ThePoint Breakremake is somewhat different than the 1991 movie of the same name.

For one thing, it features more extreme sports, many of which werent even around in 1991.

Its not all different, though.

Bodhi doesnt lead a gang of bank robbers this time around, though.

Now theyre eco-terrorists trying to save the planet.

Luke Bracey plays Johnny Utah inPoint Break, with Edgar Ramirez as Bodhi.

We sat down with Bracey in Los Angeles to talk about the new Johnny Utah.

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What do all of Johnny Utahs tattoos mean and say?

I think the tattoos for Johnny Utah, its much like anything.

Johnny Utahs a young guy.

I think he got a lot of them earlier in his life and they accumulated over time.

Some of them contradict other ones.

Which ones contradict each other?

Some of them are based in order and structure.

Maybe theyre what youd call tough stickers.

How long did you learn to hold your breath for?

I kind of already knew how to hold my breath quite well.

I find diving really fun.

I cant believe that was a day at work.

Were they looking for actors who already had a background in surfing?

I have no idea but I did definitely let them know.

Thats the thing that Ericson and the producers, Andrew and Roderick did know as well.

They knew that it needed real stunts and the best athletes in the world to do it.

That commitment to the role and the movie, I certainly was 100% committed, 110% committed.

Ive never been so committed to something in my life.

So I feel quite privileged to have that experience and have it on this movie.

What was the moment you felt you crossed that line, where you were in new territory for yourself?

I think just getting the movie, to tell you the truth.

10 different countries in six months, you know.

That was such a challenge, just for anyone.

No matter if youre just going there on holiday.

Thats the challenge I found.

I know thats really you on Angel Falls, but was there some wire removal for your safety harnesses?

Yeah, I did have a wire on.

My mothers happy about that.

I love the idea that the name Utah is now a source of guilt.

Did that help you find a new way into this character?

Hes got a real weight on his shoulders you see from the start of the film.

Utahs search is finding out what his path is, that is unburdened by this.

Hes got a starting point but then hes also got an ending point.

I think he ends in a very calm and almost zen kind of place.

Do you think hes free of guilt?

I dont think anyones ever fully free of guilt.

Hes a strong-minded guy but hes a sensitive person like all of us.

Hes got strength but hes got a certain sensitivity that almost balances out the strength that he has.

With as much strength as he has, he has as much sensitivity.

To himself, to live, to the people around him.

Did you do an FBI or police ride-along as part of the training?

I wish Id got a chance to but I didnt have enough time, to tell you the truth.

They said that truly you cant pick out who is an undercover FBI agent.

They said there was this guy and that guy and there was this woman and that woman.

That was a really interesting thing to know that I was kind of liberated.

I didnt have to have the haircut.

Was the hair your choice or wardrobes?

Hes looking for structure in his life.

He really is after the chaos of what you see at the start.

Hes really searching for that structure.

Thats the whole movie.

Its Utah fighting between the one half of him that wants structure and the other half that wants chaos.

Hes still finding that.

He wanted to fit in as much but he also couldnt let go of that.

That was something Ericson and I talked about.

Ericson had pretty specific ideas on it and they matched up with mine as well.

What really struck me was as epic as the locations were, it feels really intimate.

Did you have a sense of that?

Yeah, yeah, the whole movie does have that.

They definitely are and they add their certain charms to each little scene where they take place I think.

Did you get to try the wingsuit in any capacity?

Would you be up for the further adventures of Johnny Utah?

If everyone else is, absolutely.

I feel really privileged that I got to have the experience I did making the movie.

Thats what I get out of work for me.

What I gain from everything is making the movies, the experience I have doing them.

Once I finish them, theyre no longer my movies.

For me, I just hope that people enjoy the film and have a good time.

I hope it doesnt take 20 years to invent new sports he can go undercover in.

Point Breakopens on December 25th.