

03:20 my story with Jack Ryan starts with,

03:23 what is the John Connery film?

03:27 The Red.

03:29 - Hunt for Red October.

03:30 - Hunt for Red October, exactly.

03:32 So that is a film that really stuck with me,

03:35 and that's where I entered the Jack Ryan universe,

03:38 and then going through all the films

03:40 that have been made with several great actors,

03:45 and then having seen all the two previous seasons

03:48 with John, where I think he brought,

03:51 I mean, I love him as Jack Ryan.

03:54 I was really a fan.

03:56 And yeah, so that is my,

03:58 I can't really talk about the books, to be honest,

04:02 but I love the whole universe of Jack Ryan, always,

04:05 because it brings together the action world

04:09 with the politics of it all,

04:12 the politics within an institution like the CIA,

04:16 but also it takes you to all different cultures

04:20 and countries, so you learn about that,

04:23 and it's just a very fascinating, exciting character,

04:28 yeah, that you get to travel the world with, basically.

04:34 And save it, save it, also.

04:36 - We hope.

04:37 - Yes, yeah, we hope.

04:39 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, we hope.

04:41 - Jack, every second matters.

04:43 - Wendell, from what fans have seen in the trailers

04:46 and the commercials, it looks like you're doing

04:48 a lot of monitoring from afar,

04:50 so I'm curious of how your relationship with Jack

04:52 is changing going into this season

04:54 and how your role is changing going into this season.

04:56 - Well, I am a part of the leadership of the agency,

05:01 and so my relationship is as strong as it ever was

05:06 with Jack, because he saved my life

05:08 and I'll be forever indebted to him, and I trust him.

05:12 And so, so much so that when he breaks out of his lane

05:17 and the agency is actually in pursuit of him,

05:21 that I will do everything to protect him.

05:23 I will help him from the minute it happens.

05:26 I know that I have to protect him,

05:30 and you see that in the first episode right away.

05:32 And so, it's illumination of our trust,

05:38 the loyalty that I have to him,

05:41 and making sure that I'm protecting him,

05:43 protecting his six at the agency and outside the agency,

05:49 making sure he's getting to where he needs to go.

05:51 - Nina, what is a quality or maybe a skill

05:54 associated with your character

05:56 that audiences are not expecting to see?

05:58 - Phew, that's a good question.

06:02 I think with having an idea of what a politician

06:09 should be or is, you might be surprised of how human she is.

06:14 - Oh, good.

06:15 - Maybe I leave it at that.

06:18 Jesus.

06:24 - Betty, I wanna get your take on binging a television show

06:27 versus giving yourself a week to breathe,

06:30 especially on a show that can be as intense

06:32 as Jack Ryan has been.

06:34 - Yes, and I've been on a couple of bingeable TV shows.

06:39 I don't recommend it, honestly.

06:41 I think there is such a thing as TV fatigue,

06:45 and I would caution audience members to be mindful of that,

06:49 and I don't, simply because there's such great depth

06:54 to these characters, and there's a lot of things going on,

06:57 so I think just a little bit of a break

07:01 after three or four episodes is advisable,

07:04 so that you get everything.

07:05 - So what are the odds this is a one-way trip?

07:08 - 80, 90%.

07:10 - It's my last flight, won't be in coach.

07:12 - John, it's comforting going into a season

07:15 when you know that season four is gonna end your story,

07:17 that you can sort of dictate where it goes.

07:18 What are you gonna miss the most

07:19 about playing this character?

07:21 - These two people right here.

07:22 You know, all the times that we have off-camera

07:26 are as exciting to me as what you get to see on camera.

07:31 Shooting the show was thrilling,

07:33 and getting to work with them as actors,

07:34 but the time that we had off-camera together

07:36 and still continue to, you know,

07:38 it's very rare that you end a job

07:40 and you usually have acquaintances at work.

07:42 You never have lifelong friends,

07:44 so I'm lucky to have, to count these two

07:46 as my lifelong friends, and it's the thing

07:48 I'll miss the most, but it's also the thing

07:50 I'm most proud of that I have going forward.

07:52 - That's amazing.

07:53 Thank you guys for your time, I really appreciate it.

07:54 - Thank you. - Thank you.

07:57 - You're about to cross a line,

07:58 and there may be no going back.

08:00 - Because I'm trying to do the right thing.

08:02 (dramatic music)

08:05 (dramatic music)

08:08 (dramatic music)

08:11 (explosion)

Jack Ryan' Season 3 Interviews - John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Nina Hoss

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