The actor-producer sits down with The Hollywood Reporter, alongside Walker Scobell, to talk 'old-school' movies and why coming in under budget is such a point of pride.
The story follows a time-traveling pilot who teams up with his younger self and his late father to come to terms with his past while saving the future. The script was penned by Jonathan Tropper, T.S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin. But about that magic: Levy, Reynolds, their team of producers and casting director Carmen Cuba saw hundreds of young actors to find the perfect pint-sized Reynolds, eventually landing on Scobell, who is making his acting debut.
Speaking of magic, wow, what a debut for Walker. I was shocked that this was your first movie because you’re such a natural opposite Ryan Reynolds. How did you get the part?: In January 2020, I went to an acting camp and I did a showcase at the end. From that, I got a manager who sent me out on a couple of auditions. That led to me getting an agent and then, during COVID, I did probably eight auditions per week. Sometime in mid-August, I got to audition for this.
At that point, I was just excited to meet a casting director. I thought this is awesome. But then I got called back again to read with Shawn Levy. I was freaking out because I had rewatched all themovies the night before. It was like, “Well, that was cool. At least I got to meet Shawn Levy.” But then, I got another call to read with Ryan. That was really scary because I watched the: He knows them verbatim. Literally, I’m not kidding.
Walker really has the ability to toggle back and forth between hiding behind maladaptive coping mechanisms of humor while also being able to suddenly become very emotional, real and vulnerable in these scenes. It blew us away. We wanted to capture it in a bottle and start shooting immediately but we had to wait another four months. It drove us crazy because we just wanted to dive into the sandbox and play.: I’m not privy to the wider net, which was hundreds and hundreds.
Jennifer Garner, Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell and Netflix’s Ted Sarandos catch up during a special screening for: Definitely the scene where we ate the eggs. I loved those eggs. That’s probably why I felt so comfortable. It was so good. I almost emailed them after just to send me some eggs home. It was so good.: The first time you’re in a film set, you’re like, “Wait, there’s free food? Oh, wow, this is amazing.”: We were like, “Do not lose another tooth.
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