Boyd Holbrook Almost Turned Down 'The Fugitive' Dr. Richard Kimble
Boyd Holbrook opened up about The Predator, Logan, and Narcos. In his latest interview, the actor also revealed why he almost turned down The Fugitive.
After completing a feature movie and two television series, Holbrook was aware of the perfect time to chart The Fugitive and move on from portraying Dr. Richard Kimble's character. However, Quibi's The Fugitive allowed Holbrook's character Mike Ferro to do so.
Ferro's character was accused of wrongfully and convicted for integrating a bomb on a subway train. Detective Clay Bryce's character ensured that things get worse for Ferro as he tracks him constantly in Los Angeles.
It is Quibi’s The Fugitive because of which Holbrook decided to went ahead with the project otherwise he would have denied the role of Dr. Richard Kimble, the character Harrison Ford and David Janssen made popular in the 60s.
Holbrook explained to The Hollywood Reporter that being an actor one invests a lot of time, effort, and energy in creating such characters that will eventually help the plotline and storytelling process. The 38-year-old actor admitted that going further with the same character felt like wasting time.
“And on this project, in particular, yes, we are taking that property, that IP, that theme of the classic underdog story where an innocent man is trying to prove his innocence. But the new iteration of that is basically what we’re doing today in our culture of news cycles,” the actor explained.
The In the Shadow of the Moon star continued that a single headline might simply turn one's life inside out. Holbrook also reflected on his performance in The Predator and shared his experience. The actor admitted that the first installment of the film was difficult to handle.
Holbrook revealed in a conversation with the outlet about his character development for Donald Pierce in Logan, the experience of Gone Girl, and how Narcos will endure. The actor acknowledged that Quibi is a different online streaming platform.
He disclosed that when an unconventional offer to air his work on smartphones in chucks was presented, he recalled his experience working on Narcos and Netflix. The Hamptons International Film Festival winner is optimistic about the technology and how it is evolving the process of filmmaking.
The actor said that the seven-eight-minute segment was shot exactly like any other feature film or television show. However, Holbrook credited the director Stephen Hopkins for molding the footage into small episodes.