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I had two home break-ins in Los Angeles.
One was particularly traumatic.
Just a typical dad scenario.
What do you do?
I grabbed the baseball bat; in the movie I grab a golf club.
A veteran sketch comedian and Emmy-winning TV writer who broke into public consciousness with the absurdist-comedy showcaseMr.
I can be this guy.
I can be this character.
In one corner there was Keanu Reeves training forJohn Wick 3,and he was throwing 12 guys.
In the smaller corner of the room was Bob one-on-one, Naishuller says.
It was hard for him.
Hed fall down, hed get back up, hed shake it off.
Hed fall back down and just do it over and over and over.
It was the embarrassment.
Here I am training in one corner.
Next to me we can all see each other is Keanu, whos really good at this stuff.
Halle Berry is there on some days.
Jason Statham came through.
And here I am over in the corner, doing the basics and sweating and looking terrible.
So the hardest part was just this feeling of, like, What am I doing?
Im never going to get there.
Then we spent a lot of time developing the style that we wanted Bob to fight like.
Id say, I want to see him do this kind of judo throw.
I want to hit him in the face.
I want him tohammer fistthem.
With Bob, we believed he could stomp and break a knee.
He could hammer fist and it felt more in his vocabulary.
And everybody was like, Damn, Bob.
Its likeCape Fearup in here, man!
Im not kidding you: He looks like he wants to rip their heads off, says Rementer.
And I looked at Kirk and Daniel and said, Guys, good luck.
Hes going to kick the shit out of you.
Hes not going to pull his punches.
Odenkirk, for his part, felt the burden of a certain performance anxiety.
So much rode on the bus scene, he says.
When we talked about doing an action movie, I knew I didnt want to do an ironic one.
I dont want to be cute about it.
I dont want to soften it for myself.
Like, Oh, is he really trying to sell himself as an action star?
Im not winking or being cute about it.
So yeah, I was nervous about that.
Everything was riding on us getting that right onme.
We made sure hes human.
That he gets hurt.
And gets hit in the face.
Not only does that allow the audience to connect on a different level.
It grounds the story, says Naishuller.
Bob really brought it, adds Rementer.
Thats why its such a visceral scene.
Hes screaming, drooling, ripping, punching.
He was fully committed.
Like he was going into his first cage fight.
