00:00He's like, you got it, yeah, you got it, good, off you go, five minutes, off your pop, you and
00:04Hiro, bat it back and forth, and you think, I'm going to die, I'm going to have a heart attack,
00:09or take up hard drugs.
00:11Good to see you both, lovely to meet you, Zine.
00:13Lovely to meet you too.
00:14I'm fixing my hair all at the back, so.
00:16Your hair looks great, don't worry, don't worry.
00:19What a great show so far.
00:21I was just saying to the other guys, I was like, I know it gets darker and darker, I'm on
00:25episode five, it's wonderful.
00:26I'm going to start with you though, Max, because obviously you're playing Sherlock's older brother in here, and I just
00:33wondered what your relationship with Hiro is like, is he that kind of annoying little brother in real life to
00:38you as well?
00:39Oh, not at all, no, Hiro, when I first met Hiro, you know, I was going in for the audition,
00:44and auditions are always nerve wracking, you know, you're sweating and you're worrying about every little detail, and how to
00:49be in control of every little detail, and often, you know, you're in a room with a load of other
00:54people preparing to audition for the same role that you do.
00:56You desperately want, and there's like mind games, people are doing things, you know, doing press-ups, or they flash
01:02their six-pack, or they say, oh, they don't want an English actor for this, you know, whatever it takes.
01:09Whereas my experience with Hiro was just, he didn't say a word, he just walked over and hugged me.
01:15And then we went in and we did a chemistry test, which was also just filled with warmth and generosity
01:21from Hiro, and he continued that all the way through production, despite being exhausted, despite having all the pressure on
01:27his shoulders, he ran the company top-down with love and kindness, and we all feel protective of Hiro.
01:35Aw, that's cute.
01:37And they're so sweet, and all very polite, and in the green room, they just call each other brother dear,
01:43and they could just be hugging each other for the whole time and not noticing it until it's time to
01:48go.
01:49He's a good cuddle.
01:50Is he now?
01:50He is, yeah.
01:51Okay, I will have to find out at some point.
01:53Find out.
01:53I will find out at some point.
01:54Zim, for you, what was it like doing all your action scenes in costume?
01:57I really felt for you, I was like, they are really cool.
02:00It's cool.
02:00They're putting you to the test.
02:02You could fight in that stuff.
02:03That's what it's saying.
02:03Yeah.
02:05That's fascinating, because the costume designer, Jenny, she's like, asking me, what's your request, sir?
02:11I said, I like to move.
02:15And she said, yeah, I already know.
02:17What else?
02:19When you first see Xiong in the carriage arriving with the gunslingers.
02:24That's so chic, but also lethal.
02:29Yeah, you look badass.
02:30You look badass.
02:31I am badass.
02:32I am badass.
02:32You are.
02:33Sorry.
02:33You are badass.
02:34The same that I did so, I do so hard in my training, too.
02:39Oh, no, it comes across.
02:40It's honestly great.
02:41Cool.
02:42And obviously, you're in a Guy Ritchie project, which I think for a lot of actors is like something
02:47that they want to tick off their bucket list, right?
02:49So what has your Guy Ritchie experience been like?
02:52It's been very fun for me, because unlike the boys, like their characters already established
02:58in the books, so they feel the, I understand, like there's a heavy responsibility on their
03:04shoulder, especially this one, Big Brother.
03:07All the way through.
03:09For me, it's just fun.
03:10I got invited into that Guy Ritchie playground.
03:13I eventually figured out like he just liked to see his players have fun.
03:18So the more fun we have, the better the scene turns out.
03:23Yeah, yeah, fun is a very, playground is a very useful word.
03:26You know, we as actors, we prepare.
03:29Yeah.
03:29You know, we learn our lines, we learn our da-da-da-da.
03:32But subconsciously, we're protecting ourselves.
03:35We're frightened often a lot of the time.
03:38And, you know, we want to do a good job for fear of being, you know, fired.
03:42Yeah.
03:43On your first day.
03:44On your first day, you know, we think about these things a lot, more than most of us would
03:48like to admit.
03:48But what Guy does is he understands that and he comes in and he does something which would
03:55seem to be the worst thing to do to someone who might be fearful and he changes everything.
04:02So my first day with him, I had a monologue about a page long and I'd prepared months in
04:06advance and was tight and regulated and controlled.
04:10And he took me into his trailer, as he does, and this is five minutes before we shoot.
04:16And he goes, right, we're going to change it up a bit.
04:18Do, do, do the speech.
04:19Do this, right, do the first, right, do a bit faster, change, change that last line,
04:23right, give us the next line.
04:24Give us three variants, right, right, do the middle one.
04:26Remember that, do the middle one.
04:27And you're writing this down, it doesn't matter, remember that.
04:29Right, on.
04:29And you go all the way through the monologue.
04:31And he's like, you got it, yeah, you got it, good.
04:33Off you go.
04:33Five minutes, off your pop.
04:35You and Hero, bat it back and forth.
04:37And you think, I'm going to die.
04:39I'm going to have a heart attack or take up hard drugs.
04:42You know, one of them.
04:44But what happens is you play and you elevate and no one gets burnt in the flames.
04:49No one gets fired.
04:51Everyone elevates.
04:52Everyone's present and alive and nimble.
04:55And it matches Guy's momentum for the show, which is fast and dynamic and irreverent.
05:01And he just, he's a wicked director.
05:04He's great.
05:05He does, like, magic.
05:07Just everything just turns out perfect after.
05:10That sounds so cool.
05:11Also, great Guy Ritchie.
05:13Yeah.
05:14Impression.
05:14Oh, that's good, that's right.
05:16And also, you know, he sort of hovers around set immaculately dressed,
05:21looking murderly threatening, like he could eat anything and anybody.
05:25And then he'll just come over, tap you on the shoulder,
05:28give you the little nugget of wisdom that you needed at that precise minute
05:32that fires you off in the right direction.
05:35Like, he's something special.
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