Probably one of the coolest movies I had the pleasure of experiencing at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival was Ilya Naishuller’s Hardcore Henry, the violently frenetic actioner that puts you, the viewer, squarely into the mix of all the insanity with its first-person POV. Produced by the always forward-thinking Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Unfriended), the film stars Haley Bennett (The Equalizer), Danila Kozlovsky, Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs), and Sharlto Copley (District 9), who also became a huge part of the process in getting Hardcore Henry successfully made.
At a recent press day for the film, Daily Dead had the chance to speak with Bekmambetov, Copley and Naishuller about their experiences working together on Hardcore Henry. The trio discussed the difficulties of telling the story via an action-driven vision, the challenge of sustaining the POV format, collaborating on the project, and how Hardcore Henry pushed their limits as a collective filmmaking unit.
Check out our video interview below and look for Hardcore Henry in theaters everywhere on Friday, April 8th, courtesy of STX Entertainment.
Heather A. Wixson was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, until she followed her dreams and moved to Los Angeles in 2009. A 14-year veteran in the world of horror entertainment journalism, Wixson fell in love with genre films at a very early age, and has spent more than a decade as a writer and supporter of preserving the history of horror and science fiction cinema. Throughout her career, Wixson has contributed to several notable websites, including Fangoria, Dread Central, Terror Tube, and FEARnet, and she currently serves as the Managing Editor for Daily Dead, which has been her home since 2013. She's also written for both Fangoria Magazine & ReMind Magazine, and her latest book project, Monsters, Makeup & Effects: Volume One will be released on October 20, 2021.
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