Behind the Scenes of J.J. Abrams' Max Series Duster

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It's time to go behind the scenes of the Max crime thriller series Duster with  executive producers by J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan.  Duster Cast:  Josh Holloway, Rachel Hilson, Keith David, Sydney Elisabeth, Greg Grunberg, Camille Guaty, Asivak Koostachin, Adriana Aluna Martinez, Benjamin Charles Watson, Donal Logue and Sergeant Groomes  Stream Duster May 15, 2025 on Max!

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00:01The cars are amazing.

00:03Fashion is so dramatic.

00:06The stunts are great.

00:07The music's off the hook.

00:09This show has it all.

00:14That's what's about Jim Ellis,

00:15who is a driver for a criminal kingpin

00:17in the Southwest in the early 70s.

00:19And Nina is the first black female FBI agent.

00:23The rookie who thinks she can take down

00:24a Southwest Al Capone, black and a woman.

00:27Fantastic.

00:28Nina is this balls to the wall,

00:31relentless FBI agent

00:33who's fresh out of Quantico.

00:34You're pretty intense.

00:36Because I play to win.

00:37I think having this female perspective

00:39and also knowing that LaToya is the one

00:41who created this world,

00:42I think that's a powerful way to look at the show.

00:45Jim is a key piece of the world

00:47because he is one of Saxon's most trusted

00:50and loyal employees.

00:52Nina is gonna target him to become an informant.

00:55Work with me to build a case

00:57against Ezra Saxton.

00:59Nina, I think, is expecting Jim to be the way in,

01:03but the people that she's going after are his family.

01:06I was attracted to the story,

01:08but I was really interested in these characters.

01:11It's a very character-driven piece.

01:16Honestly, it was like working together to figure out

01:18what do we want to say?

01:19What are the themes?

01:20Where do we want this crazy sort of cast of characters to go?

01:23And mapping it all out and then getting to execute it.

01:26J.J. wrote the first half.

01:27I wrote the second half.

01:28Then we sort of blended them together, traded.

01:30We talked about family a lot, actual family,

01:33and the families you make.

01:35We talked about loyalty.

01:36We talked about betrayal.

01:37I mean, even though we could not have had

01:40a more different upbringing and background,

01:42weirdly, we kept finding ourselves in agreement.

01:45You know, even when things weren't working,

01:47we didn't know how and kind of worked through it together.

01:49And it was always just sort of a fun discovery process.

01:51You were warned not to come back, asshole!

01:53Oh, hey there, Gavin!

01:55Josh Holloway, I've just always felt that he belonged in the 70s.

02:01There was just something about him in that role in a car in the desert.

02:05It just always stayed with me.

02:07The phone rings.

02:08And J.J.'s like, hi, Josh, it's J.J.

02:11And I said, yes, absolutely, I'm in.

02:13If J.J. Abram calls, you say, yeah.

02:16Josh just brings, like, this real Fonzie-level cool

02:21to everything that he does.

02:22And we knew that that's what we wanted Jim's character to be.

02:26I love doing stunts.

02:29That's my job.

02:30I'm a wheel man.

02:31I need to know how to drive, but really drive.

02:33So that's what I did.

02:34I took my own initiative, and I went and learned every trick in the book.

02:38So much fun.

02:39Asshole!

02:40Have a good day.

02:42Every episode, we tried to put something really special and unique

02:46that felt fun, not just for the time, but for the storytelling.

02:49I think the show is a balance of action and thriller and humor and heart.

03:00I'm a hero.

03:01This is the last part we received.

03:02I hope you are...

03:03in the future.

03:04Let's hope you start by making it simple.

03:05I will see you next time.

03:06I will see you next time.

03:07Bye-bye.

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