Daryl McCormack - Full Interview From the 'Twisters' Premiere
Category
✨
PeopleTranscript
00:00I'm so good. This is my first LA premiere.
00:03First time premiering a movie in LA.
00:06And you got Brisket. I got Brisket over here.
00:09I met Brisket the first day he came into Glenn's arms.
00:13So this is all full circle. You've been beat on by Brisket, haven't you? I have.
00:17Probably. If I can remember, yeah.
00:21It was a while ago. You're in Twisters.
00:24Forget about me. You're in Twisters. I know. It's fun.
00:27It's a lot of fun. I mean, I love the first movie.
00:31And then coming back around, having this reboot made by Isaac
00:35was just something that felt so fun and unique.
00:39So to be a part of it is just something amazing.
00:41Like a legacy. Yeah. This is a legacy.
00:44And the first cast, the original cast is so, you know, you have
00:47Philip Seymour Hoffman, you have Helen Hunt.
00:50And so to have our own, you'd hope that we come up with our own iconic cast.
00:54But yeah, it's it's awesome to be a part of this.
00:56I got to work with Daisy.
00:57Yeah, I'm such a I'm such a fan of Daisy.
01:00We have mutual friends. It's been.
01:02That makes sense. It's been a long time coming.
01:04She's like an adopted daughter of Ireland because she's done
01:07such a good Irish accent. And she's not Irish.
01:11No, she's fully Irish, fully Irish.
01:12We're claiming her. We're claiming her.
01:15So what's the next big franchise you want to be a part of?
01:18Well, I'm going to be part of Knives Out.
01:21Was my next question. Yes.
01:23So tell me everything.
01:24That is the franchise I am part of right now.
01:27Yeah, we are in the middle of shooting it in London right now.
01:30And what do you get to work with the most?
01:33Oh, I'm working a lot with Daniel and Josh.
01:37I'm working a lot with all of them.
01:39And I get to work with Josh Brolin.
01:42Josh O'Connor, Josh Brolin.
01:44All the all the great Josh's. Yeah.
01:46So it's it's amazing.
01:48I think we're a few weeks into the shoot already.
01:49So but Ryan's amazing.
01:52I mean, it's kind of.
01:53Yeah, I can't say a lot, but it's.
01:55You can tell me everything.
01:57Who gave you your first feature in Variety?
02:01Who gave you your first feature in Variety?
02:04I think it was COVID, right?
02:05We were in COVID then.
02:07Yeah, I remember when.
02:09Yeah, Leo Grant came out in twenty twenty two.
02:13Twenty two. Yeah.
02:15So you get a do you get a call from who do you get a call from about
02:19Knives Out? Who calls?
02:22So, yeah, I met I met Ryan.
02:25He came to London.
02:26I had a meeting with him and then basically saw me in a play.
02:30And that was that was kind of it.
02:32And actually he came to see the play.
02:34And my agent was like, you know, Ryan's coming to see the play.
02:36And he might say hello afterwards.
02:37You might not.
02:39And then he called my address and say hello.
02:41He offered you a role.
02:42Yeah, he did. And he offered me a role.
02:44So, I mean, it's one of those things where, you know, my my career
02:48is still very much at the beginning phases and to get
02:51beginning phases.
02:52Emma Thompson, Twister's
02:57Daniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, Josh Brolin.
03:02OK, tell me about your first day on set with Daniel Craig, though.
03:05What is going through your head?
03:08So I I've heard.
03:11Well, first of all, he's a gentleman and he is such an amazing actor.
03:16Incredible to see what he's actually doing in this film.
03:19It's just like he really is an amazing, amazing actor.
03:22And he's just a good he's a good laugh.
03:25Him and Josh are such a great combo.
03:27Which Josh? Josh O'Connor.
03:30They are a great combo together.
03:32They just have so much fun and they set such a great mood on set.
03:35Josh playing the new boyfriend? No.
03:38No, Josh is not playing the new boyfriend.
03:42Are you playing the new boyfriend?
03:43I can say, but no, they're great.
03:46And and I I've heard apparently Josh O'Connor told me
03:50that Daniel Craig said to him that I'd make a good bond.
03:57You don't just drop that.
03:59No, I'm kidding. No, you're not.
04:00No, you're not.
04:01This is the new bond, everybody.
04:03Have you met with Barbara Broccoli yet?
04:05Say shaken, not stirred.
04:07What is the line?
04:07No, I don't. I've forgotten it.
04:09I don't know.
04:10James, who actually have met Barbara.
04:12But yeah.
04:13What did you meet Barbara for?
04:14Oh, no, at a dinner, but like a group dinner.
04:17With who? Just a bunch of people.
04:19Other James Bond producers.
04:20Yeah, exactly. All of the James Bond.
04:22Did you come in a tuxedo with a shaker and a martini glass?
04:26Yeah, exactly.
04:28And no, it was a dinner amongst a bunch of people.
04:31Not not a business, not a not a business dinner.
04:33So you want to play James Bond, right?
04:36Do you know anything on record from me?
04:39You just said Daniel Craig.