Wagner Moura Isn’t Quite Sure What He Can and Can’t Say About His Mysterious Sci-Fi Thriller last house. But the Oscar-nominated actor recently admitted that it’s on him. “They sent me a list of things,” he says of Netflix. “To be honest, I haven’t read it.”
It makes sense, considering Maura is busier than ever. After becoming widely recognized for his multi-character performance in the hit Brazilian film secret agentIt seems like everyone wants a piece of the 50-year-old. He’s currently zooming in from France, where he’s doing a stage production, and once it’s over, he’s staying abroad to shoot his villainous role in Bradley Cooper’s film. ocean 11 Prequel. He will then turn cameras on his latest directorial effort. There is also discussion of X-Men and James Bond.
First, he has to figure out how to sell last house. director fast xMoura and others star in Louis Leterrier’s new film past life‘ Greta Lee as Jason and Ann Delgado, who, along with their two young children, are suddenly locked in their home, with no chance of escape. The quartet must band together to survive the lack of resources and the threat that keeps them inside.
“It was a film I had never done before,” Maura says. gq. “I usually do heavier stuff, or political movies, or movies that aren’t appropriate for my sons to watch. And it brought me back to the Steven Spielberg movies of the ’80s. Yes, there’s something magical happening, but, at its core, like any other good movie, it’s about humans.”
Ahead of last houseDebuting on Netflix August 7, we caught up with Maura for her first extensive conversation about the secret project. Highly regarded actor discussed last house‘Covid-19’s echo, working closely with Cooper of the ocean prequel, and why he’s loving the rumors about what his next superhero role could be.
GQ: I’m glad people are clicking on this article to read our conversation last houseBut, after watching the movie just now, I think it will be more fun if you watch it with a completely cool mind.
Wagner Moura: Sometimes I think that trailers give away so much these days. It’s the best feeling, watching a great movie and not knowing anything about it. a movie i saw exactly like that math question. I was in a shopping mall in my hometown, Salvador, and I was like, I am going to watch a movieAnd I looked at everything and it was like, Oh, nothing good. What is this thing…the matrix? And then it blew me away. I saw another similar movie American Beauty. I was like, ok, let’s try it. And the poster wasn’t good, because it had a girl naked in a rose bath, and I don’t know why I went into that.
This is one of your first interviews about this Last house. How do you prepare to promote a film with so many mysteries and twists? He also gave me a list of things not to talk about.
I don’t know, let’s see. (laughs.) This is the first time I’ve had to deal with this. He also sent me a list of things. To be honest, I haven’t read it. But there are a lot of things I can talk about, like how the film impressed me when I read the script. I don’t know if it’s something they don’t want me to talk about—again, I have no idea, I haven’t read the list; Maybe I’ll get a surprise later. COVID was terrible in Brazil, because a lot of people were dying, but I have three sons, and I spent a lot of time at home with my family. I had never stayed with my family for so long, and I was able to really see each of them, spend time, talk, laugh, watch movies, and cry. The film is about family, about families coming together and living together and understanding each other’s weaknesses. And that’s the thing that really resonated with me when I read the script.
