When Gunpowder Milkshake hits Netflix on July 14, the action thriller will have audiences looking at libraries in a whole new light. After being abandoned by her assassin mother at age 12, Sam (Karen Gillan) becomes a hitwoman marching to the beat of her own drum – until a mission gone wrong forces her to seek refuge with her mother’s old crew, the Librarians.
Angela Bassett and Carla Gugino, who play two of the Librarians, spoke to Screen Rant about the intense training, world-building and relationship dynamics that went into the world of Gunpowder Milkshake.
Angela, Anna May has some resentment towards Sam's mom, Scarlet, in the film for ghosting the Librarians. How does Anna May view Sam when she comes into the picture?
Angela Bassett: She's suspect of her. She's a woman who doesn't understand or appreciate loyalty, so Anna May is very frustrated with her and is not cutting her any slack whatsoever.
But thankfully, better heads prevail. She wears her heart on her sleeve, and she has her girls who help her think better about that.
Carla, Madeleine is probably the most accepting of Sam when she arrives the Library. Can you talk to me about Madeleine's relationship with Scarlet?
Carla Gugino: I think that ultimately, when Scarlet was with us and we were a foursome, there was this sisterhood for sure. I think we all learned our trade together, and obviously, the three of us have gone underground and Scarlet has gone rogue.
I think that Madeleine is more forgiving of Scarlet, for sure, than Anna May is. But that's also because they had a more complicated relationship, and I think Madeleeine is always trying to smooth surfaces. And Madeleine has a soft spot for kids, so I think that she was probably the one who sat and watched Sam when she was little; when her mom was off doing something. I think that she's a little bit like a kid herself in that way.
Another thing about this film is the action and the training. The stunt training on this must have been intense, especially with those tomahawks. Can you talk to me a little bit about the training that went into bringing these characters to life?
Carla Gugino: Sure. Laurent and Sébastien were our stunt coordinators, who had done Lucy, and they're amazing. I felt in really good hands.
The tomahawk fight sequence was intense, for sure. Also, just because it's so strange to do something with one arm. It's was odd, even just balance wise. It's interesting. And so a lot of that was realizing how can this dance work? How can these moves work, where I actually feel like I'm in control of them, and it's not controlling me?
But it is interesting. We've been talking a lot about how it is like a dance, in the sense that once those moves get into your body, then you can actually inhabit it in a different way. And it informed a lot of how I played Madeleine, in regards to what her history was - just getting in my body in that way.
Angela, the world building in this film is brilliant, and Navot did a fantastic job of creating the mythology of the world. Can you talk to me about the collaboration process of working with him, and what you took away from his directing style?
Angela Bassett: Navot is just a big, old softie. He's full of love and appreciation for filmmaking, for collaboration, for women. I mean, he wrote this piece, he cast this piece. He called us, and he was so enthusiastic about who I was as an actor; someone he had been watching, and I imagine the other ladies as well.
He crafted this entire world, and then it was such a beautiful set that he was appreciative of. A lot of times you go into this world, and there's so much action, so he built these incredible sets. But for us, the group of actors that he brought together, being aware of the history and the relationships of how this woman and this woman and this woman and this child relate was important to us.
So, I think it was just grand and wonderful that he brought together a group of people who each cared about that, were able to talk about that, and were able to add to the equation that he had already set up.
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