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<v Speaker 1>Lad with.

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<v Speaker 2>Levin k left behind a decorated military career in the

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<v Speaker 2>Black Ops to live a simple life working construction. But

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<v Speaker 2>when his boss's daughter, who was like family to him,

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<v Speaker 2>is taken by human traffickers, his search to bring her

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<v Speaker 2>home uncovers a world of corruption far greater than he

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<v Speaker 2>could have imagined. So sets the stage for the new

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<v Speaker 2>movie A Working Man starring Jason Statham, now in theaters.

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<v Speaker 3>You should have put to the left and be dead.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh you dead, you'd be dead.

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<v Speaker 1>From the director of The Beekeeper, a nineteen year old

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<v Speaker 1>cost Kidnam.

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<v Speaker 3>She's a good kid. She's a great kid. She's like

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<v Speaker 3>family to me.

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<v Speaker 4>Come went back to five and this is you have a.

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<v Speaker 1>Trafficking I'm gonna find a better go for long? How

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<v Speaker 1>do they get to work?

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<v Speaker 3>To work? So it cuts you around heart, Good luck,

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<v Speaker 3>get the work, Jason Statha, Oh that is not doing.

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<v Speaker 1>People whose mommy dressesn't funny.

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<v Speaker 2>Work.

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<v Speaker 3>Look at those bricks. You're a working man. That's right.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's play.

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<v Speaker 2>And i'd so please to be joined by its writer

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<v Speaker 2>and director David Ayir. David a pleasure to talk to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for coming on tonight.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you so much for having me, David, You.

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<v Speaker 2>Along with Sylvester Stallone, wrote A working Man, and given that,

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<v Speaker 2>I've seen The beat Keeper also with Jason Statham, I've

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<v Speaker 2>also seen Suicide Squad that you directed. I've seen Training

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<v Speaker 2>Day squat The Fast and Furious that you wrote. I

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<v Speaker 2>say all that to say, you know a little something

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<v Speaker 2>about action movies and what works. What are some of

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<v Speaker 2>the rules that you swear by in making a good

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<v Speaker 2>action movie.

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<v Speaker 4>I think it's also having a lot of heart in it.

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<v Speaker 4>It's having great characters, you know, so that when the

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<v Speaker 4>action kicks off, we care about who's doing it and

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<v Speaker 4>why it's happening. And in this case, you know, Jason's

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<v Speaker 4>really the king of the genre. I mean, he's his

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<v Speaker 4>own action genre. And just giving him the opportunity to

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<v Speaker 4>show up as an actor and really have some love

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<v Speaker 4>on screen and really give him a righteous mission, I

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<v Speaker 4>think is what sets this film apart.

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<v Speaker 2>In watching A working Man, and you kind of hinted

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<v Speaker 2>at it right there, I'm reminded of this rapport that

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<v Speaker 2>you have with Jason Stathan, but also Michael Penia. What

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<v Speaker 2>is it that you like about working with them individually

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<v Speaker 2>or even collectively.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, if Jason it's this is a guy that

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<v Speaker 4>does his own stunts. This is a guy that has

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<v Speaker 4>an encyclopedic knowledge of action. He's been doing this a

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<v Speaker 4>long time and he's really good at it. And the

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<v Speaker 4>thing that I've learned is just how good of an

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<v Speaker 4>actor he is and how much heart and soul he has.

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<v Speaker 4>And it was a great thing to team him up

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<v Speaker 4>with such a strong actor like Michael Penya, who is

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<v Speaker 4>just an incredible actor, really strong. He can take a

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<v Speaker 4>room over, take the scene over, and he just grounds everything.

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<v Speaker 4>So anytime I can put actors like that together, you

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<v Speaker 4>know you can see the result.

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<v Speaker 3>Jenny's missing, What do you mean missing?

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<v Speaker 4>Sure?

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<v Speaker 3>Friends?

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<v Speaker 4>On fri.

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<v Speaker 3>Saturday, we were worried, so we called the cops. And

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<v Speaker 3>then that's on the.

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<v Speaker 4>She had a piano.

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<v Speaker 3>Side on something like we invited half our family.

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<v Speaker 2>My cousin Degnor is a police captain in Philly, and

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<v Speaker 2>she says, they don't work these cases.

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<v Speaker 3>They take a report and forget about it. Can you

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<v Speaker 3>help us, like and keep you sut of running swool?

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<v Speaker 3>No help us find Jack? My dad was green Bray.

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<v Speaker 1>Come.

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<v Speaker 3>I can see you guys coming a mile away. You

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<v Speaker 3>want bad guys? You bought the planes you get those

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<v Speaker 3>bad guys? How much different person?

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<v Speaker 2>Now, since you mentioned Jason Statham and how he does

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<v Speaker 2>his own stunts, how does an idea for an action scene,

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<v Speaker 2>be it in A Working Man or any other movie?

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<v Speaker 2>For you completely that sophisticated fight choreography? How does it

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<v Speaker 2>go from the page to the Do you just leave

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<v Speaker 2>the section blank and say, okay, insert Jason fight choreography

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<v Speaker 2>or is it more sophisticated? What type of direction do

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<v Speaker 2>you give?

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<v Speaker 4>You know, you try and create kind of the atmosphere

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<v Speaker 4>and tone in the script itself, but then it always

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<v Speaker 4>takes on a life of its own. And I don't

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<v Speaker 4>think people understand how much work goes into these things.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, the stunt team gets together early on in

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<v Speaker 4>the process before you shoot, and they'll just experiment and

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<v Speaker 4>they'll videotape it and they'll cut things together, and you

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<v Speaker 4>go and you watch and you give notes, and everybody

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<v Speaker 4>has ideas and you know, maybe we can throw a

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<v Speaker 4>bag of cement at this guy. Why don't we throw

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<v Speaker 4>a bucket of nails? So everyone's kind of adding to it.

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<v Speaker 4>And then once you're on set, that's where it really

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<v Speaker 4>comes to life, and that's where the challenge is because

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<v Speaker 4>it's it's hard, you know, you shoot this stuff over days.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a lot of punches, a lot of repeats, and

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<v Speaker 4>there's Jason in the middle of it doing everything.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyone who's seen your work or knows your work knows

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<v Speaker 2>that there's going to be a lot of action, as

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<v Speaker 2>I talked about. Anyone who's seen ad Jason state Atham's

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<v Speaker 2>work knows that there's a lot of action. But a

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<v Speaker 2>working man. Although it is definitely an action movie, tell

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<v Speaker 2>me if I'm wrong, I would say it's equally about family.

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<v Speaker 2>Not to say that it's a family movie, but the

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<v Speaker 2>theme of family is ever present, is it not.

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<v Speaker 4>That's exactly it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 4>Jason is this you know, troubled guy with the past

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<v Speaker 4>who gets adopted by this loving family that takes him

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<v Speaker 4>in and gives him opportunity and helps him rebuild himself.

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<v Speaker 4>And we love them for that. So when it comes

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<v Speaker 4>his turn to help them, we're really rooting for that

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<v Speaker 4>to happen. We're really rooting for him to bring their

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<v Speaker 4>daughter back, you know, who is like his daughter. And

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<v Speaker 4>even the bad guys have their families and their relationships

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<v Speaker 4>and their history and their rules and their traditions, and

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<v Speaker 4>I think that's just part of the human side of things.

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<v Speaker 4>And when you can bring that to a film and

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<v Speaker 4>have some incredible action, I think you're going to get

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<v Speaker 4>a really satisfying experience for the audience.

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<v Speaker 2>Dodible action, no doubt. And there was a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>heartfelt moments in the movie which actually surprised me. But

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<v Speaker 2>was there anything which surprised you either in the writing,

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<v Speaker 2>creation or the filming of the movie which you said, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I thought I had what idea going in, but now

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<v Speaker 2>it's something else.

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<v Speaker 4>I would say. It's Ariana Reeves, who plays Jenny, the

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<v Speaker 4>girl that gets kidnapped. I always saw Jenny as a fighter,

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<v Speaker 4>as someone that could fight back, but Ariana brought this

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<v Speaker 4>level of humor and presence in spirit to the role

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<v Speaker 4>that I wasn't expecting, and by the end of it,

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<v Speaker 4>you almost believe that she could rescue Jason.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you know when you are screen testing actors

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<v Speaker 2>beyond those you've worked with that someone has that special

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<v Speaker 2>quality or can deliver a particular scene in your mind,

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<v Speaker 2>or they're just reading some sides. But how do you

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<v Speaker 2>know you have the right actor or actress?

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<v Speaker 4>You know it's it's something you know when you see it,

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<v Speaker 4>I really feel. And it's one of the toughest parts

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<v Speaker 4>of the process is casting, because there's all these incredible

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<v Speaker 4>people and they really put their heart and soul in it,

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<v Speaker 4>and you have to narrow it down to a few

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<v Speaker 4>choices and then ultimately one choice. But it's every role

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<v Speaker 4>requires this own special thing and sometimes you don't know

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<v Speaker 4>what that is until you actually see it and you go, Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>there it is. That's the person, and that's what happened

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<v Speaker 4>with Adriana.

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<v Speaker 2>He is David Ayer, writer and director for the new

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<v Speaker 2>movie A Working Man starring Jason Statham, now in theaters. David,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you so much for coming on tonight and I

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<v Speaker 2>can't wait for everyone else to see it as well.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a good one.

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<v Speaker 4>Thank you so much for having me.

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<v Speaker 3>You're listening too.

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<v Speaker 2>Later with Moe Kelly on demand from KFI AM six

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