Mortal Engines: Hugo Weaving & Stephen Lang Interview

Hugo Weaving & Stephen Lang: Mortal Engines Interview

When you've got a post-apocalyptic scenario where resources are scarce on your hands, you're bound to have characters that take a more villainous approach to surviving and accomplishing their goals, and in the case of Mortal Engines, that's certainly the category that both Hugo Weaving's Valentine and Stephen Lang's Shrike fall in. Valentine is a high ranking London official who wants to see his traction city thrive, even at the expense of others, and Lang steps in as Shrike, a character who's half man and half machine built to kill, known as a "resurrected man."

The two have "big bad" written all over them, and perhaps their actions warrant the title, but neither are being evil simply for the sake of being evil. There's an added complexity to their situations as their malice comes from a place that may not be excusable, but it is understandable. I recently had the chance to sit down with Weaving and Lang to talk about their experience making Mortal Engines so opted to dive into their approaches to playing big screen villains and the value of understanding these individuals rather than just labeling them. Hear about all of that and more in this video interview.

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[mg]

These two guys are iconic villains 🙏🏽👊🏼

[mg]

Avatar and Don’t Breath plus Red Skull and V for Vendetta!!

[morganrussell]

Two of my favourite actors, awesome to see these guys together. Hope they play in more movies together 💖💯