Den of Geek: How long have you been in New York doing press?
Miles Teller:I got up here Wednesday, so its day five.
I really find my stride on day five.
You worked with Todd Phillips before onProject X, so did this fall into place more organically?
Did he contact you directly or tell you anything about it beforehand?
Like Ive said, I always wanted to work with Todd.
Todd spoke earlier at the press conference about all the different locations.
Is that fairly easy to do at this point?
That movie does stick out for me.
There is a certain amount of chaos.
I think it does add something to the performances.
Did you know Jonah before doing this, even in passing?
I auditioned for21 Jump StreetI was vying for the Dave Franco part.
I think we met once at Todds office.
As actors, did you find that you had very similar methods of working?
Its always interesting with acting.
You have this huge history in the movie and youre not really getting that much time to create that.
And I think I found that to be his confidence.
David at the beginning of the movie is really lacking at confidence in any kind of direction.
He doesnt really have much of a plan.
That was really what it was, figuring out whats the counterpoint to what Jonah was doing.
I met him into the process.
We were already a week into filming.
I didnt talk to him beforehand.
I was just curious to see whats your relationship with Efraim like now?
What was it like working with Todd on that and finding the right level of humor?
Was it really obvious what was working while you were doing your scenes with Jonah?
He was there for all the wardrobe fittings.
I wanted to ask about the actress who played your wife, Ana.
Yeah, real babies.
I wont work with babies or animals for a while, but yeah, shes great, man.
Watching a movie like this and the different pieces involved, its impressive how its all put together.
So much happens after you leave the set.
I mean, you get an idea of set-pieces.
As an actor, you walk on, and you just know what it reads like on the script.
Usually youre not seeing that set until you walk on that day, and all these sets were great.
There are absolutely moments in this movie where you feel like youre on a big action movie.
But nah, you dont really know what it looks like or how theyre shooting it.
You dont know the pace of it until you watch it.
Once I saw it, I felt like Todds just really nailed that stuff.
I thought the movie, visually, was pretty incredible and I loved the soundtrack.
I thought the soundtrack was really great.
He got some great songs on there but Im bummed he didnt use War Pigs by Black Sabbath.
Maybe that was too obvious.
Youve been working pretty steadily over the last few years.
So with movies likeFantastic Four, did you know how it would come out while making it?
Do you worry about that stuff?
The script was great.
Wow, great cast.
Who are the producers?
Simon Kinberg and Hutch Parker… guys who have done a lot.
So when you get involved with a project, do you always want it to be more collaborative?
Yeah, I always want to be more involved.
Im really looking forward toBleed for This.
How was that process preparing for a boxing movie?
War Dogsopens theatrically on Friday, Aug. 19 with previews on Thursday night.
