Staz Nair Desires a ‘Rebel Moon’ Spin-Off About Djimon Hounsou’s Titus

[Editor’s Note: The following interview contains spoilers for Rebel Moon: Part 2 — The Scargiver]

Rebel Moon — Portion Two: The Scargiver is officially streaming on Netflix and fans of Zack Snyder‘s sci-fi epic are in for a actually heartbreaking treat with his second installment in the brand-new franchise. Ahead of the film’s premiere, I had the chance to take element in Netflix’s junket for the film, and I came ready with a mix of heartbreaking concerns for Snyder, Sofia Boutella, and Michiel Huisman, and much more upbeat concerns for this trio of rebels. You can watch my interview with DjimonHonsou, StazNair, and EliseDuffy in the player above or study on to see the complete transcript of our conversation.

Rebel Moon — Portion Two: The Scargiver picks up ideal on the heels of Rebel Moon – Portion 1: A Kid of Fire, with Kora (Boutella) and Gunnar (Huisman) preparing the individuals of Veldt to go up against their oppressors from the Motherworld. Following besting Atticus Noble (Ed Skrein) at the finish of Portion 1, Kora immediately learns that he escaped death and now, back on Veldt, he’s hunting for blood once more. Even though Portion Two does play upon comparable themes and beats from the initial entry in the franchise, the final act is a far much more definitive finish for a handful of characters who escaped death the initial time.

For the duration of our upbeat interview, Staz Nair took center stage by providing some of the most insightful and thoughtful answers to my concerns, specifically when it came to his dream of seeing a Rebel Moon spin-off centered about Honsou’s Common Titus. In addition to conjuring up spin-off suggestions and threequels, the trio discussed the true-life inspirations behind their characters, character dynamics, and so significantly much more.

Rebel Moon – Portion Two: The Scargiver

Release Date

April 19, 2024

Director

Zack Snyder

Most important Genre

Sci-Fi

Writers

Shay Hatten , Kurt Johnstad , Zack Snyder

Djimon Honsou Says ‘Rebel Moon’ Mimics Our Personal Reality

COLLIDER: My initial query for each and every of you is what has it been like to be element of an IP from the ground up? Has it been fascinating? Has it been daunting? What has that knowledge been like?

DJIMON HOUNSOU: It is been each of these points.

STAZ NAIR: Specifically.

HOUNSOU: Fascinating, daunting. Of course, we have a couple characters in which we could not actually determine, due to the fact it is a planet in space, ideal? But the story mimics, pretty significantly, our reality.

ELISE DUFFY: I really feel like it is cool due to the fact there is so significantly discovery with it. Even getting on set, you study “ship” on the web page, and then you get to go and see it, that Zack’s created a model of when you happen to be there. So, it is pretty fascinating.

NAIR: We had a comparable query earlier, and I consider I will say the identical point I mentioned final time. It is as equally fascinating as it is daunting, due to the fact on 1 side, we’re all spectators and fans. That is why we enjoy what we do. It really is why we invest in what we do as significantly as we do. It really is actually like a youngster-like nostalgic dream-come-correct to reside in these worlds that are bigger than life. And as an alternative of escaping into them as a spectator, we’ve been privileged adequate to escape into them as artists. When you have somebody like Zack, who has such a clear vision of what he desires, and nevertheless an openness to collaborate and give us the freedom to uncover what this character suggests for ourselves, you overlook about the daunting elements, and you just lean into the fascinating elements, and have a lot of entertaining.

The Cast of ‘Rebel Moon’ Discovered Inspiration in Surprising Sources

I am constantly actually interested to understand about the course of action of producing characters. I am somebody who likes to produce playlists when I have characters, and develop them up from that. Had been there any true-life figures or perhaps historical figures, or perhaps characters from other properties or songs that actually resonated with each and every of you as you have been constructing your characters and locating their voice?

NAIR: Properly, Djimon’s coming out with an album, speaking of songs. So, perhaps he can take that. [Laughs] What I’ll say is, music unquestionably is pretty evocative, I consider, for all of us. There have been unquestionably songs that helped me access — I will not say them due to the fact they are mine, if that tends to make sense, but songs that created me access needed feelings that have been, actually, actually conducive to acquiring the functionality how I wanted to.

But for me especially, I would not say there was that sort of historical figure. Nonetheless, due to the fact I am element Indian, and Tarak himself has the Samandrai sort of top quality — connected to birds, connected to Earth — I saw these types of exciting parallels in between that. I wanted to play a level of empathy and stillness that comes from some sort of connection to a thing higher than your self, sort of much more of a hopeful salt of the earth aspect, which was loads of entertaining. And also nobility, ideal? For me, I looked at it to be like power centers — is it Chekhov who did power centers? I overlook. It is like, exactly where does your power center come from? And, you know, with nobility, there is a thing about the posture and how we stand, and how does that inform the character? So, it was actually entertaining to play about with that. I waffled. Sorry.

I enjoy that. Djimon, Elise, do you have any?

HOUNSOU: Yes, I do. In respect to Rebel Moon and the character of Common Titus, I would reference that with the makeup of Nelson Mandela, for instance. Somebody who spent a quarter of a century in jail and nevertheless came out with so significantly wisdom, political wisdom.

NAIR: And hope, as effectively.

HOUNSOU: And hope. He reinstated hope in the minds of the individuals.

NAIR: Like you did in this.

HOUNSOU: And not just that nation, but worldwide, you know?

DUFFY: For Milius, Zack has talked about Percival getting a character reference, and I consider that was a massive influence for me. The sort of youthful warrior. And then there have been a couple of anime references for me, in fact.

What May possibly Come about in a ‘Rebel Moon Portion 3’?

I enjoy that so significantly. So as my final query for you, if we get a third film, which I am hopeful with the way this 1 ends, are there any elements of your characters’ dynamics with other characters that you hope to see much more of, or perhaps a thing from their previous that you hope we’ll get to discover much more on screen?

NAIR: I’d enjoy to see all of our redemption stories sort of progress. Kora, right here, finds a level of redemption by understanding that she wasn’t in fact the murderer of the identical individual she chose to guard. I would enjoy to see us get our versions of that. It would be fantastic if it was, like, film by film we go back to our personal planets and liberate our personal individuals in what ever way, if our worlds even exist. I overlook to keep in mind which worlds are destroyed and which ones are just captured, but that would be excellent.

And Portion Two actually glimpses into the interpersonal relationships, which was so significantly entertaining to sort of create. I actually hope to see much more of that due to the fact we just get to place much more of ourselves and our relationships into it, which is just wonderful. I consider individuals come for the action and come for the beauty of it, but they keep for the characters, and then they keep for the relationships. So, I would enjoy to see much more of that. All of them.

I agree with you on that front. Definitely.

DUFFY: I just want to see what other planets are in this galaxy.

NAIR: I just want to retain exploring.

HOUNSOU: I just want to see how Common Titus evolves in a redeeming style, due to the fact once more, the likelihood that he, personally, was at the getting finish of committing a quantity of atrocities, I consider that is a trauma, that is a haunting trauma. It would be good to see that.

NAIR: It would be exciting to see due to the fact, clearly, I imply, I will not speak for your character, but I really feel like the alcoholism was a way of masking, and you mentioned escaping the sobriety and what came with the sobriety. Clearly, there is a level of us coming with each other and providing you adequate strength or goal to cease drinking. But I consider you happen to be ideal it would be pretty exciting to see exactly where that clarity requires you. When you have not got a thing to fight for, when it is protected for a week, what then takes place? How do you then face these demons and traumas, and how do they come up? I consider you are pretty ideal. I’d enjoy to see that, also. Spin-off!

Rebel Moon — Portion Two: The Scargiver is streaming now on Netflix.

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