Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware and Zachary Quinto Discuss 'Hitman: Agent 47' Film

Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware and Zachary Quinto Discuss 'Hitman: Agent 47' Film
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We sit down with 'Hitman: Agent 47' stars Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware and Zachary Quinto to discuss the film. The stars tell us what superhuman quality they would like to have and what career they would have if they weren't acting!
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Baruch here in New York and we're catching up with the stars of Agent 47. First of all, Rupert, I've got to start with you. I'm noticing a theme here. Agent 47, an assassin, and homeland. What about you screams hitman?
Yeah, what says this guy kills people for a living? I don't know, I I really don't know and I I'd love if people could send their answers in on a postcard because it's not something that I've ever done for money or otherwise. And so, um I I don't anyone know why I'm always. Yeah, maybe you can weigh in on this a little bit. Hannah says I look mean, which I think which I think tells you all you need to know about Hannah.
Wow. Let's read into this a little bit, Zachary.
I'm on this side. I'm out of his very diplomatic. Probably a wise decision. And he's more experienced. There we go.
Well, you know, we see a lot of superhuman qualities in your characters. He's an engineered human being. Stronger. Faster. More intelligent than normal people. They're called agents. What does any of this have to do with me? Your father started the agent program. He knows their weakness. You're the key to finding your father. If you could choose a real life superhuman quality, what would it be?
I would like to be able to to transport to other places without having to you know, put in the time to get there.
Where would you transport right now?
There's nowhere else I'd rather be right now.
Good answer. Good answer. How about you, Hannah?
I'd like to be like Storm where I control the weather. That might be a British thing cuz we're obsessed with the weather. She does the Hally Berry does the whole controlling of the weather thing, right? Exactly. Yeah, I want to do that. It could be great in London. It would be brilliant.
How about you, Rupert?
Uh, I would go for shape shifting. I I think that would be great. But that's kind of one of those cheesy answers, a bit like, you know, if you ask a genie for more wishes as one of the wish wishes, you know, it's sort of like I want to be able to change into anything, so then you could fly, you could do the weather thing, all that. I think it I think it's a very economical choice.
Yeah. We also see a lot of themes of trust throughout the film. What did it take for all of you to establish trust on set?
Well, Hannah and I knew each other before uh this film, so it was exciting to get to work together after spending time as friends. Um and I've seen a lot of Rupert's stuff and always admired him, so I knew that he was a part of the movie going into it. So there was already a kind of alignment, I would say, uh between the three of us that made it really easy to kind of show up and just be there for each other when we needed to.
And how about the two of you?
I don't think Hannah trusts me yet. And you know, that's because I would, you know, we did a stunt where I used her to break my fall. Um and she screamed all the way down, which I think is fair enough, but
It wasn't I didn't trust you, I I didn't trust the rope, Rupert.
The rope?
The rope. Trust me. We were harnessed. I would never do.
Yes. Blame it on the rope.
Blame it on the rope. I didn't do the knots.
What kind of funny moments were there behind the scenes?
I mean, we were in Berlin for the majority of the shoot, so I wouldn't say, I would take the NY off the funny and just it was fun. It was cool. Berlin's an amazing city. So it was really fun to work there and uh and to use the city in the film and was hilarious. Clearly. clearly. It was hilarious.
So no behind the scenes pranks?
No, there's a lot to do in in we did, you know, I think we were all. We sound so boring. We were fun, I promise you. I don't know why.
No, you two I know got the acting bug a little bit later, right? The two of you, I know that you started out on a dare, and I know that you initially maybe want to be an archeologist. What would each of you have done? This is, am I Did you? Is this at all accurate? That's so much more interesting.
I wanted to be a baker when I was a kid.
A baker?
Yeah, then a lumberjack. But archaeology implies that you'd have to go and study something, which is harder work than I clearly wanted to do, that's why I'm doing this job. So, the archaeology, no, only if in an Indiana Jones way. But it was mostly about wearing the jacket and going on the dusty adventures.
It's about the costume.
Well, no, more than adventures. The actual archaeology bit where, you know, what's that's not the best bit of that movie.
And what would the two of you do if you weren't doing this right now?
Um, I'd probably be a psychologist. I imagine.
Why's that?
Cuz I'm fascinated by psychology. It's part of what drives me to be an actor and I love therapy and I've spent enough time in there, I feel like I could probably turn the tables on somebody else. Um, I don't know, I've just always been interested in the complexity of the human psyche.
How about you, Hannah? It's a brilliant answer, too.
Um, I um, I always wanted to be an architect, but um, so if I was good at it, I'd do it. I'm just not very good. Lack of spatial awareness and all that. But um, that's what I would have done.
Of course, another role that your fans love you for is Spock. How did Leonard Nimoy guide you as you were getting into that role?
Um, Leonard was really supportive of me at the beginning, but our relationship took its own trajectory after we met really. Um it became much less about the character and and much more about our own connection. So, um we were enormously close and uh I just feel like his friendship and his presence in my life for the better part of the last decade uh has shaped me in really wonderful ways and I'm uh, you know, very sad that we lost him, but so grateful that we had that connection and I feel that that it's just deepened in a in a more spiritual way now that now that he's not with us.
Thanks to all of you. Congratulations.
Thank you, man.
Have a good day.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Rupert Friend
Star of 'Hitman: Agent 47'
- Hannah Ware
Star of 'Hitman: Agent 47'
- Zachary Quinto
Star of 'Hitman: Agent 47'
- Storm
Comic book character Hannah Ware wants to emulate
- Halle Berry
Actress who portrays Storm
- Indiana Jones
Fictional character Rupert Friend mentions regarding archaeology
- Spock
Character Zachary Quinto plays
- Leonard Nimoy
Actor who guided Zachary Quinto in playing Spock
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