Director Rawson Marshall Thurber takes EW inside the epic face-off.
THE MUSCLE
Red Noticemarks Thurber’s third consecutive collaboration with Johnson afterCentral IntelligenceandSkyscraper.
That history comes with both a shared shorthand and a significant challenge: to push it even further.

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“Every time, I’m trying to show him something he hasn’t done before.”
“They have incredible chemistry together both on set and off,” says Thurber.
“Ryan was perfectly fine to not be as good a fighter as Gal and DJ.”
“This role is much closer to who Gal is.
She’s really funny, very charming, and a little wicked.”
Red Noticepremieres Nov. 12 on Netflix.
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