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Poulter is the MVP of both.
(Hell also romance Jacob Elordi inOn Swift Horseslater in April.)
Being the worst version of these characters was really quite freeing.
They veil it as afaux-philanthropic endeavor or a kind of performative activism.
Hes awful to anyone outside of that family framework.
Alex Scharfmanhas saidhe used the Sackler family as loose inspiration for the Leopolds.
What do you think Sheps life looks like outside of this movie?
This is not to absolve him of anything, but fundamentally hes looking for approval from his parents.
Theres a very humane experience for a lot of people.
I think the only friends Shep potentially has are people who were taking advantage of him.
Also, his relationship to his mom is so unhealthy.
Hes definitely got some severe attachment anxiety.
He cant really make it in the outside world.
The unicorns are puppets, right?
Not just CGI?Its a blend of the two, but yeah, the puppets were unbelievable.
Its never a tennis ball on the end of a stick.
[Warning: The next three questions spoil the end ofDeath of a Unicorn.]
Whats it like to get kicked in the face by a unicorn?Hooved in the mouth!
It was pretty fun to do that.
I deserve the ugliest ending.
The audience is waiting for it.
Thats where the film really delivers on gore and horror.
There was a piece of plastic, I guess, that was tied to a wire.
They adjusted it with CGI.
Im not good at stunts.
Every conceivable opportunity to hand it over to a stunt person, I will.
I did very little of my own stuff onGuardiansbecause the gentleman doubling me then was ten times better.
But it was fun to contribute to my death on this one.
How about snorting purple unicorn powder?You know whats funny?
That was a VFX trick.
Nothing went in my nose, Im pleased to say.
Theres something interesting about drug use in hyperprivileged, upper-class society.
The exact same drug use in working-class communities is judged completely differently.
But because its fancy science and theyre very wealthy, its not quite viewed in that way.
Thats some of the subtle commentary that Alex has laced into the film.
As a cast, we span, like, six decades.
WithWarfare, were all guys within a similar age group.
But I love all those guys.
Clifford the Big Red Dog relates to a story that involves the gentleman that I represent.
At the wrap party, I came in the big red-dog outfit and sent him a photo.
Its hard to achieve that sort of synergy.
What sometimes appears like choreography is a combination of two things.
And everyone committed to the boot camp and worked incredibly hard.
We drilled skills in a quite repetitive way.
Once we got into a scenario, we were responding based on some of the instincts wed developed.
He was a Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL training instructor.
Hes taken many guys through the real deal.
He was working with actors here, so he was trying to make a Michelin-star meal out of scratch.
Theres so little fictionalization or embellishment.
Its also a very sweaty movie.
You seem so hot in those fatigues.We shot in the summer, so there was a degree of heat.
Where there was a bit of an acting challenge was when we were outside post-explosion.
The gentleman I represent pretty much lost his voice.
He was burning the lining of his esophagus just by taking in the phosphorus in the air.
Another thing is that these gentlemen belong to this community.
It meant that my own respect for him was greater.
There is an element of him being not emotionally intelligent enough to feel certain depths.
Its hard to know how often the smiles are genuine.
My moms a great cook, so I had a great person to bounce ideas off as well.
WithWarfare, were recreating an environment that no one should ever really be in, right?
Thats something the movie definitely attempts to do: show that this is a situation where theres no winning.
The nicknames came about organically, just spending every fucking moment with each other.
Why did you end up in that position?I think because I was playing the officer in charge.
It was just off the chain.
I think its Bootss best thing, in the wildest way.
