The premise ofCentral Intelligencecertainly lends itself to this kind of scale.
Its a lot of action, Kevin Hart said later.
Its definitely what you want to do when you have the idea of doing an action film.
But to step up your game and just come off of just as good as he does.
Action movie veteran Dwayne Johnson described the action as fantastic, and praised Thurbers approach.
He really wanted to verify we were rooted in some holy shit bang out of action.
That was music to my ears.
So the joke was fat Jason Bourne.
I think the joke is different, Thurber said.
I think its actually better.
It was such a sweet endearing way to play the character and I couldnt imagine it another way.
We witnessed some of this in the scene being filmed while we were there.
Those are the thematic guide rails that we have been on in the film.
Tom Hanks inBigwas a big reference for us, Johnson said.
A little Bill Murray inWhat About Bob?.
And there was definitely evidence of that.
We passed through the wardrobe department, which was covered in photos of 90s clothing and hairstyles.
With the 90s, its the fanny pack, he loves Public Enemy, loves90210.
Continuously quotes things throughout the 90s, Johnson said.
But there is a switch when bad guys come around.
He gets down to business.
Theres so much fun and constructing this thing, working with Kevin, making sure our characters are balanced.
Working with Rawson too has been great.
It reminds me how fun the job can be.
Its like, Okay what from the 90s did we love?
We loved the Ghetto Boys, you name it.
Throwing all these quotes out.
Kevin Hart cautioned that the movie doesnt go too overboard with the nostalgia factor, though.
As far as the flashbacks go, you dont want to go too crazy.
I think you want to keep it grounded, Hart said.
You believe the guy, you believe our relationship.
I wouldnt want to do anything that deters people from paying attention to what they are supposed to.
But inCentral Intelligenceits a different level of that.
Well have more from Rawson Marshall Thurber, Kevin Hart, and Dwayne Johnson onCentral Intelligencein the coming weeks.
Central Intelligenceopens on June 17th.
