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By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 22 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Joe and Anthony Russo are not exactly strangers to the action genre \u2013 having directed some of the biggest blockbusters of all time in the form of four MCU flicks (including both Avengers: Infinity War<\/a> and Avengers: Endgame<\/a>).<\/p>\n

But for their new film The Gray Man<\/a>, the duo found themselves facing some new challenges, with the brothers explaining in an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com<\/a> that this kind of action required a very different process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is more grounded,\u201d Joe said. \u201cSo using the geography, the real location for the action, you know.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Marvel, it\u2019s a lot more storyboard dependent, a lot more imagination dependent, a lot more pre-vis \u2013 pre-vis is sort of a rough animation of the sequence. So those are more critical tools when you\u2019re working with Marvel.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is really getting on location with your stunt team walking around, thinking about how it can unfold. And we\u2019re also iterative with the process as we shoot, we\u2019ll revise, we\u2019ll shoot a few days, watch a cut, revise, go back, reshoot.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s an important part of the process for us. It\u2019s just making sure that before we leave, before we turn in the cameras, that we\u2019ve looked at and revised as best we can the work that we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>

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One thing that The Gray Man does have in common with their MCU work is that Chris Evans has a starring role \u2013 albeit this time he\u2019s playing a character a far cry from Captain America.<\/p>\n

Evans plays the main antagonist Lloyd Hansen \u2013 a psychopathic ex-CIA agent with a prominent moustache \u2013 and Joe Russo reckons the chance to play this sort of role was something the star relished.<\/p>\n

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Chris Evans as Lloyd Hansen in The Gray Man<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cHe went into that role moustache-first,\u201d he laughed. \u201cSo you know, \u00a0I think, one it was a blast. We love Chris \u2013 he\u2019s got an incredible range as an actor, he\u2019s very technically gifted.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it was a lot of fun to watch him, you know, not have to be the leading man, not have to carry a movie \u2013 that comes with certain responsibilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cGeorge Clooney said to us years ago, when we were working with him on a project called Welcome to Collinwood, that he was having a blast playing a character in the movie that was not the leading man, because he said, \u2018When I play leading men I have to allow everyone to steal the scenes from me. Now I get to steal scenes.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I think it was fun for Chris to play in that sandbox!\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Gray Man is available to stream on Netflix.<\/strong><\/p>\n