SPIN chats to the cast of Tenet
Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated movie Tenet dropped this week.
So we caught up with John David Washington and Elizabeth Debicki for a chat about the film.
Elizabeth spoke to SPIN presenter Sarina Bellissimo about convincing the director she was right for the role.
She also talked a bit about taking over as Princess Diana in the final two seasons of The Crown.
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While John David revealed how he felt when he was told he had bagged the role of the protagonist in Tenet.
And he also shared why he used to lie about who his dad is.
In case you didn't know, he's the son of Denzel Washington.
Elizabeth's interview
Elizabeth has starred in so many movies: Guardians of the Galaxy, The Great Gatsby etc.
And Sarina was dying to know if there were any on set differences between those films and a Christopher Nolan flick.
The Kat actress confirmed that Nolan's sets are their, "own separate world."
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She continued, "It's unlike anything I've ever worked on before."
"There's so many things that make the scale of a Christopher Nolan film so kind of larger than life."
"Some of that is just sort of like the geography we covered in this movie - we went to so many different countries - we'd just like pack up this travelling circus and just like appear somewhere else."
"And then 24 hours later, we're still rolling the cameras in a different continent."
Elizabath admitted that initially the whole experience was, "surreal and overwhelming."
But as soon as she stepped on set, all those anxieties went away.
She explained why, "Because you're very clear about what you're going to make."
The actress gushed over the director, saying he works with such, "focus," "intimacy," and, "efficiency."
"In a way you stop thinking and just kind of surrender to the rhythm of that set and the engine of that set too."
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Elizabeth was recently announced as Princess Diana in the upcoming final seasons of Netflix's The Crown.
Touching on this, she told Sarina that, "It's a dream role... I'm overwhelmed, and sort of terrified and excited!.."
Watch the full interview here:
John David Washington's interview
Sarina asked John David how he felt when he found out he had bagged the role of the protagonist in a Christopher Nolan movie.
He said, "I wanted to run the streets and scream out of the top of my lungs like, 'I got the Nolan job!'"
The actor said he doesn't have any kids, but he imagines it compares to the feeling of having a child.
The plot for the upcoming movie has been kept under wraps, and it seems the stars of the movie have been kept in the dark too.
The actor said he'd like to say he knew what was going on on set, but he didn't.
However, he admitted he feels this way on most movie sets, "I'm always trying to catch up to the director."
John David said, "I had to learn Christopher Nolan's language, which was a lot of fun and it took a lot of work."
"He was very gracious and kind with his patience and working with me."
"I hope I caught up, I believe I caught up enough anyway."
The actor used to lie about who his dad is. He would tell people that he either works in construction or has gone to jail.
Sarina asked why he didn't want people to know his father is Denzel Washington.
He laughed, "I was a man that wanted to stand on my own two feet!"
"You know, I would always notice people treating me differently when they found out who he was."
"So I thought it would probably be better if they didn't know."
Watch the full interview here:
Tenet is out in cinemas now.
