Inside Look at Paramount+'s Finestkind with Jenna Ortega

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Here's your inside look at the Paramount+ crime drama movie Finestkind, directed by Brian Helgeland.  Finestkind Cast:  Jenna Ortega, Ben Foster, Toby Wallace and Tommy Lee Jones  Stream Finestkind December 15, 2023 on Paramount+!

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00:00 It felt like a world that I didn't know about, but I wanted to.

00:10 The originality of the screenplay is very appealing.

00:13 You broke the deal?

00:15 Yeah.

00:16 Ryan's written so many insane movies.

00:20 He's one of the best writers around.

00:23 The script itself, I think it's filled with strong characters who feel very real.

00:27 As soon as I started, I couldn't put it down.

00:44 It's so rare that you do a film where the director has lived the life that you're representing.

00:51 Eat your heart out, Ray!

00:55 I'm from a family of fishermen, my grandfather was a fisherman, my great uncle, my dad.

01:00 When I got out of college, I started fishing.

01:03 I ended up doing it for about a year and a half before I found out that you could learn

01:07 how to make movies.

01:08 My first day in New Bedford, Brian drove me around and he showed me, "Oh, this is the

01:12 street that I grew up on, and this is where Mabel grew up."

01:15 Every character in the movie, I can tell you exactly who they were in real life.

01:20 Most of the people in New Bedford are from there.

01:22 They grew up there, and there's this real sense of everybody's known everybody forever.

01:27 Hey, Mabel!

01:28 Where are you going?

01:29 I fish with guys that had difficult relationships with their dads.

01:32 I don't want to tangle with you right now.

01:34 I don't want to tangle with you, Ray!

01:36 I think it's about how difficult it is sometimes for people to say that they love each other,

01:41 especially men.

01:42 I never should have trusted you.

01:44 I do not understand the way you're built.

01:47 You built me.

01:48 Mabel here says, "You guys are one-timing, but if this works out..."

01:54 Finest Kind is a family drama disguised as a crime thriller.

01:57 The crime element of the movie puts everyone in a crucible and forces all these things

02:01 to come to a head.

02:02 There's no place to hide, really, so we get to see all that.

02:05 What happens if we get caught?

02:08 Getting caught is not an option.

02:13 Action!

02:14 Brian, I think, is probably the most respectful director I've ever worked with.

02:18 He's incredibly collaborative.

02:19 He's also such a sweetheart.

02:22 He has chosen, I think, wisely to let these scenes be discovered by actors as they play

02:29 them.

02:30 He really doesn't mind coming on set and playing with some of the words or sentences or going

02:34 for improv or, you know, switching things around.

02:37 He's just a joy to work with.

02:39 Brian has a very gentle management style.

02:41 He gets everything that he needs and he's very clear about what he wants, but he's just

02:45 a very kind guy.

02:46 Thank you, everyone.

02:48 I couldn't have done it without you guys.

02:50 Finest Kind is all about the sacrifices that you'll make for the ones you love.

02:55 Tommy, please?

02:56 You okay, Pop?

02:58 And how we try to find our way together.

03:02 Brian has found a way to deal with that in an original way.

03:06 Brian happens to be someone who comes with the life experience as well as the economy

03:16 and poetry of language and understanding of narrative of the human heart.

03:22 So, of course, you want to sit up straight, listen.

03:26 You live, you die.

03:30 It's in between that counts.

03:32 [Music]

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