Premieres next Friday, June 16 on Netflix ‘Tyler Rake 2’is a sequel to the successful action film directed by Sam Hargrave and starring Chris Hemsworth Which premiered in 2020 in complete confinement due to the pandemic. The Australian actor who brings the indestructible mercenary back to life, went to madrid to promote his film in a moment uncertain and “incredibly complex” for the Hollywood industry, After more than a month-long strike by the screenwriters, the actors are now facing another blockade.
He On May 2, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) began a strike. With which they want an increase in wages and improvement in working conditions by film studios and streaming platforms. Last On Monday, June 5, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) also approved a strike. by June 30 if its talks with an alliance of film and television producers fail.
,This is an incredibly complex situation. I believe that everyone has the right to give their opinion and speak their mind. Negotiations are currently taking place and I hope it will be resolved as soon as possible”, confirmed Hemsworth in an interview with Europa Press in a terse tone in which he advocated a short-term agreement”.for the good of the writers, so that they get what they think they deserve”, but also “for the good of the rest of the industry, so that everything goes on,
“Many of my friends are team members, from technicians to truck drivers to catering people …more When this sort of thing happens they lose their jobs. Of course it (the strike) has to happen, I’m just saying I hope an agreement is reached soon and it works out to make everyone happy, we can move forward and continue making moviesThe actors insist.
In this episode, Director Sam Hargreaves backs pause “without cracks” However, he admits that among screenwriters, this means that “everything is a lot more difficult” on the day of shooting. ,I support writers. Everyone is trying to do their job to the best of their ability and fight for what they think is right, so I support the strike 100 percent., Is there anything that makes everything more difficult? Sure, you can’t write the script or change it when you’re on set without a writer, but I support them,” he replied.
,we are about to start actors strike so we support them“, says actress Golshifteh Farahani, who is in ‘Tyler Rake 2’ He reprises his role as Nick Khan which he played in the first installment. The Franco-Iranian actress also condemned it “This world that we live in is, in general, very fragile for actors, especially in Hollywood, because they don’t have the security here in Europe.“. “They are fighting for their rights, so without any doubt I support the strike,” he says.
In ‘Tyler Rake 2’After miraculously surviving the first installment, covert operations incarnated by mercenaries hemsworth comes out of retirement and returns to action with another deadly mission: break the family of a ruthless Georgian gangster out of prison. A sequel, which Hemsworth has promised, is “more and better action”, But he also takes it a step further on an emotional level.
in the first film”The emotional element was there, it was suggested and was probably only present in one scene.“In this second installment, the actor confesses, “What excites me most is the emotional factor.” “We have the opportunity for the second time in the character’s history to tell his origins, his wife and his son and that Why”, highlights Hemsworth, who assures that “The development of that emotional part is complemented by action”. Something that is necessary to establish a connection with the audience.
,If you have action without that connection on an emotional level with the audience, it’s just noise.” says the Australian interpreter who admits it is “a little sad” that a film like this, with so many powerful action sequences –In particular, a 21-minute sequence full of shootings, explosions and fights involved nearly 300 people, which according to the director, he prepared for months and took 29 days to shoot.–, cannot be seen on the big screen.
,I am a little sorry that the public cannot watch it on the big screen, because I think cinema is a different experience.“, acknowledges the ‘Thor’ hero who also sees the positive side of the platforms, highlighting that they provide “an opportunity for many people to see this film” and also thanks Netflix that “increasingly has more space for more stories to be told and more movies to be made.”
“It’s the nature of the world we live in now, with the exponential growth in different media and different ways for the masses to consume entertainment,” he summarizes. ,I became a film director thinking of the big screen, But there has been a big change in the way people watch movies, and thankfully, People have big screens in their house and they can also watch it in a great way“, explains Hargrave, who also highlights Netflix’s reachability that “anyone anywhere in the world can instantly watch and enjoy a movie.”
Sequel to the first film based on the graphic novel ‘City’ by Andy Parks, from a story by Andy Parks, Joe Russo and Anthony Russo And portrayed by Fernando León González, ‘Tyler Rake 2’ stars Adam Bessa (“Haute Couture”), Olga Kurylenko (“Quantum of Solace”), Daniel Bernhardt (“Alert Rosa”) alongside Hemsworth and Golshifteh Farahani. complete it. ‘) and Tinatin Dalakishvili (‘Undeclared War’).
