Bob Odenkirkrose to sketch comedy fame withMr.
Now he’s leaping genres and subverting expectations again this time by breaking badass.
Nobodyboasts action cred behind the camera written by Derek Kolstad (John Wick)!
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produced by David Leitch (Atomic Blonde)!
directed by Ilya Naishuller (Hardcore Henry)!
but it slams down its lead actor into unfamiliar territory.
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Which is exactly what Odenkirk craved.
“I get the s— kicked out of me in this movie,” he says proudly.
“I really wanted to go way far outside, like 180 degrees outside my comfort zone.
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“It’s not a clean, vengeful narrative,” he says.
“It’s almost like collateral damage causes him more trouble than his initial problems.”
Ah, yes, the fighting.
“The fist-bloodying fight sequences were as much fun as being in a comedy room,” he says.
“I mean, I’ve never had that much fun since we wroteMr.
It’s a group effort.
There’s all this interaction and group problem-solving that goes on.”
Mastering martial-arts moves wasn’t the actor’s most daunting challenge, though.
“The hardest thing to do was the lack of irony,” he reveals.
I’ve done some of that inBetter Call Saul.
But this is closer to a ’70s action movie the lone guy walking the streets.”
Bob Odenkirk as the next Clint Eastwood or Charles Bronson?
Who would have thought it?Nobody.
