I was like, “You’ve gotta record this, man! Look at this! This is crazy!” So, I convinced him to, and he took out his phone and recorded some video. You don’t feel any pain, right when your arm breaks open, so I was just like, “Oh, my god! Jesus, sorry! I’m okay!” (Director) Dave ran up and was like, “Are you okay?!,” and he was terrified. They were really, really upset and worried that it happened, but I was flooded with adrenalin, right when it happened. Basically, I ended up going through the rear window of a taxi cab and getting 31 stitches. So, he broke through our cones and the cops, and double-parked right in the middle of where we were shooting. In New York City, you have the United Nations, so there’s diplomats driving around and they can break the law. To make a long story short, a diplomat broke through our lock-up. It was a perfect storm of a lot of things all going wrong, at once. I should start off by saying that everyone on the set, from the director on down, was very safety conscious. GORDON-LEVITT: There was a bit of an accident. Then, I realized that they’re all tied together. In the past, when I saw bike messengers, I would just see them as individuals. RAMIREZ: There’s a genuine respect that they have for one another. There’s a real culture and ethic around messengers, but also just people who are into bikes and that ride bikes. GORDON-LEVITT: What stood out to me was the sense of community. What most surprised you about bike culture and bike messengers? The training was actually completely different than doing an action film, where you can just go in and do your action sequences. You had to get your scene across and still be going really fast, in the midst of being in the middle of New York City. So, a lot of the training that we did – and we trained for six weeks prior to actually going to New York City and training there – was just a lot of endurance ‘cause you couldn’t run out of breath. We had all the dialogue, while we were riding bikes. RAMIREZ: You have to take into consideration that this is a film where, most of the movie, we’re riding bikes. And riding a bike around New York City, all summer, sounded just like the perfect thing. 50/50 is a movie about a guy fighting cancer, who’s body is giving up on him, and this was a character who was very strong and confident in his body. JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT: I was in the middle of shooting 50/50, the first time that I read the script for Premium Rush, and it was very different. So, I had to go in and audition, and then they brought me back to do a chemistry read with Joe. But, at the time, Joe was attached to star in it, and I knew that David Koepp was directing, and I was a fan of his writing, in the past. Question: How did you each get involved with this film? Was it brought to you, or had you been looking to do a straight-action film?ĭANIA RAMIREZ: For me, when my agents and reps send me a script, I read it through, just for the story purpose of it, and then I read it again to think of my character and see if it’s something that I’m interested in bringing to life. Check out what they had to say after the jump. Gordon-Levitt also talked about his feature directorial debut Don Jon’s Addiction, what makes Christopher Nolan and Steven Spielberg both such amazing filmmakers, and what’s up next for his production company, Hit Record. But, when his last envelope of the day becomes more than he bargained for, a routine run turns into a life or death chase through the streets of Manhattan.Īt the film’s press day, Collider participated in both a press conference and 2-on-1 interview with co-stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Dania Ramirez, who talked about what attracted them to the project, the level of confidence you have to have in order to be a successful bike messenger, what surprised them most about bike culture, how much of the stunts they actually got to do themselves, and working with Michael Shannon as a crazed villain. Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is the best in New York, dodging speeding cars, crazed cabbies and inconsiderate pedestrians, all to make a delivery to its proper destination. Premium Rush is a high-adrenalin action thriller set in the world of bike messengers.
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