00:00Can you talk about how you got involved in Contraband?
00:05He got a call from Mark.
00:07We had met about a year and a half previous.
00:10He said he had a script that I should take a look at.
00:14Met with Balthazar and Giovanni was coming on board
00:18and it seemed like an easy fit.
00:20What did you think of the script when you read it?
00:26It felt very tight.
00:28It felt like a tight script.
00:31What was interesting to me was what we could do with Sebastian.
00:37What I was told was the original script,
00:40the character of Sebastian was more of a business associate
00:44and was interested in creating a relationship with he and Mark,
00:50or Chris's character, one of history, one of family,
00:55more of a familial relationship to serve the rest of the picture,
00:59which I don't know if we're allowed to talk about.
01:02You've mentioned that what you like the most about acting
01:04is actually the preparation.
01:06What preparation did you go through for this role?
01:11This one was building the script, the character with Mark,
01:18the history, spending time with Mark, and that was very easy.
01:22He's a really easy guy to feel like you're best friends with.
01:28I've spent time in the construction company that he works at,
01:31that Sebastian works at, and interviewed those guys for hours
01:35and learning about how you import and export questionable contraband.
01:44and that just helps if you're looking at a car and you understand
01:48how you can hide a kilo of cocaine in a car.
01:54It helps me, when I'm looking at a car, have that energetically.
02:01It's a strange thing that we do as actors, but that helps me through the day,
02:04just feel a little more comfortable with the past.
02:10You were mentioning Mark. What is he like on set? What is he like to work with?
02:17Mark is incredibly funny.
02:20He keeps a group of friends with him around from when he was a kid.
02:24He's very loyal.
02:27He's not a guy you want to get in a fight with.
02:31He doesn't feel like someone who, he's also a producer on the film,
02:34and he doesn't feel like a producer.
02:36He's just, I don't know what it's like for the other actors,
02:40but for me, again, we were playing best friends,
02:43and that was, again, it was very easy.
02:48Just to wrap it up, New Orleans, the film is short in New Orleans,
02:51and it's nearly another character in the film.
02:54Yeah.
02:54Were you comfortable there in New Orleans?
02:56Yeah, New Orleans is a terrific city.
02:59It's the music. It's the food. It's the culture.
03:03It's the city that has survived.
03:06Tremendous tragedies, and yet it maintains a sense of its history,
03:12and it celebrates that.
03:13Any excuse to celebrate, there's always going to be a parade
03:16and a reason to raise a glass or share food.
03:20Incredibly generous city, and it's not hard to have a good time there.
03:29It does.
03:29Any questions?
03:29I'm really impressed by writing a book.
03:29It's a great time to teach a book.
03:29And it is a great time to be working.
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