IR Interview: Caleb Landry Jones & Jojo T. Gibbs For “Dogman” [Briarcliff]
Actors Caleb Landry Jones & Jojo T. Gibbs talk to The Inside Reel about approach, psychology and intent in regards to their new action thriller from director Luc Besson and Briarcliff Entertainment: "Dogman".
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00:03 I mean, Kale, brilliant, because it's
00:25 so hard to do what you did.
00:28 Because you have love, hate, regret, vices,
00:32 but no malice in this man.
00:34 I mean, it's a hard balance to talk about.
00:37 Could you talk about sort of that build?
00:39 Because there's that rhythm to him that has to be within you.
00:43 Yeah, once I read the script, that's
00:46 what Luke was talking about mostly,
00:50 was despite everything that happened to him,
00:54 it's about what he does or how he still is, who he is.
01:00 And this is, I think, something that Luke loved
01:06 so much about the character and was so excited about.
01:13 And I was too.
01:14 Yeah, other than that, there's not much to really say.
01:20 No, it's hard.
01:21 Other than going, all right, and then doing
01:25 whatever work to get there.
01:27 But I'm not sure what that work is, because it's
01:30 tough to think about it that way.
01:33 My colleagues are struggling to get a handle on you.
01:37 They would like to know who you are.
01:38 Do you have any children, Douglas?
01:43 Hundreds.
01:45 Dogs have a real sense of family.
01:47 So they rally around in the bad times
01:49 and form a solid, united entity.
01:51 The weak are immediately eliminated,
02:01 devoured by the others.
02:02 It seems like a really sort of action and reaction.
02:06 JoJo, actually, could you talk about perspective and--
02:09 Like, she brought a lot of stuff out of Douglas.
02:14 She brought a lot of--
02:15 Oh, yeah.
02:16 And it's only because of JoJo and also the character--
02:20 Evelyn.
02:21 And what Evelyn is in the film that I get to be kind of a
02:28 certain way or something like that.
02:30 Yeah, well, psychiatrists, they try to pull out as much
02:35 information as possible.
02:36 And I think that's the catalyst of creating the
02:39 storyline of Dog Man and the complexities of the character
02:42 in terms of why is this person like this?
02:46 And hopefully giving the audience empathy towards the
02:53 human experience and how people end up where they are.
02:57 Do you have any children, Douglas?
02:59 Hundreds.
03:01 You're referring to your dogs?
03:05 Yes, they're my babies.
03:08 Their love saved me a thousand times.
03:11 I owe them my life.
03:13 Would you say that you love your dogs more than you love
03:16 human beings?
03:16 Absolutely.
03:17 The more I got to know humans, the more I love dogs.
03:21 What qualities do they possess that humans don't have?
03:25 Dogs have beauty without vanity, force without
03:27 insolence, bravery without ferocity, and all the virtues
03:30 humans have without any of the vices.
03:33 As far as I can tell, they only have one flaw.
03:37 Which is?
03:39 They trust humans.
03:41 That's the hardest thing because there's such empathy
03:43 for him.
03:44 You're not going to forgive him or you're not going to
03:46 embrace everything he does, but you can accept him for
03:50 what he's doing.
03:52 Could you talk about looking at that?
03:53 Because she has to understand that, too.
03:56 Yeah, I have a few friends who are therapists or
04:00 psychiatrists.
04:01 And so from knowing them, I know that they're generally
04:05 people who've had maybe traumatic experiences
04:08 themselves.
04:09 And so that probably influenced them going into that
04:13 type of career.
04:14 Because if you're that type of person taking on someone's
04:17 heavy stuff all the time, it has to be a higher interest
04:21 in it beyond money.
04:22 Because I don't even think they get paid well.
04:23 I don't know.
04:25 I don't know.
04:27 I had a doctor with a jag once.
04:29 Oh, a psychiatrist?
04:31 You know what?
04:31 They do get paid well, actually.
04:33 Because therapists--
04:34 Wore the shirt three buttons down.
04:35 OK, so yeah, he had money money.
04:38 Anyway, sorry.
04:41 Yes, so-so.
04:43 Oh, but no, she said she took any time that she could get.
04:47 So she was new to it.
04:48 So yes, I was like, considering the character and
04:51 considering that she could probably at least empathize to
04:56 the human experience of overcoming obstacles in terms
04:59 of Douglas' experience.
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05:05 But with humans, the weak and cowardly always find a way to
05:09 survive.
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