ComingSoon Senior Movie News Editor Brandon Schreur spoke to Nathalie Emmanuel and Omar Sy about The Killer. Emmanuel and Sy mentioned working with John Woo on the brand new motion film, which is a remake of Woo’s 1989 movie.

“From the Oscar-winning producer of Oppenheimer, the kinetic action thriller stars Emmy nominee Nathalie Emmanuel (The Fast Saga, Game of Thrones) as Zee, a mysterious and infamous assassin known, and feared, in the Parisian underworld as the Queen of the Dead,” the synopsis for the film reads. “But when, during an assignment from her shadowy mentor and handler (Avatar’s Sam Worthington), Zee refuses to kill a blinded young woman (Diana Silvers; Ma, Booksmart) in a Paris nightclub, the decision will disintegrate Zee’s alliances, attract the attention of a savvy police investigator (Golden Globe nominee Omar Sy; Jurassic World franchise, Lupin), and plunge her into a sinister criminal conspiracy that will set her on a collision course with her own past.”

The Killer is now streaming completely on Peacock.

Brandon Schreur: First of all, I simply need to say congratulations on the film. I bought an opportunity to look at it this previous weekend and I had a lot enjoyable with it. You guys do some loopy stuff in it, it was a hoot and a half to look at.

Nathalie Emmanuel: Aw, thanks. I’m so glad you loved it.

I did, I positively did. So my query for each of you, each of you might be no stranger to motion. Nathalie, you’re within the Fast and Furious motion pictures and Game of Thrones. Omar, you’re within the Jurassic World motion pictures and a bunch of different stuff. Then you get a name from somebody like John Woo saying he desires to make an motion film with you. John Woo being one of the crucial influential, largest motion guys on this planet. What is that like? How intimidating is that and how intense is the manufacturing?

Emmanuel: I imply, yeah, it’s intense. When John Woo is like not solely, ‘Do you want to make a movie with me?’ full cease, however it’s really one in every of my most iconic motion pictures and reimagine it. You instantly really feel the form of stakes of that and how epic it’s. A remake or a reimagining to occur with the originator, himself — yeah, there aren’t any phrases. You know that you need to work onerous and you need to be one of the best you may be. The coaching and simply throwing your self in is simply so essential. Yeah, it was fairly hardcore. I nonetheless can’t fairly consider it occurred, to be trustworthy.

Omar Sy: Same, similar. Still at this time, although the film is right here and it’s actual, it’s nonetheless actually tough to appreciate what occurred. Like Nathalie mentioned, we did a film by John Woo, however it wasn’t only a film, it was The Killer remade by John Woo. It takes place in Paris, think about that for me. It’s simply unbelievable and I’m so grateful and proud to be a part of that. To see the film at this time, it’s simply nonetheless tough to appreciate.

Sure. I used to be going to ask you concerning the authentic film, too. It was enormous and iconic. I’m curious how a lot did that film function a blueprint for you guys. Were you watching it continually or did you need to make the characters your individual and do your individual factor?

Emmanuel: I positively rewatched it kind of earlier than, once I first was like, ‘Oh, I’m going to take on this function.’ I feel it was actually simply to soak up this world, the vitality, and to be impressed by the gorgeous movie that John made. I simply love that efficiency by Chow Yun-fat. I simply bought to take pleasure in it and then actually kind of went away and made Zee her personal factor. I wouldn’t need to take from one thing that’s so excellent in its personal proper. It kind of didn’t make sense for me to maintain taking in that film, however I positively watched it simply to really feel impressed and keep in mind all of the issues I cherished about it. And then see the issues that I might convey whereas actually creating one thing new for Zee and myself.