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"I just wanted her to kill 200 guys" Roth on casting Cate Blanchett for 'Borderlands'

5/7/202615 min

This episode was originally released on August 2, 2024. Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Florian Munteanu, Édgar Ramírez, and director Eli Roth sit down with FD correspondent Mark Ellis to talk about their upcoming movie 'Borderlands'. The cast shared how the movie stayed true to the game, what drew them to their character, the cast dynamics, and so much more.

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Clips

Kevin Chooses Honesty Over Hype
Cate Blanchett, Unleashed
Pizza Versus Peak Physique
5 A.M. Gym Accountability
Where Is Claptrap, Eli?
Director Can’t Stop Acting
The Splash Scene Struggle

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

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  2. Speaker 10:29

    [upbeat music] Brave vault hunter. You've come in search of the secret lost Vault of Pandora.

  3. Kevin Hart· Guest0:40

    You ready to kick some ass?

  4. Jamie Lee Curtis· Guest0:42

    Okay, let's go.

  5. Kevin Hart· Guest0:42

    Hey, hey, hey.

  6. Jamie Lee Curtis· Guest0:43

    [upbeat music] Great.

  7. Mark Ellis· Host0:48

    [grunts] Hello, everyone. I am Mark Ellis, and this is the Big Ticket Interview with Borderlands. We're here at San Diego Comic-Con, and I have two couches full of A-listers, and I'm just thrilled to be in the middle of it. Let's do a quick show of hands. How many of y'all actually played the Borderlands games before signing on to the movie? I see Florian, I see Eli thinking about it. You were the first hand up, Jamie Lee Curtis.

  8. Jamie Lee Curtis· Guest1:13

    I'm, I'm the mother of a gamer. Of when, of course I've played Border- [laughs] I've played every game. Uh, we were talking about, you know, I'm, I'm that gir- I'm that woman.

  9. Mark Ellis· Host1:21

    So were you aware of your character before you actually were approached- No ... for the role?

  10. Jamie Lee Curtis· Guest1:25

    No, no, no. I was not deep into the canon of the- [laughs] ... of the game

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