Come on!
WIGRAM: Once we figured out that we wanted to go with the younger version of this...
...and really make it a fresh new thing, and do an origin story...
...Henry seemed like the obvious first choice for Napoleon Solo.
And Armie felt like the right person for Kuryakin.
RITCHIE: Henry just works as Napoleon. He captured...
...a Bond-esque attitude.
Jack Deveny. Checking in.
Like other projects I've done, I wanted to make this my own thing...
...as opposed to inadvertently copying someone else's performance.
I wanted to build my own character from the script.
If I had 15 minutes, we'd drink tea, eat biscuits...
...I'd talk, you'd laugh.
Unfortunately, I don't.
Who are you, and what do you want?
My name is Napoleon Solo.
WIGRAM: Napoleon Solo is the man with the gift of the gab.
He's very smooth, he's a ladies' man.
Napoleon Solo is a master of evasion.
He was dealing antiques in the black market, and the CIA then jumped in and said:
"Instead of jail, how about you work for us?"
Remind me, Solo. How long was your prison sentence?
Napoleon is this unruly and insolent agent.
We don't pay you enough to be able to put truffles in your risotto, Solo.
CAVILL: For him it's certainly better than jail...
...because it means he can still wear nice suits and nice shoes, and ties, and stuff.
Not very good at this whole subtlety thing, are you?
This is not the Russian way.
Illya Kuryakin grew up in the system.
He's very by-the-book, very calculating.
Kuryakin was always the strong silent, handsome type.
And he's more primitive, if you like, more primal.
You should look out the window.
He's trying to stop the car.
(GRUNTING)
One of those actors who brings his own thing to the role, genuinely.
Armie is such a nice guy. He makes me laugh every day.
RITCHIE: Both Henry and Armie were spectacular to work with.
And they got the tone very quickly.
Absolutely hated working with you, Peril.
Fortunately it's nothing like our characters.
If anything I'd say we have an alarming amount of stuff in common.
CAVILL: We both sort of have the same outlook on this movie.
We both enjoyed the movie enormously.
He's a great guy, a consummate professional. He's been great to work with.
CALVANI: Henry's super funny...
I wonder what they do to people without invitations.
CALVANI: ...and Armie's like the wholesome nice guy.
And we beat the (BLEEP) out of each other the whole time. It's really kind of funny.
But at the same time, we have a great time doing it...
...because they are great partners to play with.
(MAN GRUNTS)
CAVILL: The stunts in this movie...
...they'd either be to the point of dangerous...
...that it wasn't worth doing, and were done by the second unit.
And the other stuff was okay.
- Stand by to do this. MAN: Stand by, please.
Even did some swimming stuff.
Did some driving stuff.
Nicely done.
Good old Armie's very handy on a motorbike.
TUOHY: We managed to submerge a truck under the water...
...allowing only little bits of seeping water to come into that environment.
And then we allowed that water fill up that void.
And then, once that had been filled, Henry swam out through the window.
MAN: Good luck, Henry.
Just in front of you.
Right, you want to get it just before the water starts getting to it.
- Really. MAN: All right.
He did it twice. We rehearsed it once with him, and he watched the stunt men do it...
...and then we put Henry into it and he did better than the stunt guys...
...and really sold the shot.
- If it gets into panic mode... - You'll check your speakers.
MAN: Of course, that'll help.
(TALKING INDISTINCTLY)
And that is a great testament to Henry.
Because he's a very competent guy, and extremely fit.
MAN: Oh, yeah. - Thank goodness I've got gloves on.
TUOHY: Stunts and effects like that can only even be done...
...when you have the collaboration of an artist like Henry.
JENNINGS: As much as you can get the actors to do, the better you are.
We're blessed that Armie and Henry are such great guys.
They want to do everything they can themselves in the nicest possible way.
In the boat chase, Armie in particular had to do a lot of driving of the boat.
He's a natural. He jumped into the boat and he drove the boat around...
...so it gave us the freedom to film Armie in the boat, doing pretty much everything.
Well, not pretty much, he did do everything.
Not bad with a little parallel parking.
The same that Henry drove the buggy in the off-road chase...
...you'll see Henry driving it.
Henry jumped in it, drove it, did an awful lot of it, and it looks fantastic.
It's just as much fun as it looks.