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Over two conversations, the Chilean-born actor, 45, spoke to EW (spoiler-free!)
[Laughs]
Without spoilers, what are you allowed to tell me about Max?
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It is f—ing greed, of course!
But what’s brilliant is to humanize that, to build a whole character around the concept.
That’s not something that I’ve seen before.
And they said, “Yes, partly, but also there’s a lot of Tony Robbins.”
Were those things that were said to you as well?
And we live by so much of that.
Its, how do you be your best self?
How do you win?
And he’s definitely the face of that version of success.
Did you do have to do much research to dig into that?
Although Im sure Gal [Gadot] has an incredible time.
You know, I dont think that theres anything two-dimensional in anything that Patty makes.
But humanity is behind all of it, which comes with so many layers.
What do you think Maxwell’s perception of himself is?
He does feel like a very relevant villain for 2020, considering.
Yeah, I think that might scare me a little bit.
Were there any other characters that might have contributed to your idea of Maxwell?
See now, I’m so embarrassed to share, but there’s definitely 80s performances that inspire me.
That sounds a lot closer to Kristen [Wiig]’s character, actually.
But Michelle Pfeiffer and Danny DeVito inBatman Returns, I have a very soft spot for.
And then my North star of actors is Gene Hackman and his Lex Luthor.
I wouldn’t even dare put him into the same sentence with myself.
How much of that were you along for?
We were in Spain, we were in London, and we were outside D.C..
I was definitely not lonely on this one.
[Laughs]
Did you actually dye your hair for Max?
I couldn’t tell.
Or is that a wig?
That is not my hair color… Do you rememberSun Infrom the 80s?
And she’s like, “No.
But you know, sort of.”
[Laughs]
Last question.
Who’s an easier costar, Gal or Baby Yoda?
That is a really, really, really good question.
I honestly had the best time, and that had everything to do with Gal and Patty.
I would take Gal over any creature of any universe.
So I guess the answer to that is unequivocally Gal, but Baby Yoda is not too shabby.
He is a pretty easygoing scene partner.
And he makes you feel tall, right?
What’s wrong with that.
[Laughs] He makes me feel very big.
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