00:00A koala, because they're so cute.
00:02I don't want to hurt that thing.
00:03Yeah, you don't want to...
00:04They're dangerous.
00:05Yeah, they're...
00:05They are dangerous.
00:12So, yeah, I'd like to hear about, I guess,
00:14the moment that you guys found out
00:15that you were going to be in Gladiator 2.
00:17Yeah, I was walking to the theater in London,
00:19phone call from my agents.
00:21Can't really remember the direct aftermath.
00:23Like, I remember, obviously, the excitement,
00:26but I can't remember what even the conversation was.
00:28Yeah.
00:29Yeah.
00:30I pulled over.
00:32I was driving, and the call came through the car
00:34because my phone was connected to the vehicle.
00:37And I just...
00:39The news was...
00:40Yeah, it was that thing where I was like,
00:43I have to park.
00:45And then after I got off the phone,
00:48I just sat in the car for a while.
00:50You know that there's this news,
00:52and you're excited to share it with people,
00:55but holding onto it for just a little bit...
00:57That's so nice.
00:57Before the world knows.
01:00Yeah.
01:00This is war!
01:02Real war!
01:06The odds are against you.
01:07The odds are always against me.
01:09Once you got an idea of who your characters were,
01:11what did you have to do to kind of flesh them out
01:14and prepare for the role?
01:15The same you would do with any role.
01:17It's like the job doesn't change just because it's a big film.
01:20You go to work, you look at the script,
01:22and you do the physical kind of tasks that are required to play the role.
01:25Preparation is...
01:26It's both incredibly practical and sturdy in that sense,
01:29and then also totally mysterious and different every time as well.
01:33Because you have to get ready and figure out how to embody the person
01:38and do them justice every time.
01:40Exactly.
01:40But the stuff that worked for the last one will never work for that one
01:43because there's always something very unique.
01:48You look ripped in the movie.
01:50Thanks.
01:51In terms of the fitness side of it, what did you...
01:53Like, how long did that take to get to that point?
01:55Yeah, I was doing the play at the time,
01:57so it actually was quite useful
01:59because I would have my days to myself.
02:01I was lucky that I had, like, I think it was five, six months,
02:04so it was just about consistency.
02:07It's like, don't miss a session even if you're feeling rough,
02:10but there was no kind of reinventing of the wheel.
02:12It's just like you've got to eat more food than you're normally used to
02:16and lift weights.
02:17And then how did you get in shape for your role?
02:19Thank you. It's about time you asked.
02:23You guys got to work with some huge names in this movie.
02:26In an ideal world,
02:27who's your kind of dream?
02:29I want to work with this person.
02:31I'd love to work with Michelle Williams.
02:33I think she's amazing.
02:35Anthony Hopkins.
02:36So many.
02:37Kate Blanchett came to mind.
02:40And I'm not just saying that because we're in Australia.
02:43I would say that anyway.
02:45And are there any genres that you guys haven't worked in yet
02:48but you would love to make a movie in?
02:51I'd love to do a musical.
02:53Right. You'd be great in a musical.
02:54I would love to do a musical.
02:55Yeah.
02:55Nothing kind of coming to mind.
02:57I think I'm happy to do whatever if I love the script.
03:00Any opportunity.
03:01Any opportunity to do something that I enjoy.
03:04Yeah.
03:04Do you have a musical background?
03:07It's been a little bit of time.
03:09I feel like that background might have faded.
03:11No, no.
03:12I mean like a little but not a lot.
03:13But I love it.
03:14I think when a musical like really works,
03:17it's just there's few feelings.
03:19It's like totally extraordinary.
03:21You're allowed to,
03:21you're kind of feeling at like 150%.
03:24Yeah, yeah.
03:24Everything's just dialed up.
03:25Yeah.
03:25Yeah.
03:27You have something in you.
03:29Rage.
03:32Never let it go.
03:35If you're in the Coliseum,
03:37something's coming at you.
03:38It's an Australian animal.
03:39What's the one that you would want to least tussle with?
03:42Least tussle with?
03:44A koala because they're so cute.
03:46I don't want to hurt that thing.
03:47Yeah, you don't want to.
03:48They're dangerous.
03:49Yeah.
03:49They are dangerous.
03:50I goat kangaroos.
03:51They're like tough animals.
03:53On the dim side, but like.
03:56Well, now you're going to have to fight them.
03:57Now you're going to have to.
03:57Yeah, I've just dissed the entire kangaroo community.
04:01All of their intelligence you came at.
04:03Come at me.
04:03If you're the emperor of Australia,
04:05what's your little cute animal that you have with you?
04:08Koala.
04:09Yeah, you set me up.
04:10You set me, you set you up.
04:11That's the answer.
04:12You're not going to fight someone.
04:13The logic tracks.
04:14They should be on your shoulder.
04:15Yeah.
04:20Can you pass me to dig Why?
04:20The way they do white.
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