Topher Grace Thinks Eminem Should Roast the Cast of ‘How to Make a Killing’. But Glen Powell Is Staying Far, Far Away [EXCLUSIVE]
It is hard to sell something to the general public. Sometimes, you have to go to extremes to get people to spend their money on your product, whatever it is. And Topher Grace has a good idea for how they can get people to see A24’s How to Make a Killing.
I spoke with Glen Powell, Jessica Henwick, Zach Woods, and Topher grace about the new John Patton Ford film. One thing I enjoy talking to actors about is their process with roles. And one technique that is often employed by actors is connecting music to their characters. Many will use a playlist to get into the mindset of their characters and so on and so forth.
With How to Make a Killing, I think it is more interesting to see each of the characters in Ford’s “Eat the Rich” film as if they had their own theme song. So I asked the four about music and what song they’d see for their characters, the answers led to a really great promotional strategy. While Powell didn’t answer (I’m still waiting on that song choice, sir), he did make one thing clear: He doesn’t want to end up on Eminem’s bad side.
Comedian Zach Woods started by saying that his character, Noah Redfellow, would probably have a Machine Gun Kelly song as his. Noah is an “artist” who takes himself way too seriously. In response, Jessica Henwick, who plays Noah’s girlfriend Ruth, said that she’d have to choose “Killshot” by Eminem, which is a diss track about Machine Gun Kelly.
Topher Grace Figures Out How to Promote a Movie
When Henwick brought up Eminem, it ignited an idea within Grace. “To get press for something, all you have to do is go after Eminem. So let’s do it.” He then jokingly turned to Powell and said “After you.” Hilariously, Powell was not having it. Which, if you have ever heard an Eminem diss track, you know why.
“I’m not, I’m not part of this,” Powell joked. “I’m not part of this. I’m just chilling here.” Grace tried to get Powell in trouble, messing with him by sayin “He was talking smack” about it. But Powell doubled down, saying “Marshall, Marshall. Please.” Marshall Mathers is Eminem’s real name.
The interaction was hilarious to me because I am someone who listened to Eminem a lot when I was growing up and really, the last thing you want to do is get on his bad side. Grace isn’t wrong though. That’d be one way to get press for a movie.
You can watch our full conversation over on the Mary Sue’s YouTube page and you can read my review for How to Make a Killing here.
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