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Wednesday 27 november 2019
Taylor Kitsch plays a bad guy

with nuance and special skills

By BROOKE LEFFERTS ally root and try to figure would come on his off days
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor out why he is the way he is. and be there with us and
Taylor Kitsch bristles at the AP: Ray and Stephan walk just support. The best pro-
notion that the criminal he into a very scary situation, ducers are the ones that
plays in the new police dra- but Ray keeps his cool. you don't feel their pres-
ma "21 Bridges," is a cold- Kitsch: I know a lot of (Navy) ence so much on set. They
blooded killer. SEALS. I've been trained by facilitate and let you do
He says he worked to find them, and a lot of special your thing. And he's great.
the "emotional beats" of his ops guys and everything You know, very gracious
This Nov. 20, 2019 photo shows actor Taylor Kitsch posing for a character, Ray, and tried about them I admire. The guy, listens really well on
portrait in New York to promote his film "21 Bridges." to understand the reasons beauty of those guys is their and off camera. He's very
Associated Press he might do some unsa- heart rate doesn't go up. humble and just a sweet
vory things. It really, honestly doesn't guy.
That might be why direc- in those moments.… Ray AP: You seem to be intense
tor Brian Kirk and producer is very, very similar, where about your work. What do
and star of the film, Chad- they just take a breath and you do in your free time?
wick Boseman, wanted they go. And that's fas- Kitsch: I'm learning guitar…
Kitsch for the part. That, cinating to me... He's just so I still play an hour or two a
and the fact that he's an very calm, very directed as day. Hockey — very Cana-
expert at handling an au- to what he has to do and dian — twice or three times
tomatic weapon. carry out. And I love that. a week hopefully, and I live
"21 Bridges" is about a po- Because you can play the on the lake (in Austin, Tex-
lice detective (Boseman) other way and go crazy as) so I try to get on the wa-
leading a manhunt in and yelling, and that's very ter when the sun lets me.
New York City to find two stereotypical to me and cli- Pretty standard stuff. Try to
suspects who planned to ché and boring. decompress from jobs and
steal a haul of cocaine but AP: You seemed very com- build yourself back up. I'll
stumble into a larger con- fortable shooting big guns. go on a little photography
spiracy and end up killing Was that because you thing through Wyoming,
several cops. used them while making Montana and Bamph. If I'm
The film, which also stars the 2013 military action film not acting, I have to have
Stephan James and Sienna "Lone Survivor"? that creativity somehow or
Miller, takes place over the Kistch: My dad hunted but I'll go crazy.
course of one night, with I never liked guns growing AP: We are in an era of re-
plot twists, chase scenes up. One, I think everybody boots. Any chance you'd
and shootouts to satisfy ac- should learn to at least be reprise your role if there
tion fans. able to make a gun safe. was a reboot of "Friday
In an interview with The As- "Lone Survivor" was an in- Night Lights?"
sociated Press, Kitsch, 38, sane and incredible ex- Kitsch: I know they're mak-
talked about finding the perience to be trained by ing a movie but I'm not go-
nuances in playing compli- the best and now I'm really ing to be in that. There's no
cated characters, working comfortable with an M4 or way. If you want to give
with Boseman and what it a Glock or any handgun. I me $25 million I'll do it, but
would take to get him to never thought I'd say that, that's my price (Laughs). I
go back to his "Friday Night but that tool has carried pride myself on that mo-
Lights" character, Tim Rig- me through a lot of these ment. But I also want to
gins. things and obviously it create more new moments
AP: How did you approach serves for Ray. and keep growing and I
playing Ray, who many AP: How was working with feel I've done that. It would
would think is a bad guy. Chadwick Boseman and be messing with a beauti-
Kitsch: "(Director) Brian Kirk how involved was he in his ful memory. And I'm such
was awesome and very role as producer? a different person, differ-
collaborative and free- Kitsch: He had a good ent actor. And I don't even
ing and kind of just gave presence on set. We were know if I could create that
me the responsibility, gave working nights and, man, again, that innocence of
me the reins to just create I'd be sleeping if I were him Riggs and those moments.
him and that's what I loved because you got to get It was a special time and
about it…. My job is to re- it when you can. But he you got to leave that.q