00:28Transcription by CastingWords
00:29The idea started during the pandemic
00:32Corona was a hit for everybody
00:35Us artists all together
00:37And also
00:39I was in a period where
00:40They only costed me
00:43For the small parts
00:45I just became father
00:47At that point
00:48I'm now a beautiful dad of two beautiful kids
00:51But I was like very
00:53Unsecure about my future
00:54And they only cast me
00:57As a terrorist or as a
00:59Drugs dealer or
01:00Call sheet number
01:03ID number 3035
01:05The guy who delivers the coke
01:06And I said okay
01:08When are we going to tell our story
01:10Where is our example
01:12So that's why I started
01:16Creating a story
01:17Of a guy who tries to
01:20Rescue
01:21His building
01:22His neighborhood
01:26A good guy
01:28Superhero
01:29And also it's a little bit
01:31Inspired on my life
01:32Because I grew up in those kind of buildings
01:34Because we shot a movie
01:35In my neighborhood
01:37And
01:39That's why
01:40It's inspired by my story
01:42Because I always
01:43When I was younger
01:44Against drug dealers
01:45To clean
01:47The
01:48The house of my mother
01:50In front of
01:51Because they were always
01:51Dealing in the front of the door
01:52At the front of the door
01:54So I was always
01:55Combating
01:56Depiling for my place
01:57In my neighborhood
01:59Trying to be
01:59A good kid
02:00In a man
02:01So that's why
02:01I went my story
02:02To the production company
02:03Where
02:05And then they
02:06Introduced me to Bob
02:08Yeah
02:08When I got involved
02:10We
02:10We started working
02:12On the
02:12On the screenplay
02:13Together with Sven
02:15And Saeed
02:16And
02:16Yeah
02:17When you have an idea
02:20You also have a vision
02:22So I spent a lot of time
02:25Together with Saeed
02:26Talking about
02:28His vision
02:29And how
02:30We want to make
02:32The movie
02:33So
02:34After that
02:36I blended his
02:37Vision
02:38With my vision
02:39And when we
02:40Were shooting
02:41The
02:42Saeed
02:43Trusted me
02:44Completely
02:44And he allowed me
02:46To make
02:46My
02:47My
02:47Yeah
02:48To direct
02:50It my way
02:51So
02:52Yeah
02:53It was
02:54A beautiful
02:55Collaboration
02:57Because
02:57It's
02:58Yeah
02:58It's
02:59It's
02:59You are working
03:00Saeed
03:02The
03:03Screenplay
03:04Is
03:04Is
03:05Is like
03:06A baby
03:06For Saeed
03:07And I'm like
03:08A plus dad
03:10Is you dad
03:11I
03:12I
03:12Adopted it
03:13And now
03:14Saeed
03:14And
03:15And we
03:15We
03:15We are
03:17Two dads
03:18Of the film
03:21Bro
03:22Suleyman Solo
03:23Living legend
03:24Target is
03:27Hamza Haddad
03:29Alias
03:29Prince
03:31Bob joined us
03:32On this one
03:33And that I trusted him
03:34Because
03:34Ten years ago
03:35I knew this guy
03:37More than ten years ago
03:38We started together
03:39On a movie
03:40Me as my first
03:41Major role
03:42He
03:42As assistant
03:45And then after ten years
03:47I said to them
03:48Yeah listen
03:48Hard work pays off
03:50It's all about persistence
03:51And also the urge
03:52To tell this story
03:54Of new heroes
03:55Like
03:55Like
03:58You have the blade
03:59He's fighting for his home
04:00He's fighting for his home
04:02That's what's cool
04:02You know
04:03Yeah
04:03And his mom
04:04That's awesome
04:05He just wants
04:07To go to his mom
04:08Yeah
04:09And we are
04:10Like
04:11If you know
04:11The Arab culture
04:12The African culture
04:13Like the mother
04:14Also in the Hispanic cultures
04:16The mother is very important
04:18Madre
04:19Madre
04:19Everything is about the mother
04:20And we have
04:22An Arabic sentence
04:23That says
04:23The paradise
04:24The keys of paradise
04:26Lies
04:27Under the feet
04:28Of your mother
04:29If you respect
04:30Your mother
04:31You will enter the paradise
04:32And that's why
04:33When you don't have
04:34The blessing of your mother
04:36You won't enter paradise
04:38So that's
04:39So that's also
04:42Also metaphorically
04:43Why it's called the paradise
04:44And the paradise
04:44Becomes the hell
04:45And then you have
04:46Down to the inferno
04:47The way to paradise
04:48Feels like hell
04:49So you have a lot of
04:50So that's why
04:51We didn't
04:52That's why
04:53Bob followed me
04:54In my vision
04:54And also I followed
04:55In his vision
04:55Because he understood
04:56From the start
04:57That I didn't want
04:58To make an average
04:58Action movie
04:59I'm the cool Moroccan guy
05:01I'm the cool Arab guy
05:02Kicking ass
05:02No it's not about that
05:03That's not
05:04It's not
05:06One of the first draft
05:07It was
05:08It was inspired
05:09On Rumble
05:09That he came back
05:10From military
05:11And that's like
05:12The classical thing
05:13You know
05:13But now
05:14That's why
05:15I chose
05:16That he came out
05:17Of prison
05:17Like the cliche
05:18I want to misguide
05:19The audience
05:20Already to give him
05:21A spot on his
05:22On mark on his
05:23On his forehead
05:24Like he's guilty
05:26He's an ex-convict
05:27That's what also
05:27Nikita said to him
05:28I don't need
05:29To preach
05:30From an ex-convict
05:32So he always
05:32Started with
05:33Minus two
05:34Always his mother
05:35Always
05:36Putting him down
05:37And that's for me
05:39Like okay
05:39How
05:40If you get
05:41A second chance
05:42At the wrong moment
05:43Is it still
05:44A second chance
06:00That's another thing
06:01With Sarah
06:02Because she's a
06:02She's a mom too
06:04She might be
06:04She might be
06:05Special forces
06:06But she's still a mom
06:07So all these things
06:09Were these all discussed
06:10Like in the build
06:12Of how you were
06:13Going up the building
06:14It layers
06:15And it's like
06:16A pyramid
06:17And when you go to the top
06:18It's narrow
06:18It's getting narrow
06:19So you have to
06:20Unleash your
06:22Demons
06:22And also the masks
06:23Will fall off
06:24So the mask
06:25Of the tough guy
06:26The ex-convict
06:27Fall off
06:27And she also
06:28The mask
06:29Of the special forces
06:31Falls off
06:32So the one
06:32Becomes the son
06:33And the other
06:33Is just the mother
06:34And the one
06:34The mother
06:35Tries to see her door
06:37And the son
06:37Tries to be his mother
06:39So
06:39At the
06:40For me
06:40And that's what
06:41Bob
06:41Also protected
06:43Together
06:43Me and Bob
06:44Producted
06:44To risk
06:45And also the core
06:47For me
06:47That's why
06:47How to play
06:48To risk
06:49Human
06:51Just the human
06:52To let the audience
06:53See those two
06:54As humans
06:55And that's the most
06:56Important message
06:57For me
06:57In the movie
06:59Underneath
07:00This thick layer
07:02Of action
07:03That we want
07:05To give
07:07We want
07:08To send them
07:09It's a story
07:11About hope
07:20I think
07:21For me
07:22Then
07:22And I don't
07:22Talk for
07:23Bobby
07:23For me
07:24It was like
07:24Making
07:25Making the
07:26Action hero
07:27Accessible
07:27Enough
07:28But still
07:29Hard
07:33I always
07:33Like
07:34It's like
07:34How
07:34It's like
07:35Yeah
07:39Gladiator
07:40Gladiator 1
07:41Yeah
07:42It's like
07:42Yeah
07:43It's
07:44That's why
07:44I also
07:45Inspired
07:45With Suleiman
07:46On it
07:46It's like
07:46It's not
07:47John Wick
07:48They killed
07:48My dog
07:49And I'm
07:49Gonna
07:50Respect for
07:51John Wick
07:51But it's
07:52It's more
07:53Than that
07:53It's
07:53It's
07:54The heartbeat
07:55And the
07:56Heart will
07:56Stop
07:56If the
07:58Heart of
07:58The mother
07:58Stops
07:59Then
08:00Suleiman's
08:01Heart is
08:01Gonna
08:01Stop
08:02So
08:02For me
08:03It's like
08:04Yeah
08:05When
08:05Maximus
08:06Tries to
08:07Go back
08:07To his
08:08To his
08:08Past
08:10Deceit
08:11Wife
08:11And son
08:12When they
08:13Die
08:13And he
08:14Just want
08:14To go
08:14Back to
08:15Those
08:15Place
08:15And he
08:16Will do
08:16Everything
08:16And have
08:17To fight
08:17In the
08:18Arena
08:18Like in
08:18Gladiator
08:19That's
08:19How I
08:20See
08:20And that's
08:21For me
08:22Not to
08:23Make it
08:23A slapstick
08:24Not to
08:24Make it
08:25Too
08:25Gimmick
08:25Too
08:26Cruciate
08:27So
08:27For me
08:27That was
08:27The main
08:28Emotionally
08:29Challenge
08:29How I
08:30Can
08:31Bring him
08:31Without
08:32Being
08:32The
08:33Alpha
08:34Mayor
08:54shed
08:57So
08:59To
08:59To
08:59To
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