”Beast” - roaring to success with Baltasar Kormákur, director of award winning indie films and huge studio movies

Aug 29, 2022

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Today, Giles Alderson & Dom Lenoir welcome director/producer/actor Baltasar Kormákur to the show. He has made films such as Contraband (2012), 2 Guns (2013), Everest (2015) and Beast (2022) and has worked with star-actors such as Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Jason Clarke and Idris Elba to name a few.

He sits down with our hosts to chat about:

being on set
the difficulties of shooting on location
making and starring in his debut feature film
how he put his own money into making his debut
navigating between Hollywood and indie films
directing tips
his learnings over the years
working with star actors like Denzel Washington
shooting with a CGI lion vs a real lion
working in the studio system

Baltasar was very honest about his journey. We know you’ll love this. So sit back, relax and listen to this week’s episode with the rather fantastic Baltasar Kormákur.

… and for fans of the “Prey”-episode outro, do stick around until the end…

BEAST is out now!

A father and his two teenage daughters find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the Savanna has but one apex predator.

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