00:00All right, so first question, how did Silent Night land on your radar?
00:08So I've been working with the production company Thunder Road and with Basil Lawanick and Erica Lee.
00:15We've done a couple of films before and really enjoyed working with each other.
00:19So we had a call just kind of brainstorming ideas.
00:22And then Basil brought up that he had this project with John Woo returning to Hollywood after 20 years.
00:31And he wanted me to join in doing this film.
00:35And the kicker was that the film had no dialogue.
00:39And I was like, you had me at John Woo, but now I'm 100% in.
00:45And I don't even need to read the script.
00:47I'm in.
00:48And then I read the script and it was fantastic.
00:51So, yeah, it was pretty epic.
00:56And what was it like working with the legendary John Woo?
01:00I mean, working with John Woo was, you know, one of my dreams coming true.
01:06He's a true legend of film and, you know, a cinematic genius.
01:12And also particularly working with him on a film like this, where I pretty quickly understood his vision and why
01:22he wanted to do this film.
01:24Because there's no dialogue in this film, you know, John doesn't need to come in and cover, you know, the
01:30person who's talking and then, you know, cut to the people that are listening.
01:33So, he could, you know, he could use cinema in a completely different way where he could just cover each
01:41scene with one beautiful shot.
01:44He just designed one shot that just tells the whole story of the scene and makes it really cinematic.
01:50So, this film is sort of living on two different planes.
01:55You know, on the one hand, in the setup and then the emotional story of the family going through this
02:00loss, it's very cinematic.
02:02And then it goes into, you know, the hardcore high octane action.
02:07So, it lives in those two planes.
02:10And were you a fan of John Woo before making this film?
02:13Yeah, I was a huge fan of John Woo.
02:16I think, I actually think I discovered him through watching Face Off.
02:21And then, and then I started starting to backtrack.
02:24So, you know, I've been a fan of John's for over 20 years.
02:29And, yeah, so it was a great honor.
02:32And one of my favorite experiences of my career, for sure.
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