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My part of an art trade with the wonderful @albaharu 💜

ollverphelps asked: Mr. Kidd or Solomon Lane?

Ashes to Ashes

Sean Harris

ollverphelps asked: Mr. Kidd or Solomon Lane?

I’m trying to resonate concrete.

Christopher McQuarrie: Sean Harris, when he took this job, he said “Promise me you’ll kill me. Just promise me you’re gonna kill me, because I don’t want to be in five of these movies”. So I came up to him and said “Sean, I don’t know how to tell you this, man… It’s not up to you. It’s not up to me. I mean… I love you. Imagine if I didn’t like you! If the audience likes you… you’ve got a twin brother you don’t know about, or a clone, or a prequel, you’re coming back. It’s just in the writing - you’re coming back if they want you”.[…]

Interviewer: So the rage that Solomon Lane feels in the end when he’s firing bullets futilely into the glass…

Christopher McQuarrie: … is Sean Harris going “You motherf… Why didn’t you kill me?! You promised you would kill me! I can’t believe I’m gonna be back for five more of these films!”

Interviewer: And, of course, the Solomon Lane prequels and the spin-offs and the Solomon Lane: Origins and…

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Frederick Schmidt