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”Beast” - roaring to success with Baltasar Kormákur, director of award winning indie films and huge studio movies


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Today, Giles Alderson & Dom Lenoir welcome director/producer/actor Baltasar Kormákur to the show. He has made films such as Contraband (2012), 2 Guns (2013), Everest (2015) and Beast (2022) and has worked with star-actors such as Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Jason Clarke and Idris Elba to name a few.

He sits down with our hosts to chat about:

  • being on set
  • the difficulties of shooting on location
  • making and starring in his debut feature film
  • how he put his own money into making his debut
  • navigating between Hollywood and indie films
  • directing tips
  • his learnings over the years
  • working with star actors like Denzel Washington
  • shooting with a CGI lion vs a real lion
  • working in the studio system
  • Baltasar was very honest about his journey. We know you’ll love this. So sit back, relax and listen to this week’s episode with the rather fantastic Baltasar Kormákur.

    … and for fans of the “Prey”-episode outro, do stick around until the end…

     

    BEAST is out now!

    A father and his two teenage daughters find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the Savanna has but one apex predator.

     

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