Leitch and producer Kelly McCormick also discuss finding out Steven Spielberg loved the film and give updates on ‘Nobody 2’ & ‘Violent Night 2.'
Quick Links The Big Picture One of the many films to world premiere at this year’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, was director David Leitch and producer Kelly McCormick’s The Fall Guy . Starring Barbie’s Oscar nominee, Ryan Gosling , and The Devil Wears Prada’s, Emily Blunt , the film is based on the 1980s American action-adventure ABC-produced television series starring Lee Majors , Douglas Barr , and Heather Thomas and is getting glowing reviews.
KELLY MCCORMICK: It was like a dream come true meets like an absolute acid trip. I think, I've never done it. I've never dropped the A, but like, it was really, really amazing. You know just like Slash by the way, what?KELLY MCCORMICK: And then the Barbie faces that like became like this psychedelic sort of like swirl above him while he was being spun. What was kind of fun in the audience is you saw him tuck in and slide out and waiting for him to pop back up.
I couldn't agree more that the stunts needs to be an Oscar. I'm very happy that you guys are championing it and trying to make it happen. How happy are you that after Barbie and everything that is going on with Ryan Gosling and literally how he has taken over the zeitgeist that you are his next movie?
I was gonna also say that like originally you were coming out in March, and I agree with the move to the summer. Just because I think it's a beneficial thing, and also you get to premiere here. You're showing all the theater owners at CinemaCon. Also, people don't realize usually movies are finished at the last possible second, and everyone's rushing and stressed out.
Steven Spielberg Has Seen The Fall Guy and Loved It I know that your movie has tested very well. I know that Universal is very enthusiastic about this film, and I would imagine the premiere tonight is gonna play–What exactly is that like when something like that happens, and you're like, "Wait, what?" Also how did he see it?
DAVID LEITCH: But he's obviously an incredibly gracious man, and it was really great to hear those compliments from him. KELLY MCCORMICK: Emily has said she wants to do it until she's rolling out onto the set. Weekends at Bernie's style. I have a funny feeling this one's going to do well. Also, because I have family members who go to the movies once in a while, and they've asked me, when does this Fall Guy movie come out? And I'm like, oh, OK, it's going to be one of those movies. Ryan and Emily are movie stars.
KELLY MCCORMICK: They are practical, and there are some of the biggest things that you can do practically, you know, that you can do, and we did them practically. Often times they're replaced by CG these days, which is a testament to Universal buying into the story behind the story. That this is a stuntman's and woman's and stunt person's film.
KELLY MCCORMICK: We're three weeks out on a movie with Ke Quan called With Love that we're really, really excited about. The cast is coming together super well, and it'll be a nobody-sized film that really champions him as an action lead, which is going to be super exciting. DAVID LEITCH: It's infectious. It's infectious when you have a lead actor that's that way with the crew and with his director and all his other creatives. It all sort of trickles down. Everyone's excited because the joy that he has. He's ready to go. It's going to be awesome.
KELLY MCCORMICK: He also has a really amazing glasses move that I can't really tell you about where his spectacles like fly and then land. He does it naturally in like IRL, and we're gonna take advantage of that superpower.KELLY MCCORMICK: It's called With Love.DAVID LEITCH: It's like Nobody.DAVID LEITCH: Yeah, the Violent Night, the Nobody, and now, you know, With Love.
DAVID LEITCH: Yeah, Universal included. I mean, they're really invested in those as franchises, and they really want us to take them out and do sequels. KELLY MCCORMICK: We have a great staff to be honest who work hard and well. We feel really lucky to have. That's really handy, you know, in the process of trying to get mature things to a certain point and and then we do jump in and sort of like kick the table over and make them change a bunch of stuff KELLY MCCORMICK: And we have a tendency to like, they get it to a place and develop it to a place.
I don't think that you, it has been announced what you're gonna do next. What are you circling? Have you figured out? DAVID LEITCH: Well, I'm obviously really passionate about both those things. You know, kung fu, martial arts is a huge part of my life, has been since I was a kid. I'm a huge fan of Donnie and his work and his films. So the potential of that is really, really interesting and, you know, we're in the development phase with Donnie, and it's really exciting. It just feels like a big international franchise potential with Donnie as Caine. So I'm really excited about it.
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