Fred Hechinger looks back at his year of films with THR while chatting at the 'Kraven the Hunter' premiere in New York. Plus, he talks analyzing his character in the film and working alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
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00:00You've had quite the year. You've had Gladiator 2, Thelma.
00:04Is it kind of crazy looking back on your year?
00:07And what would you say was the most pinch-me moment so far?
00:10It's wild. What's so wild is that every film was made in a different time period.
00:16It was just kind of serendipitous that they came out so close in this year.
00:20So it looks like I have a clone or something, but really it's all the work of a couple years.
00:28It's been tons of pinch-me moments.
00:32You meet artists that mean so much to you and you get to talk to them.
00:39Meeting all these people that want to see the movie, it's been a kind of continuous pinch-me.
00:47What would you say was a highlight of making this film in particular?
00:53The character of the chameleon was one that has so many interpretations in all the comic books
01:01that it was really fun to be able to read through and look at and study all these different interpretations.
01:08What would you say is the craziest stunt that you saw Aaron do?
01:13Because I feel like everyone's been talking about a lot of them.
01:16Aaron was just not eating any carbs. I felt bad for him every lunchtime.
01:23Because I'd be sitting there with my meal and I didn't want him to see it. I didn't want to make him jealous.
01:27Was everyone training together?
01:29I was not training the way he was training. I'll tell you that.
01:33There's a car chase fight that Aaron and the stunt team built together that's really impressive.
01:45I remember when we filmed it. Just the scale of that.
01:49I make all different kinds of movies.
01:51It's really amazing when you see all the craftsmanship coming together on something of that scale.
01:57Like I said, you've had a lot of projects come out this year.
02:00What is your favorite movie of 2024?
02:04That's a great question.
02:07I've seen so many movies I love. Can I rattle off a couple?
02:11I think Janet Planet came out this year, right?
02:15If so, Janet Planet. Knocked my socks off. I love that movie.
02:23The performances in Enora have stuck with me so much.
02:32I just saw an amazing movie a couple nights ago called All We Imagine Is Light.
02:37It's an Indian film. It's her first narrative feature.
02:41She made a documentary. I literally saw it three nights ago.
02:44I can't recommend it enough.
02:46This is a movie that really gets in your heart.
02:53You really feel the presence of a city and a group of people.